Supported Media RSS feeds

So I adjsuted my presentation for the Live Media with the image.xml project metioned above and everything seem to work fine.

So went into the image.xml file, adjusted the code, saved it to my webserver and renamed it FabricationMRSS.xml

Here is how I adjusted the code:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"> 

     channel>

          <title>Custom Image MRSS template for BrightSign Players</title>

          <link> http://<servername>/download/MRSS/FabricationMRSS.xml </link>

          <description>Image Test</description> <ttl>1</ttl>

                <item>

                    <title>image1</title>

                    <link> http://<servername>/download/mrss/fabricationcalendar.jpg </link>

                    <category>image</category> **

**                    <description>image1</description>

                    <guid isPermaLink="false">0624</guid>

                    <media:content duration="10" type="image/jpeg" url="http://<servername>/download/MRSS/fabricationcalendar.jpg"/>

               </item>

          </channel>

     </rss>

I then republished the project with the **http://<servername>/download/MRSS/FabricationMRSS.xml **address and for some reason it goes back to showing the images from the image.xml example listed above.

When I republished the project should those example images been deleted and my new image should apear or atleast show blank letting me know there is a link problem....

Where am I going wrong with this?  Is there a function to just republish the project every x number of minutes to a device or have the device auto download a project after x number of minutes...?  This seems to be getting way more complicated then I was expecting it to be.

Did you keep the same guid from before? When the images are downloaded, their names are changed to match the guid. So, if your last mrss file used 0624 for an image, and you didn't change the guid, your new file wouldn't be downloaded. 

I changed the above code from  <guid isPermaLink="false">0624</guid> **to  <guid isPermaLink="false">0001</guid> and republished the project.  

**Same results.  I cant believe I cant find a good tutorial on how to do this on the net.

Im starting to feel this is not going to be an option for me.  I cant have my users doing anything but uploading a picture.  I LITERALLY had to tell one of them that when the pc ask you for a password...you put in your password...so having them go in and edit files like this is out of the question.

Try the approach from this thread:

http://support.brightsign.biz/entries/22308370-Using-Dropbox-to-publish-content-JPG-

If this fails, send us your xml files before and after the update.

Can you use 3rd part sites? For example, you can use a flickr photostream on the brightsign, not the sets, but the photostream.  So, you could have them upload their pictures to a flickr photostream that the brightsign is pointing to.

I unfortunately can not use a 3rd party per company sensitive material that is being show on these employee notification boards.

I had coded an html version that we have been using and wanted to instead of using pcs use the bright sign boxes.  I was just didnt do enough research to find out that the 220 I bought didnt support html.  

As mentioned before...my users can barely input their passwords and I cant rely on them to remember to change that guid...nor would I want them fumbling around in a coded document.

I have a meeting with my manager tomorrow to see if they will see if its affordable for this project to upgrade to the 230 box or if we need to find another option.

Thank you for your help.

If you had an html version then you could write a javascript that automatically generates the xml file based on images in the existing folder, or a batch file. It's going to be a problem if the users have to generate the xml themselves. Or edit it. Typos can cause things to break. But, if you can generate the xml automatically based on images in the folder, then that fixes that issue. 

Thank you for baring with me...im a network admin...not a coder.  My html, xml, javascript is very limited.

So here is my setup:

I have a Windows 2008 server running IIS.  Right now it is hosting an html page that is programmed to refresh every minute.  http://<servername>/ClientPage.htm

My users just take a screen shot of what they need everyone to see and overwrite the embedded image file..on the refresh the new image shows up.

On my web directory I have created sub directories so that I can access my images from

http://<servername>/download/mrss/<image>

http://<servername>/download/mrss/Test1.jpg works fine.

I have the following xml code in the same mrss directory:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"> **

** channel>

** <title>Custom Image MRSS template for BrightSign Players</title>**

** <link> http://jgr-dssrvr/download/MRSS/ImageMRSS.xml </link>**

** <description>Image Test</description> <ttl>1</ttl>**

** <item>**

** <title>image1</title>**

** <link> http://jgr-dssrvr/download/mrss/Test1.jpg </link>**

** <category>image</category> **

** <description>image1</description>**

** <guid isPermaLink="false">0001</guid>**

** <media:content duration="10" type="image/jpeg" url="http://jgr-dssrvr/download/MRSS/Test1.jpg"/>**

** </item>**

** </channel>**

** </rss>**

When I go into my presentation and add a Media RSS Feed and it asks me for the URL I input http:\jgr-dssrvr\download\mrss\imagemrss.xml and it spits back an error saying this is an invalid URL.

If I can at least get a test site up and running I think I can fumble around with the script enough to be able to get update working. 

You're missing the opening < for the first channel tag.

I added the "<" into the code... 

Changed the guid from 0001 to 1234...republished the project...waited about 15sec at a black screen...then went back to scrolling through the 4 BrightSign test images from the above mentioned tutorial.

The Html I have on my MRSS feed isn't displaying at all. I have a following MRSS Feed.

what does "site" reference? Is it supposed to resolve to something else? I'm assuming so. You can log into the player's ip address, and go to the log tab, to see what the full url is that the player tries to play. You can confirm if the player's using the proper full url.

yes, the {site} is the DNS. I didn't want to put it out in Public here. 

Here is the tail of the Log from the player:

[11941.046] BSPLAY: {site}/signage/test/helloworld.html
[11942.622] RTL871X: IsBtDisabled=0, IsBtControlLps=0
[11944.622] RTL871X: IsBtDisabled=0, IsBtControlLps=0
[11946.622] RTL871X: IsBtDisabled=0, IsBtControlLps=0
[11948.622] RTL871X: IsBtDisabled=0, IsBtControlLps=0
[11950.622] RTL871X: IsBtDisabled=0, IsBtControlLps=0
[11951.058] BSPLAY: {site}/signage/test/helloworld.html

That's fine...so if the unit's not doing the resolution part, then that would be one reason it could fail...

You can log into the layer at port 2999 if you enabled javascript console under File, presentation properties, html sites. 

one or more links should be listed for your html pages..

Click on the link and you can go to the console tab to look for errors..

update: There are no errors on the console.

I do see my site being recognized on Inspectable page:

Does the media fileSize have to remain consistent for each new file?

Sabin were you ever able to get this to work?

Confirmed working: BrightSign XT1143 connected to slope game 1302L using USB-C. Will not work using USB-C to USB-A cable included with the display.