# Problem with google slides

**URL:** <https://forums.screenly.io/t/problem-with-google-slides/355>\
**Category:** Anthias\
**Created:** [August 15, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/problem-with-google-slides/355 "2020-08-15T00:42:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![WBB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ea5d25/32.png) [@WBB](https://forums.screenly.io/u/WBB)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/problem-with-google-slides/355/1 "2020-08-15T00:42:23Z")

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Using version production@d12df55 on a rpi 4.

When I add a link for a slideshow as an asset it loads and displays properly. When I edit the asset and change the “Play For” setting, to set a schedule or simply play forever, things break. The slide show will reload but the delay and repeat settings are ignored. It just skips through the slides (maybe 1.5 sec delay but delay is set to 10) and at the final slide it hangs without looping.

It appears to be sticking a bunch of “amp;” in the link after each of the ampersand signs in the original link. Why is it doing this and how do I fix it?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![ealmonte32](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/ealmonte32/32/228_2.png) [@ealmonte32](https://forums.screenly.io/u/ealmonte32)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/problem-with-google-slides/355/2 "2020-10-07T19:28:12Z")

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@WBB  
This issue is fixed on this PR which is awaiting merging. Basically what is happening is that the `&` character is being escaped and thus the google slides part of the URL that controls this gets ignored.

> <https://github.com/Screenly/screenly-ose/pull/1344>

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**Author:** ![vpetersson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/vpetersson/32/8_2.png) [@vpetersson](https://forums.screenly.io/u/vpetersson)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/problem-with-google-slides/355/3 "2026-06-09T07:58:00Z")

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This is fixed. The cause was the extra settings in your Google Slides link (the part that controls the delay and looping) getting dropped when the asset was saved, so the slideshow raced through the slides. Anthias now keeps the full link intact, so changing the Play For or the schedule no longer breaks the slide timing. Marking this as solved. If you still see this on a current version, please let us know.