How do you display info on your reception area TVs?
We use a laptop that goes to one of those splitters to turn the signal in to 4 HDMI connections, which run to 4 different TVs. On that laptop, we run a daily powerpoint show, a different show for each...
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I put together a setup using a Zotac mini computer we had laying around from an old project.Installed Lubuntu on it and have 720p videos looping on a playlist in VLC. Extremely simple, didn't even...
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We use inLighten Apollo units for ours. Small, can be attached right to the back of the TV so it isn't visible, and connects to your network so content can be pushed to each device remotely. They work...
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I checked out Digital Signage.com and while it would work, it's way overkill for what we're trying to do. We don't need to be able to break the screen into sections and play different things in each...
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George1421 wrote:The project you are about to start is called digital signage. There are a number of ways to go about this, from the kind of cheap to full blown digital signage. On the low end you...
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George1421 wrote: I wrote a vbscript that monitors a ppt on a file share and when the ppt on the file share was updated it would stop and reload the ppt on the display terminal. Right now I have our...
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I just set up a playlist in YouTube, chromecast it, set to replay. you can change the playlist anytime, anywhere, and remote to machine casting if needed. it does help if the existing WiFi network...
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Can only cast to one device at a time though, right? So for multiple displays this wouldn't work? I guess you could have Youtube open fullscreen in a browser and just have it playing the playlist...
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there has to be a way to multicast if needed. I only did one.. it just seemed easier
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totaltelecom wrote:I just set up a playlist in YouTube, chromecast it, set to replay. you can change the playlist anytime, anywhere, and remote to machine casting if needed. it does help if the...
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depends how you use it, if it's just unlisted and not monetized you can have it AD free.
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Since we are a TV station the choice is pretty obvious: Our three different TV services.
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Since a few people have DM'd me about the script I wrote. FIrst I have to say that the script I wrote is covered under my terms of employment contract so any IP I create belongs to my employer. With...
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For anyone else that isn't necessarily looking for a free option... Our company has an account with Hoopla (www.hoopla.net Opens a new window) which integrates with Salesforce. I was able to get...
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Hey, curious if you have an example of the script you are using. I was looking at something to do this for a proof-of-concept in our office. We only have one Pi now to test out (replacing some old...
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GrantNelson wrote:Hey, curious if you have an example of the script you are using. I was looking at something to do this for a proof-of-concept in our office. We only have one Pi now to test out...
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I followed George1421's post earlier and used the sample.vbs he included just needed to modify the server path and registry entry.One thing to note. You need to download and install the Service Pack 1...
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Great read - love seeing all the creative solutions people have come up with. Some of our TV screens are DLNA smart TV's and I was hoping there was something to take advantage of that instead of...
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We used to use Hoopla since we paid for it for something else but we ended that contract last year. We changed to using DigitalSignage.com. I find the interface horribly hard to use and figure out...
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