{"id":88077,"date":"2026-03-02T23:37:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/?p=88077"},"modified":"2026-03-02T23:37:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:37:29","slug":"waiting-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/en\/howto\/waiting-loop\/","title":{"rendered":"Create Pre-Show Waiting Loop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This article will show how to create a Audio Playlist and combine this with a looping video, perfect for pre-show waiting Loops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-88077_f5e680-b4 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-88077_f5e680-b4 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-88077_f5e680-b4\" id=\"install\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We start by creating a loop block and insert some mp3 audio file to the block:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1861\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-459.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88080\" style=\"width:737px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-459.png 1861w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-459-300x99.png 300w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-459-768x253.png 768w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-459-1536x505.png 1536w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-459-600x197.png 600w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-459-182x60.png 182w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-459-274x90.png 274w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1861px) 100vw, 1861px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now we add a default image, which is shown, whenever audio-only clips are playing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1266\" height=\"727\" src=\"https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-460.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88081\" style=\"width:734px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-460.png 1266w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-460-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-460-768x441.png 768w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-460-600x345.png 600w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-460-104x60.png 104w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-460-157x90.png 157w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1266px) 100vw, 1266px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And voila, we have a pre-show waiting loop:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1002\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-461.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88082\" style=\"width:547px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-461.png 1002w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-461-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-461-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-461-600x398.png 600w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-461-90x60.png 90w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-461-136x90.png 136w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1002px) 100vw, 1002px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But that&#8217;s not all. We can also use a video loop instead of a still image. For this we add the video as overlay with a loop setting. The video will be shown in fullscreen, if it has the same size, otherwise we can scale it in the overlay settings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1220\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-463.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88084\" style=\"width:585px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-463.png 1220w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-463-300x89.png 300w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-463-768x227.png 768w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-463-600x177.png 600w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-463-190x56.png 190w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-463-305x90.png 305w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1220px) 100vw, 1220px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We could also add an Countdown via overlays.uno. Quick and easy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1555\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-464.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88085\" style=\"width:664px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-464.png 1555w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-464-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-464-768x301.png 768w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-464-1536x603.png 1536w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-464-600x235.png 600w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-464-153x60.png 153w, https:\/\/playdeck.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-464-229x90.png 229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1555px) 100vw, 1555px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><br><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article will show how to create a Audio Playlist and combine this with a looping video, perfect for pre-show waiting Loops. 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