Quick start: Sync playback across players

Make every screen in a group show the same content at the same moment. One switch on the group, then a deploy. Needs PiSignage player 5.6.0 or later and internet time (NTP) on each player.

1. Update the players to 5.6.0. On the Screens page, check the version chip under each player. Update any older player and wait for it to come back online.
2. Put the players in one group. Open Groups, open or create the group, and confirm the players on its Screens tab.
3. Build a playlist with fixed durations. Images, videos, web pages and widgets are fine. Do not add RSS feed rows or cloud folder rows; they switch sync off for the whole playlist.

4. Turn on the switch. On the group's Playback tab, in Playback Options, turn on Sync playback across players. Leave Time to stop video at 0 on the Settings tab. Click Save Changes.
   

   In old UI select Sync playback across players as shown below.

   

5. Assign and deploy. On the Playlists tab, set the playlist as the default or schedule it, then click Deploy and wait for "Deploy done successfully".
6. Check. Within a minute the screens show the same item and switch together. Or open Screen Details for two players and watch both Feed tabs side by side.

Players stay within about a second of each other. A player that reboots rejoins by itself. For requirements, content types, how it works and troubleshooting, see the full article: Synchronized playback across players (PiSignage 5.6.0).