Offline playback
A screen continuing to play its last received content without interruption when the server or internet connection drops.
Offline playback means the player can keep going without a connection. Networks drop, routers restart and Wi-Fi gets weak inside elevators. If a screen goes black or shows an error at those moments, visitors notice.
For this to work, the player has to store the program and media on the device and apply the scheduling rules on its own.
In MIA, playback continues during outages
The MIA player keeps the last program in memory and in local storage. When the server or network drops, playback continues, no warning appears on screen while content plays and scheduling rules keep working. The Android app stores videos and images on the device and starts without the server after a power cut. The Samsung Tizen package stores media on the screen itself. If only the internet goes down while the local network stays up, weather, currency rates and RSS stay at their last values. YouTube and web page items do need internet. Read more on the MIA Player page.