I recently learned how to make Live Text work (Thanks to Bright Scripters )and now I'm moving on to the next challenge. I want to be able to play videos in a similar fashion in which the user will have no brightauthor interaction. So my thought process would be adding access to a folder and playing any videos in that folder provided they are correctly formatted. Is there a way to do this?
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Bright Scripters Hi Jerry,
Are you looking for a single player type of solution, or is there a chance that it will scale up to multiple locations?
Do you need the content to be managed remotely, or through the local network?
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Jerry White Hello again:) The content will be managed on the local network. It will be for all purposes a single player if I understand you correctly. I currently have a single hd1020 split off of hdmi that displays the same content on three screens(each ticket booth). The hd1020 plays four to six individual videos in a loop using a non-interactive approach. I would love to be able to drop new videos in a folder and have the device play it without accessing brightauthor once again. Is this possible?
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Allen H. Porter The old "hotfolder" concept. I am curious as well.
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Eric Yes me too :-)
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Bright Scripters Here a couple of ideas:
A custom plugin could examine a directory on the SD card, and play whatever it can find that is playable.
If you manage an internal web server, you could run a php script for example, that creates a MRSS feed from media that it can find. You would then use that feed in your presentation.
Lastly, which I've never tried, but may just work.
You know that you can put media files on a blank SD card, and the player would simply play whatever it finds on the card.
You know how to configure a player to enable Diagnostic Web Server (DWS), from which files can be uploaded to the SD card.
Now what will happen if we combine the two?...
If that works, the workflow would be:
1. Use the DWS to manage files on the SD card (Upload, delete, rename)
2. Reboot the player from the DWS
Can you try that and let us know if that works?
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Bright Scripters I know that Java and Node.JS are now supported.
Does anyone know, if those could run as a background process, to generate an XML whenever a file is added to the hot folder?
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Jerry White If you manage an internal web server, you could run a php script for example, that creates a MRSS feed from media that it can find. You would then use that feed in your presentation.
This seems like my only option unless the custom plugin could look to the network.
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Bright Scripters A plugin would do whatever it is programmed to do.
Whether to go with server side scripting (PHP, Python, Node, etc...), or custom Bright Script, depends on the resources that you have.
There are less moving parts with server side scripting, since the player is already capable of consuming content from MRSS.
For about $100 per year, you can get this up and running in minutes, using BrightSign Network, or SignCast Feeds.
After the initial configuration, BrightAuthor would not be needed, and all content management can be done remotely form anywhere with internet access.
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Bright Scripters Or something like that
https://zapier.com/zapbook/zaps/249/get-an-rss-feed-of-all-new-files-in-your-dropbox/
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Jerry White If I go with Brightsign network will I be streaming media or does it save a local copy to the player. I guess I'm worried about A) bandwidth and B) loss of connectivity.
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Eric Will be saved local. Also if there is loss of connectivity it does affect playout.
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