A schedule says what a screen was meant to show. Proof of play records what it actually showed.
That record answers questions a schedule cannot:
- An advertiser or a landlord paying for a slot on your screens wants evidence it ran.
- In a regulated environment, an audit can ask what was shown on each screen, and when.
- On a large fleet, it confirms content plays without failures and that each schedule puts the right thing on the right screen.
What a player records
Each item that goes on screen produces a record of what it was and how long it was up. The player keeps the records and uploads them to Screenly every few minutes.
A screen that was offline for an hour, or an item that failed to load, shows up as a gap in the record. It does not hide behind the schedule.
If the network is down, the records wait on the player for up to 31 days and upload once the connection is back.
Turning it on
Proof of play is off by default, and we turn it on by request. Talk to us if you want it on your screens.
It needs players on ScreenlyOS 26.8.0 or newer.
The dashboard does not show the records yet.