andrew roewe oklahoma state university dasnr it
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Digital Signage and Getting Your Message to the Masses
Andrew RoeweOklahoma State UniversityDASNR IT
Digital Signage
What I am going to cover…
What digital signage isWhat Oklahoma State was doingWhat we are doing nowHow to use Xibo
What I won’t be covering…
Content creation
Digital Signage
What is it?
Why is it important?Scalable Easier to “refresh” content
Digital Signage with OSU DASNR
2007 a joint venture between the CASNR Student Tech and Career Services5x TVs and Wall Mounts5x Surplus Computers
An Adobe Flex applicationHosted on the casnr.com (casnr.okstate.edu) website
Updating the KioskConverting Powerpoint to Flash VideoThe kiosk program uses Flash video. Before a Powerpoint presentation can be used it must be converted to the Flash video format using Camtasia.Open the Powerpoint presentation. Run the presentation and make sure each slide is shown for 10 seconds. Capture the video: click on Add-Ins then choose Record. As the presentation begins, you should see the “Start Recording” box. Click on “Click to begin recording” button. Once the presentation has finished, click on the “Stop recording” button and save the Camtasia recording.Choose to “Edit your recording”. Camtasia will automatically start.In Camtasia:
Choose the default preset (640x480). Click OK.Choose “Produce Video As…”Change the video production from “Web” to “Custom Production Settings”. Click Next.Make sure “MP4/FLV/SWF” is selected. Click Next.Click on “Flash Options”. Verify that “FLV” is the format, the background color is black, and the quality is 75%. Click OK.Choose “One Video” as the template format. The theme should be “Glass”. The “Fit in” size should be 800x600. Click Next.No changes should be necessary on the Video Options page. Click Next.Enter a Production a– this should be the same name as your Powerpoint. Choose a folder to save the file. Click Finish to begin the video creation process. Internet Explorer will open and demo the video.Return to the Camtasia software. Click on Finish then close Camtasia.
The file you created in (5h) should be uploaded to the CASNR kiosk website.Adding the Flash Video Files to the Kiosk WebsiteThe kiosks pull videos from the kiosk website on casnr.com. Every 15 minutes (or so), the kiosks will check for new videos. To add a new video to the kiosk website:Login to the CASNR.com website (http://www.casnr.com/login_form).Click on the Kiosk folder (located on the left navigation).Click on the Videos folder.Click “add item” then select “file”. Enter a title for the video. Click “browse” to search for and select the video file. (If you converted a Powerpoint presentation to Flash video, this file was created in step (5h) above.) The file must have a .flv extension. After you have selected the file, choose “save”. You should see the new video listed in the left navigation bar.
Post 2008
STF purchased 5x iogear DVI over network.Eliminate four of the computersSummer 09 OSU IT Subnets were redone3x computersFall 2009 started to investigate alternatives.
Digital Signage Companies
x2o mediaFour winds InteractiveSmarterSignSCALAPowerpointConcerto
Xibo
http://xibo.org.uk/Server-Client SetupWeb page interfaceFREE!!!*
Some minor cost.
What is Xibo
High Quality Digital Signage systemFlexibleServer-Client application
Developed by James Packer as a university projectReleased into the wild in 2006
What is required for XIBO
ServerPHP/MySQL web applicationWindows or LinuxSpring Signage
ClientComputer with a DisplayWindows 2000/XP/Vista/7IE 7 or 8Flash Player Version 9 or laterWMP 11
What we need for Xibo
Cost of TVs ~$70037in 16:9
Wall Mount ~$100Adjustable
Computer ~$400-500Dell Optiplex 160s Acer RevoZotac
What we got now…
What we got now…
What XIBO supports - currently
SchedulingVideoFlashImagesPowerpoint (iffy)TextRSSWeb PageEmbedded HTML
Background ImageMedia StatsLayout StatsReport Inventory
What XBIO Supports - Soon
MicroblogCounter MediaSocket ListenerLift/Serial InterfaceClient RuntimeOffline UpdateFull CompositingWebpage TransparencyVideo TransparencyImage Transparency
Demo Time…
Questions????