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I have a question about Simple networking sync between a Web Server and a HD210.

1. Download from a Webserver will work via HTTP, right?

2. Is it possible to sync via FTP pull or push too?

3. How works the sync? Is it possible to delete content that is not include in the playlist automatically? Or is there another way to delete Content remotely? It's a problem, because the Webserver will generate automatically MPEG2 movies, and old content should be killed from the playlist and from the CF-card on the player.

4. Is it possible to generate the playlist file on the web server (for generated new movie content)?
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    1. Yes, you can download via http. Here are directions for doing so with BrightAuthor.

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    2. We don't support ftp. For sync, do you mean synchronizing units, or are you asking about content downloads. We currently only support http for downloading content, and the unit currently pulls.



    3. You can make content changes by updating the presentation using brightauthor. The unit doesn't currently delete content unless it needs the space for new content it's downloading. There's a copy of content kept in the pool folder, encrypted, and only actively playing content, for the current project, is kept in the root.





    Yes, you could generate a playlist using the webserver. Currently, if you setup the unit to update over the network, it checks the current-sync.xml file on the networked folder to see if's different from the one on its flash card.  That xml file includes files to be downloaded, a sha1 hash for the file, and the date and time the date and time the unit should switch over the new content. There's also an autoplay.xml file that's used for playback. This is if you're using bright Author.



    You can do this with the old text playlist format as well. The current-sync.xml still applies, but playlists can be just text files named autoplay.bsp.





    Finally, you could do a custom script that downloaded only the files you wanted to download, and deleted them once you were finished with them.
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