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Dattola Mauro
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Hello,

We created a static presentation just adding media files by BrightAuthor designer.

We also created a dynamic presentation using a Media RSS, with videos that play in loop, but without touchable input.

Basically, we aim to create a presentation that would "merge" both the solutions: a presentation which include touchable elements that play media objects from an MRSS source (audio/video files).

We need a dynamic media list, editable from the external xml, without adding each media file into the BrightAuthor presentation.

Do you have any suggestion or workaround, please? Currently we use HD1010 model.
Thanks in advance,
Mauro

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    Alex

    Hi,

    You can include local files in the project and you can include media RSS feeds in the same project. See the requirements for media RSS in this FAQ:

    http://support.brightsign.biz/entries/20610996-What-kinds-of-Media-RSS-feeds-can-I-use-in-BrightAuthor-

     

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    Dattola Mauro

    Hum, maybe I've been misunderstood :-\

    Local files are exactly what we want to avoid. We need that the "Birightsign" Media RSS object could parse media TAGs from our xml files, in order to find and display video and audio linked from the xml itself.

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    Alex

    As mentioned in the FAQ article, you can use MRSS feeds that contain images or videos or a mix of both. If you need audio, you can include audio layer in the video and play it. See sample XML files in the FAQ.

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    Dattola Mauro

    Ok, we can use video to play our audio files, we deal with it, but how can we parse the video url from the xml?

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    Alex

    See the example of media RSS feed with 4 videos:

    https://brightsignnetwork.com/download/MRSS/Video_Template.xml

    This XML file has the following structure:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<rss version="2.0"  xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">
<channel>
<title>Custom Video MRSS template for BrightSign Players</title>
<link>http://brightsignnetwork.com/download/MRSS/Video_Template.xml</link>
<description>Video Test</description>
<ttl>30</ttl>
<item>
	<title>Video1</title>
	<link>http://brightsignnetwork.com/download/MRSS/video1.mpg</link>
	<description>video1</description>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">0601</guid>
	<media:content url="http://brightsignnetwork.com/download/MRSS/video1.mpg" type="video/mpeg"/>
</item>
<item>
	<title>Video2</title>
	<link>http://brightsignnetwork.com/download/MRSS/video2.mpg</link>
	<description>video2</description>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">0610</guid>
	<media:content url="http://brightsignnetwork.com/download/MRSS/video2.mpg" type="video/mpeg"/>
</item>
<item>
	<title>Video3</title>
	<link>http://brightsignnetwork.com/download/MRSS/video3.mpg</link>
	<description>video3</description>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">0625</guid>
	<media:content url="http://brightsignnetwork.com/download/MRSS/video3.mpg" type="video/mpeg"/>
</item>
<item>
	<title>Video4</title>
	<link>http://brightsignnetwork.com/download/MRSS/video4.mpg</link>
	<description>video4</description>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">0630</guid>
	<media:content url="http://brightsignnetwork.com/download/MRSS/video4.mpg" type="video/mpeg"/>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
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    Dattola Mauro

    ...sorry again, this part is also clear, and the video plays on touching the region "connected" to the Media RSS Feed object, but what if the xml include more than one video? How can I parse the other items? Are there any "Advanced Command" where specifiy the item/video to play, depending on the region we touch?

    Thanks again and sorry for bothering : ) !

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    Alex

    No, you can't select a specific video inside the media RSS feed. When media RSS state is triggered to play, unit will play the first video in the feed. You can create multiple media RSS feeds however, and add them to your zone.

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    Encoaz

    Hello:

    WE have tried this xml on td1012 3.7.0.39 and 3.10.45 firmware and its rebooting all the time.

    Here is the presentation using mrss feed.

    Thanks

     

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    Alex

    Media RSS feeds don't work on TD1012 with BA3.7. Please uninstall BA3.7 and use version 3.5.0.36. I'm including a link to installer:

    https://www.brightsignnetwork.com/download/BrightAuthor/setup.3.5.0.36.exe

    If problem persists, you need to downgrade the firmware on the device to version 3.10.35:

    https://www.brightsignnetwork.com/download/Firmware/monaco-3.10.35-update.zip

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