Barco S!Play Installation guide

Brand: Barco

Model: S!Play

Type: Installation guide

This manual is also suitable for

SPlay

Barco S!Play offers you a range of possibilities for displaying dynamic digital content on professional LCD or plasma displays connected to a network. Create your own layouts using any combination of static and dynamic content, such as text, images, videos, streaming video, web pages, custom data feeds, etc. The S!Play accepts any type of content and automatically scales it to fit the display format. This is done with the user-friendly, intuitive S!Operate software. The content provided by the S!Operate software enables you to manage your digital signage network efficiently.

S! Play

Installation Manual

R5976520/02

04/0

3/2005

Barco nv Media

Noordlaan 5, B-8520 Kuurne

Phone: +

32 56.36.89.70

Fax: +32 56.36.83.86

E-mail: media@barco.com

Visit us at

the web: www.barco.com

Printed in Belgium

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Table of contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Overview ............................................................................................ 3

1.1 Beforestarting.................................................................................................. 3

1.2 Systemrequirements.......................................................................................... 3

1.3 Installationoverview........................................................................................... 3

1.4 Availablefileformats .......................................................................................... 4

1.5 SupportedVideocodecsonS!Play......................................................................... 5

1.6 Sideremarksforcontentcreation............................................................................ 5

2. Installation of the S! Play software ........................................................... 7

2.1 Functionofthedifferentcomponents........................................................................ 7

2.2 Installationofthetypicalcomponents ....................................................................... 8

2.3 Configurationwiththeconfigurator ..........................................................................19

2.4 InstallationofDirectXandInternetExplorer ................................................................23

3. Removing S! Play.................................................................................25

3.1 HowtoremoveS!Play........................................................................................25

4. Updating S! Play..................................................................................27

4.1 HowtoupdateS!Play.........................................................................................27

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1. Overview

1. OVERVIEW

1.1 Before starting

Overview

This gu ide is intended for system administrators. It assumes you are familiar with the Windows op e ra tin g

system at your site and with standard system administration tasks.

The CD-ROM in your package contains all the product data for the Signage, including a Windows-based

installation program. You can install the software from the CD-ROM.

1.2 System requirements

Hardware requirements

See Signam!cs System Overview manual for the minimum requirements for the Si4 computer.

Operating system

• Windows 2000 SP3

• Windows NT4.0

1.3 Installation overview

Installation steps

1. Installation of the some typical S! Play components.

2. Installation of DIVX software.

3. Installation of MPEG-2 decoder software.

4. Installation of Powerpoint Viewer.

5. Installation of Mediaplayer.

6. Installation of Java.

7. Installation of the remote access software VNC.

8. Installation of W32Time

9. Manual installation of Internet Explorer and DirectX.

10.Configuration of the S! Play.

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1. Overview

1.4 Available file formats

Overview

The following file formats can be used to create layouts:

Storable formats

-SWF

- JPEG/JPG

-BMP

-PNG

-PCX

-PCT

-PICT

-PIC

-TGA

- TIF/TIFF

-WMF

-AVI

-MPEG

-MPG

-MPE

-WMV

-HTML

-HTM

-PPT

-PPS

Non-storable format s

-SWF(flash)

-WMV

-MPG

-MPEG

-MPE

- All possible web pages which can be entered in a browser (e.g. asp, jsp, etc.)

Storable formats

Content created on the normal way, Add new content –> Add

Non-storable formats

Content created via a U RL, Add new content –> Add URL

Remark on HTML pages

Reliability of HTML files cannot be 1 00 % guar an teed d ue to the diverse nature of the web pages.

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1. Overview

Avoid HTML pages:

• with popups (typically blocke d)

• that execute scripts (script errors can occur, resulting in a dialog box on the display)

• that load content formats (e.g. Quicktime, Realplayer, Vivo, etc.) that are not installed on the playback

side. See installed formats and codecs version.

• that are frequently rotating (e.g. playlists)

Before using one of these pages, previewing is necessary to check if everything works fine.

1.5 Supported Video codecs on S! Play

Overview

• Cinepak codec version 1.10.0.6

• Intel indeo video version 5.10

• Intel indeo video R32 version 3.24.15.03

• Microsoft Windows Media Video 9 VCM

• MS MPEG-4 v1.2.3 version 4.0 0. 0.3688

• Elecard mpeg-2 decoder version 1.35

•DiVX5.02

1.6 Side remarks for content creation

Overview

• A streaming video will only initialize when ready and not on scheduled time, this depends hi

ghly on

available bandwidth. It is recommended only to use streaming video on LAN.

• Schedulin g stre aming videos in playlist can cause system to block because files cannot in itia lize

quickly (This depends highly on the available bandwidth, advised 10 mbps , LAN usage only).

• Avoid scheduling m ultimedia files that render on 100% CPU usage such as Flash files with AVI en-

coded, AVI mpeg-1/2/4 that are scaled too much or scaled a lot different from their original aspect

ratio.

• Avoid scheduling multimedia files that use too much memory, Flash files with heavy 3D processing

can u se too much system memory.

• The playback software will autom atically scale . The more contents are sca

led, the more CPU could

be used (this depends highly on which content format)

• For datafeed contents, text does not scale in OpenGL mode. In LCD mode, text is scaled according

resolution.

• ItispossiblewithsomedynamicHTMLcontentthatpopupsarenotblocked. Normallythisisprevented

through the software but there are still cases where it can fail. Try to avoid to schedule this content.

• Datafeedcontent (except on Compact PC for Solaris hardware platform) relies on O penGL, especially

for the s crollin g feature. Therefore, it is im po r ta nt that when using the scro lling on an S ! Play, the

playback hardware supports fully OpenGL. Preferably, the chipset is Nvidia / ATI. There are known

reliability problems on SIS ch ipset due to it’s opengl driver.

• For HTML in general it is advised to preview the pages on the S! Operate. Check whether there are

no script errors

• Content creation detects file length (duration) for video files (except for flash) . All other file formats (+

flash) have a default duration of 1 0 sec.

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2. INSTALLATION OF THE S! PLAY

SOFTWARE

Close all other programs before starting the installation procedure.

2.1 Function of the different components

Overview table

Component

Description

DirectX 8.1 DirectX installer provided by the install package. Manual

installation is necessary after the installation procedure is

finished.

DirectX is a set of multimedia programming interfaces from

Microsoft for Windows that provide low-level access to the

hardware for improved performa nce.

optional

Internet E x plorer 6 .0

SP1

Internet browser application. Installer provided by the install

package

optional

MediaPlayer 9.0

Playback of video and audio files

required

Java Runtime

Environment

JRE1.4.1_01 is necessary to run the application required

Flash

Installation o f the Flash 7 plug in .

required

MPEG4 Installs the MPEG4 codec for MPEG4 avi content.

required

MPEG2 Elecard MPEG2 player

required

PPTViewer

Installs Microsoft powerpoint viewer

optional

DIVX

Installs the DIVX 5 codex for DIVX content.

optional

VNC This program provides de sktop control over the Si4 from

another system. The user can protect this service via a

password.

optional

W32Time configuration

and insta llation

This is an option and not included in the typical set up.

This synchronise s the S i4 with the Si5 or any serv

er with time

referencing purposes.

optional

Autologon

Creates a local Signamics profile. Logon will be done to that

profile.

If this profile does not exist yet with administrator rights, you will

not be able to change it afterwards.

optional

PowerManagement

configuration

Adjusts the registry for no powermanagement and no

screensaver.

optional

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Component

Description

IOMessag in g

configuration

Sets the registry so that no warning messages will be displayed

at bootup when no keyboard or no mouse are attached to the

comput er.

required

Eventlogging

configuration

Adjusts the registry for the application, system and security

logs to overwrite as needed, so an error message cannot pop

up while the Si4 playout is in progress or when the Si4 gets

rebooted.

required

2.2 Installation of the typical components

Starting the set up

1. Double click on Setup.exe t

o run the program.

The Setup window opens with s ystem information (System Info). (image 2-1)

Set up has checked if the cu

rrent user has administrator privileges or not. If not, the procedure will be

terminate.

Set up informs that Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 and DirectX has to be installed manually. The installation

files w ill be added to the ’Installers’ directory.

2. Click Yes to continue.

The license window opens (License agreement). (image 2-2)

Read this te xt carefully.

3. Are you agree w ith the license text?

If yes, Click Yes to accept the agreement and to continue to the next step.

The setup wizard checks fir

st which components are installed and which has to be installed (Checking

for S! Play components on Si4). (image 2-3)

If no, click NO to interrupt the installation procedure.

4. Click Next on t he checking com ponents window.

The destination path window opens (Destination path for S! Play package). (image 2-4)

5. Browse to the desired folder and click Next.

The setup choice window will open (Choose the set up type for the S! Play package). (image 2-5)

The following choices are p

ossible:

- Typical : program will be installed with the most common options. Recommended.

- Custom : the customer has the choice w hich options must be installed. For advanced users.

6. Make your choice by selecting the icon of your choice.

If you have chosen for Custom, a check list will pop up (Select optional S! Play components). (im-

age 2-6)

Make your choices and click Next.

7. An overview of the chosen inst

all parameters will be displayed.

If OK, click Next to start the installation . O therwis e click Back to change the configuration. (image 2-7)

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Image 2-1

System Info

Image 2-2

Licence window

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Image 2-3

Checking S! Play components

Image 2-4

Destination path for S! Play packa

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Image 2-5

Set up choice

Image 2-6

Optional S! Play components

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Image 2-7

Check Setup information

Installation of DIVX

1. During the installation the setup program checks if DIVX Version 5.02 is installed on the PC. If not, the

installation procedure will be started. (image 2-8)

2. Click Next.

The welcome window will be displayed.

3. Click Next.

The License window will be displayed.

4. Click Yes to accept the license.

The destination window opens.

5. Browse to the desired location if the proposed location is not the desired one and click Next.

The Select components window opens. (image 2-9)

6. By default, both components are checked. Click on DivX Player 2.0 Alpha 5 to unselect.

Click on Next.

The ready to install window opens.

7. Click Next.

The finish window will open.

8. Click Close to fini

sh the DivX installation procedure.

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Image 2-8

DIVX installation start up

Image 2-9

Select components window

Installation of Elecard MPEG-2 player (Moonlight Cordless)

1. During the installation the setup program checks if Elecard MPEG-2 player software is installed on the

PC. If not, the installation procedure will be started. (image 2-10)

2. Click o n Extract.

The install window opens

3. Click Next.

The License window opens.

4. Click Yes to accept this license.

The install location window opens.

5. Browse to the desired directory and click Next.

The Ready to complete installation window opens.

6. Click Next.

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The Program group window opens.

7. Click OK.

The following message will be displayed : ’Do you want associate the install application with supported

file types’ (image 2-11)

8. Click Cancel.

The installation will be complete d. A Complete window will be displayed .

9. Leave everything unchecked. Click Finish.

Image 2-10

MPEG-2 player software installation

Image 2-11

Associate message

Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer

1. Duringthe installationthe setup programchecks ifthe Microsoft PowerPointViewersoftware is installed

on the PC. If not, the installation procedure will be started. (image 2-12)

2. Clic

k Yes to continue.

The Microsoft Power Point Viewer 97 setup window opens.

3. Click C

ontinue.

The installation directory window opens.

4. Browse t

o the desired directory and click OK.

The License window opens.

5. Click o n A

ccept.

The install window opens. (image 2-13)

6. Click on th

eiconnexttoInstall.

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The installation starts. When successful finished, a Successful window will be displayed.

7. Click OK to finish the installation.

Image 2-12

Startup Power Point Viewer installation

Image 2-13

Windows Mediaplayer

1. During the installation the setup program checks if the Windows Mediaplayer software is installed on

the PC. If not, the installation procedure will be started.

Afirstmes

sage window will be displayed. Do not let the mediaplayer installer to reboot the PC. (im-

age 2-14)

2. Click OK.

The license window will opens. (image 2-15)

3. Click o n I accept.

A welcome window opens.

4. Click o n Next.

The Privacy options windows opens. (image 2-16)

5. Unselect the first 3 options and click Next.

The Customize install options window will be displayed. (image 2-17)

6. Select all options and click Finish.

The mediaplayer starts up. (image 2-18)

7. Close t he mediaplayer.

Image 2-14

Reboot message Mediaplayer

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Image 2-15

License window Mediaplayer

Image 2-16

Privacy options

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