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1. gt Datasources goog DS Player Download the datasource template sample files To better understand what datasources can do for you eg aL weather data download the 720p resolution weather template files from A Oui SM our we bsite C Bluetooth Datasources lt lt ___ v STCK f 2 64 eats http www 1080dots com download examples 720pweather_template zip 0A DS player real time stock exchange Datasources This file also contains animated weather icons and the tin picturemovie layer source files Create a new 720p project and copy the included anim_weather folder in the media icons folder of your project Use the Edit gt Explore Project dad function to open your current project folder in a window Ont After copying the weather icons you can drop the included template PSD file onto the 1080dots DS Player Use datasources for receiving real time data from anywhere The final step is to enter the following online datasource example URL inside the tab datasources http www 1080dots com rss weather datasource xml Build a new playlist save your project and press Play Scheduling da DS Player Ed DS Player File Edit Settings Help You can schedule your playlist events This function enables you to plan your events in the future Several options are available scheduling You can select and sc2. 1080dots Digital Signage About this manual This manual applies to all versions of the 1080dots players the standalone DS Player the network enabled XML player DS Player and DS Player Host for controlling a small local DS Player network Besides the Digital Signage player this manual will give you a brief introduction to 1080dots DS Online the web enabled content management system with which you can control any number of DS Player clients over the internet anywhere at any time Support Visit our website www 1080dots com regularly for the latest version of 1080dots DS Player You are welcome to share your experience with other 1080dots DS Player users on the 1080dots forum at forums creativecow net 1080dots Please read this manual carefully before emailing any support questions to support 1080dots com 1080DOTS DE Player 1080DOTS DS Online Adobe Photoshop is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated Decklink Decklink HD and Intensity are trademarks of Blackmagic Design Axis is a registered trademark of Axis Communications Delta HD tm and Delta SDI tm are registered trademarks of Deltacast This software uses libraries from the FFmpeg project under the LGPLv2 1 FFmpeg is a trademark of Fabrice Bellard All other mentioned trademarks belong to their respective owners LILIL Table of contents 1080DOTS PEPE NO Q CL Lo 9 4 de lie llaga o d MNT 30 a o Geer o r WD 3
3. gt New project Choose preferably a blank folder or make a new one Then enter a name for the project and press OK The project folder struc ture is now automatically generated LILILI Workflow getting started 1080DOTS D S P aye a Drag and drop your design template or overlay onto the player b The file you just dropped will be converted to a 1080dots DS Player XML compatible format and is added to your template or overlay library LIGHTWEIGHT WHEELS CARBON FRAME C Repeat these steps until you have completed 7 E inserting all your templates and overlays into the DS Player library template777 psd Note The Photoshop file is converted to a 1080dots DS Player tem E plate or overlay item The original PSD file is not part of your Y um project Keep the original PSD in a safe place in case you need To8Gbors to adjust the template design You can overwrite templates or overlays at any time LILILI Workflow getting started 1080DOTS D S P aye 3 Edit and play a Go to the playlist tab and click on the append pr button You will be taken to the template tab File Edit Settings Help playlist b Click the desired template and you will be taken back dll to the playlist tab Now you have an empty playlist TT TIS VOS SERES event based on the selected template Corporate news 10 0s inactive frorn 01 08 2009
4. DS Player Serial commands can be configured for any third party se rial device that supports receiving ASCII commands RS 232 commands can be used for a variety of functions for example switching to another TV channel video source turn on off displays or to check if a display is currently active and many more Basically you have the choice to send a command orto send a command and receive a response code This response code is displayed inside the player just above your timeline duration The response code is also sent within the next playlist URL request when you use DS Player and DS Online or any other CMS RS 232 commands can be configured by editing the port xml file You will find an example port1 xml in the root of your Program Files 1080dots DS Player Plus folder Number 1 stands for the corresponding COM port number Use one unique port xml for every COM port that you need config The commands will be available in the player after configur ing saving and restarting the player Triggering commands can be done by choosing a command in the dropdown selec tion box when you are editing playlist events The chosen command is triggered at the start of the event and saved inside your playlist Ist file Notice that you can insert the command names within 1080dots DS Online when you have administrator rights DS Online only sends the command names the player itself is triggers the serial ASCII comman
5. 127 0 0 1 mpeg4 media amp where 127 0 0 1 is the corresponding IP number of your Axis camera Designing templates in Adobe Photoshop RSS ticker Show live feeds from any online RSS feed Layer name rss1 rss2 l ssa How Create a one line text box and type the desired RSS URL source as text for in stance http forums creativecow net index rss xml The RSS feed will appear and disappear at the sides of the text box The RSS layer will be filled dynamically with the titles from the entered RSS feed url Support Font type font colour and kerning Layer transparency Alphachannel Layer style Drop shadow Stroke LILILI 1080DOTS DS Player Creating a graphical separator between RSS titles Create a layer named separator and place this layer above the RSS layer Your RSS titles will be separated by the contents of this layer Creating a separator icon between RSS titles It is also possible to display media such as pictures attached to the RSS feed In order to do this create a layer called separatoricon and place it directly above the RSS layer Speed settings The ticker speed can be adjusted in the settings tab of DS Player Reverse direction rtl reading If you want your ticker to run from left to right change the name from rss1 to rssrt 1 ttp www 1080dots com rss feed xml au DS Designing templates in Adobe Photoshop 1080DOTS Pla ye RSS bar Display texts for certai
6. Blackmagicdesign Intensity Pro HDMI and Analog HD SD Editing Card gt N NN Y 0 OOO Display and device settings 1080DOTS D S P ayer File Edit Settings Help When you create a new Digital Signage project you can choose Cross Fade the resolution your project is displayed in You can choose AutoPlay between different video resolutions take a look at the previous Loop page for an overview of the available resolutions Minimize Create Play Log Video card display Language When you are using a Blackmagic Decklink or Deltacast video Te card for displaying the installed devices will show up in the M topbar settings menu above the VGA display choice Select the output device of your choice and choose the resolution Decklink keying you need for instance PAL or 720p or any other available video VGA display resolution Check the manual of your video card for supported PAL resolutions NTSC PAL widescreen Select VGA display when you are using your onboard graphics NTSC widescreen card This is the only available choice when you don t have a 720p 50 Decklink or Deltacast video card installed 720p 59 94 1080i 50 Video cards are used when you need professional broadcast 1080i 59 94 connections like HDMI SDI or Component connections Portrait 1080dots DS Player and DS Player are optimized for these TOR cards and deliver broadcast quality video output OOO
7. Broadcast Quality Digital Signage is based on the required specification for broadcasting professionals OOO Introduction 1080DOTS Sparen voor J c ec A L e we MN gratis cadeaus V PERFEKT Bij elke 2 50 aan cm lt JJ T SNOEP gt pa q griotten groentjes hoestmelange bepdschappen A AA gt snoepmix tum tum of winegums een gratis spaarzegel pe IN zak 400 gram waarmee u kunt sparen voor prachtige cadeaus Exclusief statiegeld A l d 1 J E NS a A a ae www poiesz supermarkten nl ran HARKTEN www poiesz supermarkten nl SUPER wn OS LA ws ber 3 2 T b Altijd voordeel bij Poiesz Wanneer een aanbieding uit de folder niet meer voorradig is krijgt u van ons een reclametegoedbon Zo heeft u dus altijd voordeel Geldt niet voor OP OP aanbiedingen Some examples of 1080dots DS Player in action OOO 1080dots products overview 1080DOTS DS Player client player Our open flexible and easy to use local Digital Signage Player The network enabled XML open Digital Signage Player 1080dots DS Player lets you compile and play high impact rich media messages for many applications Use Adobe Pho Control this client player from anywhere in the world toshop to create and design dynamic DS Player templates 1080dots DS Player receives playlists content and and overlays You don t need to learn any new
8. _ _ 2 62 connecting DS Player to DS Online 64 Appendix windows buttons and menus 67 Disclaimer ananas eene eene ene h nana ana ettet os 79 OOO Introduction 1080DOTS Digital Signage Software Inspired by Creatives 1080dots XML based and Broadcast quality For Digital Sig ao J PRINGLES CHIPS nage and broadcasting applications Our mission is to enable designers and end users to easily create and control high quality corporate Digital Signage solutions And also to enable system integrators and developers to integrate our XML open DS Player as component for their own custom created solu tions Versatile product Version 2 0 completes the 1080dots range of Digital Signage products After two years of development and working with We hope you enjoy the quality like we do and if you have sug clients in both the Digital Signage Narrowcasting and Broad gestions to improve our products don t hesitate to contact us casting markets we have created a solution that meets the Keep an eye on www 1080dots com for updates information requirements of a range of broad perspective applications and additional example usage files From simple tickers logo insertion and interactive possibilities The 1080dots team in professional broadcasting environments to easy manage able Digital Signage networks anything is possible with 1080dots DS Player and 1080dots DS Online Our payoff and goal
9. as sets in a compressed ZIP file of your choice Collect Project as Zip Collect your project completely including all assets in one compressed ZIP document Note Edit Settings Help New Project Open Project Save Save a Copy As Import Playlist Export Playlist Collect Templates Collect Playlist Collect Templates as Zip Collect Playlist as Zip Collect Project as Zip Record Playlist Exit Remember that your original Adobe Photoshop template documents are not part of your project Keep these documents in a safe place REDS 1080dots DS Player client features 1080DOTS P ayer if new playlist and content is available at a specific given URL You can control the 1080dots DS Player from anywhere in the 1080dots DS Online DS Online is tne web based content manager for controlling World Wille Web DS Player clients over the Internet It is available as SaaS slate vourplavitstand eontemtanlipe DS Player will be able to control and manage this player remotely over the internet using XML commands This version regularly checks The plus version gives you network specific functionality You pos ao DA Player DS player 1080dots DS Player is an XML open application which means that any Content Management System or any application that can generate and host XML code on the internet can control webserver one or more DS Player systems DS player Host Another
10. as the respec tive fields in the XML file the layer data will be filled with the XML data As well as supporting text fields depending on the XML data you can also use images and picturemovies mu j A Fill your dynamic templates vith an external XML datasource like this weather feed 5L tomorrow Me actual 21 P 4 2 SI Beaufort Y Beaufort location Leeuwarden yo adhi Y the Netherlands Example of a template using a datasource to display real time animated weather information from an online data source Datasources goo DS Player Example Snaphot of the datasource and screenshot of the EE 2 a corresponding layers in Adobe Photoshop Sv C9 weather v CD actual y LJ picturemovie_icday baranan a_01 T esc vindspeed xml version 1 0 encoding UTF 8 gt weather datasource item id actual item id celcius gt 21 lt item gt item id Windspeed gt 4 lt item gt item id Ppicturemovie wdirection icons anim weather wind ONO 01 png item item id i turemovie_icday gt icons anim_weather a_01 png lt item gt lt item gt item id Momorrow gt lt item id lcius gt 25 lt item gt item id Mifids peed gt 2 lt item gt lt item id picturemovie wdirection icons anim weather wind NO 01 png item item id picturemovie_icday gt icons anim_weather f_01 png lt item gt item weather datasource
11. design tools scheduling information over the internet Once you know how to build reusable multizone templates It can create POPAI Proof of Play Logs with Adobe Photoshop you re ready to go Setup a complete network of Digital Signage players Use any available Online CMS Content Management 1080dots DS Player keeps content separate from design System with XML support and control your DS Player keeping the corporate design and identity correct at all times network The player lets you connect to any available online data or datasource using XML With XML datasources you can show for instance the latest weather forecast or any other dynamic XML content You can easily create live ticker crawls that work instantly from online RSS feeds for creating up to date Digital Signage applications DS Player installer includes both DS Player Host and DS Player 1080dots products overview LILIL 1080DOTS Standalone local player 1080dots DS Player has the same features as DS Player except the client feature So you cannot control this player over the network But you can make use of datasources and RSS features Use this player when you want to control this player locally Also your graphics designer can use this player locally to test his created templates IN STORE NOL A Pa a LIGHTWEIGHT WHEELS 7 A CARBON FRAME ee INCL VAT template777 psd 1080DOTS DS Online Web based CMS for
12. found in the submenu Manage Click Media Main screen The main screen is focused on the management of the media You can search apply filters and so on Categorizing To keep things organized the mediamanager offers catego ries To categorize files select the files in the list and click the Categorize button Then you can select one or more categories You can access category management by clicking the button Categories Mediamanager iis DS Online Overview of mediamanager main screen Mediamanager Manage your media upload files upload categories ftp sea rch categories manager TT select filters extension W duration Y category Y dimensions Y Misato a reset filters Filter images c co apply filters categorize or delete Ekenlngoerinan tilvinicin switch thumb multiple files Items per page 10 1 nail view O thumbnail filename categories duration date description FI Arez 1280x720sneekweektestimage jpg itegorized 0s 1280x720 04 08 2010 Z y select items P KT background jpg tegorized 0s 1280x720 04 08 2010 T mn edit item F Im zeilen1 jpg categorized 0s 1280 x 720 05 08 2010 a Hm delete item E advetentie sneekweek JPG categorized 0s 600 x 962 10 08 2010 2 ii PI po AA item cannot be deleted because it is in use JEN DS onii Connecting DS Player to DS Online 1080DOTS Online DS Player can download a playlist from any location
13. over RTT T http 0www yourdomain comiplaylist php id HTTP by providing the playlist url and the player id a s In DS Player go to the Settings tab Here you can enter the playlist URL and the player id The player id is the id of this specific player in DS Online so it knows which playlist has to be served You can also alter the playlist refresh time here This is the interval at which the player calls the URL and downloads the playlist You can manually update the playlist by clicking the Update playlist button in the Playlist tab All media files templates and overlays will be automatically downloaded by the player JEN DS oni Connecting DS Player to DS Online 1080DOTS Online 1080DOTS DS PI ayer ra E a DS Online DS Appendix windows buttons and menus 1080DOTS P aye On the next pages you will find a summary of all the screens and functions used in 1080dots DS Player Appendix windows buttons and menus g De Player File Edit Settings Help playlist Playlist playlist Ist template title Clocks Introduction duration playlist time scheduled 10 0 s 10 0 s 00 00 10 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 30 00 update playlist in 417s edit Welcome to 1080dots DS Player MIN SECS FRAMES HR Playlist tab update playlist button only available in DS Player Click the button to manually overrule the update interval time
14. templates to get you familiar with design ing 1080dots DS Player templates in Adobe Photoshop You can find them at http www 1080dots com digitalsignage 218 moot Be Player A A 23 SHedm NIE VIOBO codi 24 a eeen 25 Mor r br rrr DD rd 26 analog and digital clock or date 27 template AMIN AIO Naam n 30 cela 0 E op MNT Cm 31 Mate S U EE anaconda 32 Designing templates in Adobe Photoshop Text area Use editable text areas in your templates Layer name text1 text2 text16 How Draw a text box preferred or create a text line Supports Single text line or text box Font type font colour and kerning Layer transparency Alphachannel Rotation Layer style Drop shadow Stroke ried Bh Player Image Show replacable images in your templates Layer name image1 imagez images How Draw a rectangle Supports Layer transparency Alphachannel Auto rotation inside a smart layer Layer style Drop shadow Stroke Scaling Images are automatically scaled while maintaining the correct aspect ratio Rotate a smart layer with an image inside the smart layer 1080dots DS Player will rotate your dynamic image on the fly when it displays your template DS Designing templates in Adobe Photoshop 1080DOTS Pla ye Video Show videos in your playlist events Layer name video1 video2 How Draw a rectangle of the desired size and name th
15. we explain the common workflow method How to design and set up your first 1080dots Digital Signage project Design in 3 easy steps Design and setup Design drop and play Create new project 1 Design and setup Set resolution Design templates in Adobe Photoshop following the guidelines described in Designing templates in Adobe Photoshop on page 20 Then set up a new project in 1080dots DS Player as described on the next page Add your templates Drop the template you created onto the DS Player The player will convert the PSD file into a reusable XML formatted DS Player template 2 Drop Add your overlays Build and edit playlist Edit and play 3 Edit and play Build a playlist based on imported templates Adjust Play the content per template to your needs and press Play to start the presentation LILILI Workflow getting started 1080DOTS D S P aye 1 Design and setup a Design and create new template files and or overlays This is described in detail in the chapters Designing EN templates in Adobe Photoshop on page 20 and Design cH SERU ing overlays in Adobe Photoshop on page 34 l n 8 2 b Save the templates in the PSD format and give them a 20 name of the form template psd where is a unique number between 1 and 999 If you are saving an over lay you can use any name you want cui C Open up 1080dots DS Player and create a new project aa EN folder Select File
16. when you are using an external playlist feed edit button edit selected playlist event insert new playlist event insert before append new playlist event at the end of the playlist delete selected playlist event Jump to first playlist event Go to previous playlist event Go to next playlist event Jump to last playlist event Play and Stop button playlist loop DS Appendix windows buttons and menus 1080DOTS P aye DS Player Monitor tab File Edit Settings Help monitor 300 and HP Z400 Workstations A Digital Rapids to Showcase New Technology and Share Expertise at IBC 2009 WWW CREATI VECOW NET A 5 Digital Signage Inspired by Creatives 1080DOTS DSpiayer of oda Signage s refresh button refresh the monitor refresh Benefits of Digital Signage playlist duration JU iU U TIL U total playlist duration Appendix windows buttons and menus EH 1080dots DS Player File Edit Settings Help duration ms timecode LA EX popid text1 image1 video1 show blocks show overlays J ticker playlist duration rico Be Player Editor tab playlist event duration in milliseconds or timecode Proof of Play popid field editable template fields select blocks you want to show overlay selection The available fields vary depending on template of the selected event 1080D
17. 008 2010 1080dots Digital Signage forum OOO 1080DOTS Broadcast Quality Digital Signage
18. 1 1080dots products overview eese 6 Mare E NOS sarao 32 CMA LOS 8 Designing overlays in Adobe Photoshop 34 System reguire ments Li ln seyin neen in el rebealnk ki darakeden 10 colli erc 36 Display and device settings eee 12 Scheduling m A den ka yek n N b 39 About templates and overlays eese 14 Collect project and templates 40 Workflow getting started uis eran creates 16 1080dots DS Player client features 41 lia ire ro T E 41 Designing templates in Adobe Photoshop 20 DS Playert Settings ER 43 j E eenen 21 DI DOL OL PIN y ne nenn ewan NANA 45 Nn 21 ROSE TUN udo E orense eenen 46 MISO eee 22 el M 48 video Wip UT c 23 template Updates sorreraren EEEE EE 50 a A keyan dik Saran anada 24 SON e k san cee 51 KN r A eenden 25 o NNN PU I 26 analog and digital clock or date nennen enen 27 LILIL Table of contents 1080DOTS 1080d0ts DS OMME c nlne 54 introduction to LOSOGOLS ONE merecia dicas 54 AAP Ort Template Saat 56 registering and managing players sss 58 MNE COS DIS Y c n 60 E Am A nn
19. Display and device settings 1080DOTS D S P ayer DS Player Graphics card display VGA The default setting is VGA with PAL or NTSC resolution When VGA is selected in the topbar Settings menu three Edit Settings Help format x rate display Apply a additional display settings will appear in the Settings tab audio delay e window format refresh rate and display Refresh rate It is important to change the refresh rate this is the rate set ting Be sure that this value matches the refresh rate of your graphics card setting in Windows and that the format resolu tion and refresh rate are supported by your graphics card This is the only way you will get a full screen playout view without any windows Furthermore if you need a specific graphical resolution you can change this in the format fields Display number Display 1 is your default monitor If you configured the use of multiple monitors in Windows you can change the desired display setting to the display number of your choice About templates and overlays LILILI 1080DOTS DS Player About templates Every Digital Signage application has its own requirements A grocery store has other content to display than for instance a waiting room in a hospital 1080dots DS Player uses templates to show content inside a playlist event Within the playlist event the user can change dynamic content like text image
20. Dynamic layers are automatically created from layers with a 1080dots DS Player predefined name for instance text1 or videol DS About templates and overlays 1080DOTS P aye About overlays Overlays is a feature designed to show objects on top of tem plates and can be controlled for each playlist event individu ally Show for instance a corporate logo on top of your screen You can use multiple overlays at the same time You can activate overlays when you edit a playlist event IN STORE now Overlays work just like broadcast CG titler applications the TEN graphical content is keyed on top of the video in this case over ipiam one or more playlist events pe FRANCE WILL STAF THE 2010 TOUR Just like templates overlays are created in Adobe Photoshop in the same resolution as your Digital Signage project The biggest difference is that the content can only be filled using an XML datasource or through RSS feeds for ticker crawls You cannot edit a dynamic layer in overlays inside the player You can read more about creating 1080dots DS Player tem plates and overlays in the chapter Designing templates in You can create any type of layer in overlays like RSS ticker Adobe Photoshop on page 20 and Designing overlays in Adobe crawls and digital or analog clocks Content blocks are not Photoshop on page 34 15 supported in overlays 000 Workflow getting started 1080DOTS D S P ayer In this chapter
21. OTS DS Player Appendix windows buttons and menus DS Player Scheduling tab File Edit Settings Help scheduling Time of day CT 00 00 00 ME 24 00 00 from to times the playlist event has to be shown Days of waat su Mm tu Ewe 2m Bfr Msa days of week the playlist event has to be shown Kun Bi Aways Always always show playlist event i 07 06 2009 13 52 24 EE 06 08 2009 13 52 24 ces a mmm Period show playlist event only for a certain period Once show playlist event once at a specific time Benefits of Digital Signage 70 Appendix windows buttons and menus 1080DOTS DS P aye DS Player Templates tab File Edit Settings Help templates template 7 03 refresh update the template thumbnails delete deletes the selected templates select multiple templates by clicking the white Benefits of Digital Signage box below the template thumbnails pere 00 00 16 1 1 pray You can also right click on any thumbnail and io litt ol nan choose the Delete option from there zd Appendix windows buttons and menus 1080DOTS DS P aye DS Player Overlays tab File Edit Settings Help overlay ticker ds_logo delete deletes the selected overlays Select multiple overlays by clicking the white box Benefits of Digital Signage below the overlays thumbnails playlist duration You can also right click on any thumbnail
22. Photoshop OOO 1080DOTS DS Player Streaming video Connect to a streaming video source Axis mpeg4 stream www axis com 1080dots DS Player is capable of playing streaming video inside your template design using an Axis MPEG 4 stream Axis support is installed by default when you install 1080dots DS Player Your player might freeze for a short time while it is trying to connect to the camera Make sure that you don t use any account password settings on your Axis camera and that the camera is configured for MPEG 4 streaming MMS Microsoft Media Server MMS is the name of Microsoft s pro prietary network streaming protocol used to transfer unicast data in Windows Media Services MMS can be used to display livestreams from the internet in your templates MMS URL example mms url com filename wmv Layer name stream1 stream2 How The approach for designing templates is the same as for creat ing video boxes Make sure that your camera is available on the network and has the corresponding video resolution Start DS Player insert your video template and edit the playlist event The difference compared with selecting video files is that you don t browse to a video file inside the editor so ignore the browse button and insert the URL from your Axis camera or MMS to create a connection to your camera livestream Axis URL example You need to type the Axis URL in the stream fields e g axrtsphttp
23. Player video output to studio equipment Required Operating System Windows XP Windows XP Professional Windows 7 or Windows Blackmagic Design Decklink series Decklink Decklink Embedded systems HD Decklink Duo and Intensity Pro Deltacast video cards DELTA HD and DELTA SDI System requirements These cards are built for studio purposes and have professional video connections like SDI Component and HDMI connections For more information about these video cards go to www deltacast be or www blackmagic design com Supported native video resolutions Setting Resolution Frame rate PAL 720 576 25i NTSC 720 486 29 971 PAL widescreen 720 576 251 NTSC widescreen 720 576 29 971 720p 50 1280 720 50p 720p 59 54 1280 720 59 94p 1080i 50 1920 1080 25i 1080i 59 94 1920 1080 29 97 And basically any other graphics card resolution VGA SVGA SXGA SXGA UXGA OXGA WXGA WUXGA 2K and more Keep the 16 9 pixel aspect ratio in mind when designing tem plates and overlays in Adobe Photoshop ried Bh Player Tip We specifically like the Blackmagic Intensity Pro card as this is a low cost HDMI composite and component video card Ideal for previewing and displaying video and Digital Signage presentations You can also preview straight from your design tools to the display device of your choice Blackmagic Design has certified drivers for Adobe Photoshop Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects
24. S Online DS Player is a very straightforward and easy to use CMS We created DS Online with that philosphy in mind DS Online has the same feeling as DS Player and the two are seamlessly integrated DS Online gives you complete control over your players wherever you are through an easy to use intuitive web based tool Why DS Online Because DS Player is XML open it can be connected to any tool which can generate XML playlists as long as the specifica tions of DS Player are followed So you could even write your own tool But with DS Online we ve done the work for you It s easy to use and covers all the options available within DS Player You don t have to have programming skills at all And we ll keep DS Online updated for you oos D S Online What s not covered in this manual Only the main aspects of DS Online are covered in this manual to give you an idea of how the system works Other features include User management DS Online offers comprehensive user management You can decide what rights a user has or hasn t For example you don t want an editor to be able to install a new template package or to delete a playlist Logging You can keep track of your players in DS Online Remote software updates Imagine you ve got twenty players A new version of DS Player is released and you want to install it on the players With DS Online this is very easy upload and install a software update and all players connecte
25. Up to 4 SDI video inputs using Deltacast video cards Previous changelog version 1 2 Added features in 1080dots DS Player 1 2 Advanced scheduling functionality More dynamic layers per template More RSS tickers per template Picturemovie object insert animated image sequences into your template designs Keyframe animations animate layers in your template designs using Adobe Photoshop extended Content blocks hide or display parts of your template design during playout New collect features collect complete project as one ZIP Streaming video with Axis MPEG4 web cameras Video input support full screen or picture in picture PIP New startup features Autoplay and Minimize at startup o Proof of Play logfile support DS Player writes POPAI proof of play logs ae Bh Player Improvements in 1080dots DS Player 1 2 General stability usabilty and performance improve ment Optimized RSS tickers no double separator on screen when internet connection fails XML datasources better update response in settings tab VGA playout and display improvements Reorganized file menus and windows Setting up new projects is much easier now Overlays formerly overall tickers are much more advanced now and give you many new possibilities Axis Streaming Video Live Video Input Overlays ON OFF gt gt gt Picturemovie Keyframe Animations Blocks OOC System r
26. aging players sss 58 a n esi n yeennininkn en n eee 60 MS AA ke rN EEr Ken eyek kn N b 62 Connecting DS Player to DS Online 64 1080dots DS Online goog DS P aye JE DS online wermode Mediamanager pieyer eve e paytem Manage your meda 4 arte E Tocedeplaye VM ara T dme gt eset insert B cateqonae seiate al shel D 1080do4s news U temgiate 1080 JE DS online standaard gt edit event template 10 amp wes s ayers E Tweedeplaye forts a nan a ee A tam hen 1980do4s news 13 Imputlcrarter ooo 21 mieu eo E text Bon DS online s 11 videofile rove Playlist Standaard e jest 21_webcamskwartet Standaard total duration 0 items 3 21 woerbericht Sw i A rr ne 22 afbeelding Goge he a 104 mont ten ietes obs 2_butenradar Do template in iss C tem iate 94 23 afbeelding Qvo modules mm z temgiate yaz L my 104 Deco Some screenshots of DS Online x cnet eda D copy caste 9 LJ La Ld e Introduction to 1080dots DS Online 1080dots DS Online is a web based content management sys tem CMS which can be used to manage multiple DS Player clients in a network over the internet This manual covers the basics of DS Online to help you get started and understand the most important aspects of man aging multip
27. and choose the Delete option from there 72 DS Appendix windows buttons and menus 1080DOTS P aye 1080dots DS Player ll Datasources tab File Edit Settings Help datasources datasource 9 BB set the datasource URL and refresh time datasource j _ly y Y J J 0 datasource Z Z_ ky sl y V ZZVZ z z zz datasource J_ J 3 _ datasource 4 _ B _ EE ED 3 lt N3 3 datasource JE datasource JE datasource JE datasource JE datasource JE datasource JE datasource JE playlist duration DS Appendix windows buttons and menus 1080DOTS P aye EX 1080dots DS Player Settings tab File Edit Settings Help settings oma 3 z graphics display settings audio delay KERN s audio delay setting SUI nto im yourdomain com playlisthn G 1234567890 playlist refresh time s reboot at 17 06 2010 02 00 00 IN upload playlog at 17 06 2010 02 00 00 DS Player specific network settings EU ftp ihostnamesfolder user pass ticker speed ticker rss1 pixels frame rssbar1 ERN seconds ticker and RSS bar speed and display settings rssrtl1 pixels frame change ticker speed settings and or RSS display length from any available template or overlay ticker Dsplayer playlist duration DS Appendix windows buttons and menus 1080DOTS P aye File menu Edit Settings H
28. aved automatically when you drop the event Scheduling events You can access schedules ettings by editing a playlist event or clicking the clock next to a playlist event To schedule multiple playlistevents select the events use the checkbox on the left and press the Edit button below the playlist In the scheduling window you can also adjust the overlay settings OOC Filling the playlist 1080DOTS DS Online Playlist Standaard Default total duration 18 29 items 31 al type preview duration 1 video sponsor animation 00 42 ir G A j 2 agenda activities day one 00 10 Wm 0 iz 3 activities next week 00 10 ir C A 00 10 um Q iz Schedule Overlays 02 46 i a Z type always on scheduled exact 02 14 ir G l2 duration 10 seconds 02 22 W 0 A 06 08 2010 13 08 2010 00 10 i 0 Z start end time oo ji oo i till ml gt Hi ean o 2 mo tu we th fr sa su 00 12 m Q A wj v i E all day daytime Maz g O 02 17 um Q i Playlist and scheduling window Mediamanager b n DS Online DS Online offers a comprehensive mediamanager It is the Uploading files central place where you can upload and manage the media Click Upload You can add multiple files by clicking the Add items images or videos you re using in your playlistevents files button After that click the Start uploading button to start the upload process Accessing the mediamanager The mediamanager can be
29. chosen tem plate You can create and use as many overlays as you like How Design your overlay as you would design a template using the same resolution as your template designs Save your file in PSD format 1080dots DS Player will automatically recognize the file as an overlay THE 2010 TOUR You can activate multiple overlays in any playlist event using the editor Tip Be sure to use a transparant canvas and not a default black or white background The transparant canvas will act as a trans parant alpha channel inside DS Player a DS Player Portrait mode Landscape mode Broadcasting or Digital Signage configuration Fan less mini configuration Decklink or Deltacast videocard support Datasources LILILI 1080DOTS DS Player With datasources you can fill particular template fields with external XML sources from the internet like weather data or other live data feeds The possibilities of datasources are endless In this chapter we will explain how to use external da tasources to fill a particular template The datasource URL itself can be entered inside the datasource tab in DS player XML datasource template relation There is a relation between the layer names in your Photoshop template and the field names inside the datasource XML Ina way the Photoshop layer structure resembles the XML structure as you can see on the next page If you give the Photoshop layers the same name
30. controlling DS Player clients The online Content Management System for controlling DS Player networks anywhere in the world over the internet 1080dots DS Online is available as SaaS Software as a Service templates subplaylists modules gt uw w iw Gb d TES TS TS SEE le lb lo o lb lo lo lo E hb e xv e v e e e wee e e o t ES a amp m ow www amp IS amp B OOC Changelog version 2 0 1080DOTS DS P ayer New features in 1080dots DS Player 2 0 Completely revised video engine DS Player Host improvements target client specific Extended video format support content Automatically up and downscaling of video and DS Player is optimized for connection with images 1080dots DS Online Insert XML sub playlists from any third party CMS New Decklink key output preset key graphics over Schedule multiple playlist events at once video using Decklink cards Activate overlays for multiple playlists at once Context sensitive menus Multi language user interface RS 232 functionality send commands to serial devices control switchers and monitors New RSS bar and RSS bar icon object show RSS and Twitter feeds including images or avatars New RSS separator icon object show unique separator images per RSS title o Supporting left to right tickers rtl reading Portrait mode ES Animated Gif support within the picturemovie object for example rainfall radars
31. d to your account will get the updates automatically You 55 can even define the times between which between DS Player may install the software for example at night when nobody s watching the screens Importing templates oos D S Online Once you ve finished your template designs and created a 1080dots DS Player project you can export your template library to DS Online This process consists of three steps exporting the templates uploading the templates to your DS Online account and installing the templates Export your templates Before you can import your templates into DS Online you have to export them from DS Player You can do this by choosing File gt Collect Templates as Zip DS Player will then generate a template package file ZIP archive which contains all the templates and other necessary information that DS Online needs What is exported All the templates overlays and used fonts in your project are exported Upload the template package file After you ve created the file you have to upload it to your DS Online account In DS Online go to Maintenance sub menu Manage templates upload Select the package file and press save to upload it Maintenance gt templates Upload template package ZIP back upload Select one or more file s add files x clear list A start uploading Overall Progress 0 B 0 File Progress 0 Uploading a template
32. de the folder blocks is automatically recognized as a content block that can This feature can help reduce the number of templates based be switched on or off in 1080dots DS Player on the same design 1080dots DS Player File Edit Settings Help duration ms timecode Im En EX popid HERE text1 image A ro showblocks Jj 2 X M Designing templates in Adobe Photoshop OOO 1080DOTS DS Player Image sequence Animated image sequences Picturemovie is a sequenced number of layers that are grouped in a layer folder inside your template Photoshop design Picturemovies are part of your static template design and can t be replaced inside the DS Player editor Because they have a huge impact on performance picturemovies should only be used as idents e g in the right upper corner of the screen and be a PNG sequence since PNG supports transpar ancy Once or loop If you want the picturemovie only to be started at the begin ning of the playlist event and to end at the last frame use the layerfolder name picturemoviein If you want to loop the picturemovie during the playlistevent use the foldername picturemovie Use a unique name for your picturemovie folder by adding a dash and a logical name For example picturemoviein mylogo if you need more than one picture movie object inside your template design How In Adobe Photoshop create a layer folder named picturemo
33. ds based on the port xml file If you use different hardware at different players you will be able to use the same command names and use differ ent serial commands to do the same operations on different hardware ure the commands and the port baudrate bits stop and parity settings Use unique command names and response codes for every command you need even if you use multiple COM ports RS 232 daa DS Player Basic port1 xml example lt xml version 1 0 encoding utf 8 gt port type COM1 baudrate 9600 bits 8 stop 1 parityz N lt commands gt command name TVON command ASCllcommand gt command name TVOFF command ASCllcommand gt status name CHECKEXT5 command ASCllcommand response 5 gt lt commands gt lt port gt Template updates OOO 1080DOTS DS Player Template updates with DS Player running in host mode When you are running DS Player in host mode and you choose File gt Save and Publish any changes you made to the template library will be automatically updated by the client players This is an automated process in the DS Player Host The template file is automatically attached and shared within the playlist Ist xml code The template is saved as a require ment ZIP file inside your project folder and downloaded by the clients that are connected to the DS Player Host Template updates from an online content management server W
34. e layer video or video2 Supported video formats MPEG 2 MPEG 4 WMV 7 8 9 and VC 1 H 264 MPEG 4 AVC F4V FLV AVI Quicktime WebM For synchronized audio video playback we recommend WMV 7 8 9 and VC 1 or MPEG 2 Playout performance may vary depending on the chosen video and audio codecs We have render presets available for Adobe Media Encoder at www 1080dots com Always test your rendered video files on a local DS Player before distribution Designing templates in Adobe Photoshop Video input Connect to an external video source 1080dots DS Player is capable of playing a live video source Layer name inside your template design using a Blackmagic Design Decklink or Deltacast video card How Video input device When you use two video cards you can set the output and input cards in the top menu settings When using a Deltacast DELTA HD or DELTA SDI card you can have up to 4 live video sources in your template With any other card you can only have one live video source SD Player PIP1 PIP2 PIP3 PIP4 The approach for designing templates with live video input is almost the same as when creating normal video boxes in Adobe Photoshop The only difference is that you give the video layer the name PIP instead of video The video input source is automatically sized and de interlaced to the size of the corresponding PIP layer Designing templates in Adobe
35. e using DS Player on several locations and you Player exe The receiving network player will check if this ver want to update the DS Player software without doing this sion number is available on the receiving network player manually on each PC you will need to embed the following code into your playlist If the currently used version is older than the update version then the receiving player will start downloading the update lt xml version 1 0 encoding UTF 8 ZIP file Note that it is very important that the update zip file lt playlist gt contains the correct DS Player exe version in the root of the update version 2 0 5 src http yourdomain update zip ZIP file installfrom 01 00 installto 02 00 gt lt pagelist media media Use the installfrom time and installto time to control the lt page type 706 duration 10000 gt time when DS Player starts to shutdown and installs the lt page type 706 duration 10000 new DS Player version pagelist playlist You can use this software update feature when you are hosting your own content management system to remotely control DS Players networks Important Note that Windows will not allow you to update the software remotely when DS Player is not running as an administrator 1080dots DS Online goog DS P aye Introduction to DS Online sse 54 Importing Templates ici u us tale eiii 56 Registering and man
36. elp New Project New Project create a new project ee Open project open an existing project Save Save save the currently opened project Save a Copy As Save a Copy as save the currently opened project as a copy into a new folder Import Playlist Export Playlist Import Playlist import an exported playlist a ee Export Playlist export the current opened playlist ee Collect Templates collect all the templates to a specified folder Collect Templates as Zip Collect Playlist collect the current playlist and assets to a specified folder Collect Playlist as Zip __ ic I Collect Project as Zip Collect Templates as Zip collect the templates to a Zip file Collect Playlist as Zip collect the current playlist and assets to a Zip file Collect Project as Zip collect the whole project templates playlist and assets to a Zip file DS Appendix windows buttons and menus 1080DOTS P aye Edit menu File Settings Help Insert Ctrl I Copy Ctrl C Insert Copy Paste or Delete the currently selected item Paste Ctrl V Delete Ctrl X Edit 4 Edit edit the currently selected item Explore Project Explore Project show the contents of your current project folder in Windows Explorer unju 1080DOTS DS Player Appendix windows buttons and menus Settings menu File Ed
37. equirements 1080DOTS DS Playe The PC configuration that you need for your Digital Signage Supported graphics cards project depends on the preferred output resolution Any standard graphics card will be able to display your presen tation The only limitations are the available screen resolu Up to HD 720p resolutions tions on your graphics card Note that not all graphics cards Dual core 2 4 Ghz or faster processor are able to display native video resolutions Some cards have Minimum 2 GB memory HDMI connectors while others only VGA Most modern graph ics cards have DVI connections If a graphics card has HDMI HD 1080i resolution then it is very likely that this card will be able to display native Dual Core 2 8 Ghz or faster processor video resolutions like PAL NTSC HD Ready 720p and Full HD Minimum 2 GB memory resolutions The choice of your graphics card may also depend on the available video connections of your display device or 1080dots can deliver ready to use configurations based on video distribution system desktop machines using Decklink or Deltacast cards or fan less mini systems using Windows Embedded and onboard Supported video cards for broadcasting DVI VGA or HDMI output s We recommend the following professional broadcast video cards With some of these cards it is also possible to use DS Call us for information or visit www 1080dots com Player as a CG application to key live graphics over video and to reference the DS
38. er You can f nd and start DS Player Host in the Windows start menu in the folder 1080dots DS Player Plus You can check if the program runs as a host by studying the text in the title bar of DS Player The File gt Save option will be changed to File gt Save and Publish Every time you choose Local Area Network LAN to save and publish your DS Player Host will start sharing your altered project to one or more DS Player systems in your network Connecting your client players to the host Connect your DS Player systems to the host player using the DS Player Settings tab Change the Playlist URL field to the network name or IP of your DS Player Host player For example http 44 44 8040 playlist Ist OOO Host functionality 1080DOTS DS Playe When 1080dots DS Player is running in Host mode the title DS ots ayer Host File Edit Settings bar of the window has the word Host in it It is also shown playlist in the player itself template title duration playlist time scheduled 0002 1080dots bumper version2 6 0s 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 0001 weather and clock datasource 10 0s scheduled at 00 00 00 29 10 2010 0002 Robotica_720_20s wmw 20 0s 00 00 06 00 00 00 26 00 0002 Robotica_720_20s wmw 20 0s inactive from 25 08 2010 to 01 09 0004 Earl and Fiona 10 0s 00 00 26 00 00 00 36 00 update playlist playlist duration OOO 1080DOTS
39. feature is that you can run DS Player as a host server for other 1080dots DS Player systems This host fea ture can be used for local LAN networks where you need to control multiple Digital Signage players without the need of a specific extra online Content Management System Jun DS 1080dots DS Player specific features 1080DOTS P aye DS Player SO L S sso s ra dansa indecencia 43 arl UR cee eect 43 HERR 43 playlist renes A 43 EDO AMM oi 44 Proctor play FEF Seting Ss c ane esate streets 44 POOL D DI V nel MARKS 45 H st functionality soseri E 46 KZ P NA ANN NN 48 Template UDG ACCS iii 50 SOMWale Updates ini aia 51 ODO DS Player settings 1080DOTS DS P ayer id The default id of the player is the same as your activation id which is a unique identifier for your player You can change the id to any other number of your choice MENS http rw vourdomain comiplaylist php IM 1282000 playlist refresh time mE s playlist URL The playlist URL is the address that DS Player checks to look for new playlist events and media assets Type the URL of your playlist refresh time 1080dots DS Player compatible playlist in the playlist URL The interval time between a reload of the playlist from the field playlist URL in seconds The default setting is 600 seconds 10 minutes xml version 1 0 encoding UTF 8 gt lt playlist gt lt datasource url http www yourdo
40. hedule multiple playlist events at once ide Mw T Days of week lt ETS Y LN Y TS v E v ES v Rv EZ Always Active AWE TN 58 01 08 2009 09 25 36 67 08 2009 09 25 36 If you want your playlist event to be always active AU T MOSS E once exact Period If you want to show the selected playlist event only for a given period Select the from to time and the days of the week the event must be shown Once exact timing If you want to show the selected playlist event once at a specific time Select the exact start time of the event playlist fMi duration Scheduling tab window Collect projects and templates ed Be Player When you need to backup or transfer your project files then collect is the feature you want to use This function copies your project files template library and used content including used fonts You can find the collect functions in the File menu where you will find 5 different collect options Collect Templates Collect the complete template and overlay library in a folder of your choice Collect Playlist Collect the complete playlist including all content as sets in a folder of your choice Collect Templates as Zip Collect the complete template and overlay library in a compressed zip file of your choice Use this for export ing templates and overlays to 1080dots DS Online Collect Playlist as Zip Collect the complete playlist including all content
41. hen you are developing your own content management sys tem and you want to do template updates to one or more DS Player systems you ll need to insert the necessary template requirement code into the served playlist The code that you will need is almost the same as that of the host version that DS Player Host generates Run DS Player as host and save and publish your project open your internet browser and take a look at http localhost 8040 playlist Ist You will see the following requirement line in the playlist Ist XML Source requirement file templatedescriptions20090703141333 xml url template20090703141333 zip templatefile template xml gt The property file is a file that DS Player checks to see if it is available on the destination player If not the DS Player will start downloading and install the template requirement zip file from the property url Keep in mind that you will need a non relative complete url path to the template require ment zip file The property templatefile is the name of the template that DS Player will load after downloading and unzipping the template requirement file Using 1080dots DS Online DS Online offers all functionalities described on this page by default packed into an intuitive and easy to use interface Software updates ao DS Playe Remotely updating your 1080dots DS Player software The update version is the new version number of the DS When you ar
42. it Help Cross Fade crossfade transition between playlist events Cross Fade AutoPlay automatic play at startup p Loop loop the playlist m Minimize automatic minimization of 1080dots DS Player at startup Ca Create Play Log Proof Of Play playlog creation PE Language choose the language of your choice Lock settings gt Lock settings display settings are not affected by template updates Decklink Decklink keying VGA display PAL NTSC PAL widescreen NTSC widescreen 720p 50 720p 59 94 10801 50 10801 59 94 Portrait License Choose between graphics card VGA or available videocards Decklink Deltacast VGA display switch on off VGA display window select your video display resolution License open a licensey key dat file to apply a license key DS Appendix windows buttons and menus 1080DOTS P aye Help menu File Edit Settings DS Player Help DS Player Help open the manual www 1080dots com jjj www 1080dots com go to the 1080dots website About TN About open the About and registration window Disclaimer goog DS Player 1080dots Digital Signage Inspired by Creatives If you have any suggestions to improve our 1080dots prod www 1080dots com ucts feel free to visit www 1080dots com and help us to info 1080dots com create better software support 1080dots com The 1080d
43. k Insert the following layers inside the this folder Digital clock Analog clock Layer name digital Create text box Layer name secondhand image layer select font type and Layer name minutehand image layer colour and type 00 00 Layer name hourhand image layer Layer name dial image layer circle dial Layer name digitalhms Create text box plate select font type and colour and type Support Layer transparency 00 00 00 Layer style Date Drop shadow Layer name date Create text box Alphachannel select font type and colour Formats date as Tip Monday June 18 Design the hands of the clock at a 45 degree angle That way thanks to anti aliasing the hands are always smooth in your output DS Designing templates in Adobe Photoshop 1080DOTS Pla ye Ta digitalhms digital r 23 30 21 23 30 E 21 20 15 21220 6 iy yur Y hourhand minutehand um dial 9 secondhand 23 30 el 23 30 OOO Try the sample templates 1080DOTS D S P aye OOO 1080DOTS Home Digital Signage Products Download Support Resellers About us 1080DOTS DS Player Current Weather Tomorrow Monday August 18 Truly XML Open Digital Signage player Control 1080dots DSPlayer from anywhere at any time 1080DOTS 1080dots a Digital signage templates LUE Try these sample templates to help you getting started with 1080dots DS Player Support files 1080dot
44. le DS Player clients over the internet Free try out of 1080dots DS Online After downloading and installing DS Player and being intro duced to the player concepts you are ready to be introduced to DS Online Go to www 1080dots com dsonline testdrive and try DS Online yourself and see how easy it can be to con trol your players over the internet DS Online is available as SaaS Software as a Service you will find more information about DS Online on our website www 1080dots com dsonline If you have any questions don t hesitate to contact us oos D S Online 1080DOTS DS Online manage Playlist Standaard playergroups playl B medi E e Sneekweek amp Standaard total duration 18 07 items 29 BE videoscherm1 a piani El preview ds play El videoscherm3 E maint El videoscherm2 1 video k bumper_v2_12sec wm oc m OG 4 SEE O 2 video p eekw land_v4_42 00 Z template bplayli E 3 E Agend 3 afbeelding no preview 00 m G 4 modules Evid 4 vide dinsdag001 139sec wmv 02 1 gm G Za li Afbeeld 1080dots news 5 afbeelding no preview 0 10 m i4 ji Nieuws 6 Q weer no preview 00 10 ff 3 Ew 7 nieuws no preview 00 1 nog l j Top E niet gebruiken 8 weer o pre 00 m Ga z e rj e external url http dssneekweek syntraks nl snee I 10 iz 10 video dinsdag002 137sec wmv 02 17 NO e m Ga Main screen of DS Online Introduction to DS Online Aim of D
45. main com xml mydatasource xml timeout 200 gt lt pagelist gt lt page type 6 days mo tu fromdate 16 06 2009 00 00 00 todate 13 06 2019 23 00 00 duration 5000 image myimage jpg imageurl http www yourdomain com images myimage jpg imagesize 263414 gt lt pagelist gt lt playlist gt Playlist example XML OOO DS Player settings 1080DOTS DS P ayer lll reboot at 01 07 2009 02 00 00 reboot at te rval i i i B upload playlog at 01 07 2009 02 00 00 REEK You can activate a daily reboot time When you activate this upload playlog 00 feature be sure to drag a copy of your DS Player icon into the le f hostnameyto der Mor usemame ME password A Windows startup folder so that your 1080dots DS Player application is loaded after a Windows reboot It is also prefer able to check if your system bios supports reboot at power failure this way it will be sure that the player restarts after a power failure Proof of play FTP settings Receive Proof of play log files from this player You can specify the daily upload playlog time and your ftp server address user name and password in the playlog upload URL fields Read more about these log files on the next page Proof of play da D S P ayer Fila Edit Help When you decide to implement a digital signage solution it ESE is important to know for sure that all the content is shown at AutoPlay the planned times you want it to be sh
46. mplate package active at the same time LILILI S Registering and managing players 1080DOTS D Online About players and playergroups a Players belong to playergroups You can assign a mainplaylist a li JA to a group This way you can handle many players at once For i instance if you want to assign another mainplaylist to player main hall meetingroom 1 and meetingroom 2 you just have Mina to assign it to the group the players belong to in this case N Group B E mE Meetingroom 1 m Group B Playlist B Adding a playergroup E d mE Before you register a player you have to make sure that there b Meetingroom 2 are playergroups available in the system To do this click DS Players submenu Manage You will see a list of groups Here you can manage the groups or add new groups by click ing the button Add group Recepto y SS When you re adding a new group you have to select the main playlist for that group so be sure you ve created a Organization of players and playergroups in DS Online mainplaylist Adding a player Click DS Players submenu Manage This is where you can manage your players tab all players To add a new player click Add player LILILI S Registering and managing playlists 1080DOTS D Online In DS Online you can use two kinds of playlists mainplaylists About external subplaylists and or subplaylists You can assign a mainplaylis
47. n periods of time Layer name rssbar1 rssbar2 rssbar8 RSS icon rssbarlicon rssbar2icon rssbar8icon The rss icon shows a media object included in the RSS feed In order to work properly the RSS feed has to be RSS 2 0 and the How Create 2 layers in your template media should be included as lt media content gt This is a sub element of either lt media group gt or lt item gt and is used to Create a text box called rssbar where tt can be a number or specify the enclosed media content If not included properly title of choice and type in the desired RSS url as text Then the media will not show up draw a rectangle of the desired size called rssbar icon to show the mediatype included in the RSS feed Display time The time in seconds the feed will be displayed can be Support Font type font colour and kerning adjusted in the settings tab of 1080dots DS Player Layer transparency Alphachannel Tip When using RSS bar as an overlay be sure to use a transparant Layer style canvas and not a default black or white background Drop shadow Stroke Practical example The RSS bar can be used to show Twitter feeds including the avatar of the user You can use the RSS feed that Twitter offers for example http search twitter com search rss q 1080dots au DS Designing templates in Adobe Photoshop 1080DOTS Pla ye Analog and digital clock or date aid Show the current time and day How Create a folder layer named cloc
48. ots team We would like to thank the following people organizations for their excellent work 1080dots DS Player software uses and builds u pon the following libraries DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY AND LIABILITY SDL www libsdl org THIS SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY SDL mixer www libsdl org projects SDL mixe r KIND THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER S AND CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES WHETH Zlib www zlib net ER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS libJ peg www ijg org FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT libPNG www libpng org pub png PCRE www pcre org IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT IN Spidermon key www mozilla org js spidermon key DIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO Expat WWNW ex pat sou rceforce net PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUP Freetype www freety pe org TION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT FFm peg www ffm peg org INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE And special thanks go to the Creative Communities of the World www creativecow com for hosting our 1080DOTS DS PLAYER 2
49. our template you have to be sure that the first frame always has a start keyframe ECCE BEM ANIMATION TIMELINE 15f 01 00 15f 02 00f 15F 03 00F 15F 04 00 15f 05 00 15F 06 00F 15F 07 00F 15F O8 00F 15f _A gt gt gt gt A 0 00 09 00 29 37 fps You can define the template out animation by creating a com a ment marker above the timeline with the text out Notice DD that out animations are always a maximum of one second in length It is also very important that the name of every layer or folder name is unique AAP II J Ta zd 3 gt Lg Important note Tip Animations can have a huge impact on performance Make These animation properties can also be animated on top of sure to test your animated templates on your target players nested compositions For instance when you create a folder inside Adobe Photoshop and you are placing multiple layers like text images or video layers in one folder and you want to fade or move all those layers at the same time in one go au DS Designing templates in Adobe Photoshop 1080DOTS P aye Content block aa Show or hide certain template elements Content blocks are one or more groups of layers in a single How Create a folder named blocks in template design Content blocks enable you to hide or display Adobe Photoshop parts of your template design when you edit the correspond ing playlist event in DS Player Every folder insi
50. own The proof of play Loop logging abilities of 1080dots DS Player help you to keep track of Minimize what the systems have been playing in the past a proof of play Create Play Log Language 1080dots DS Player can automatically generate logfiles of the T played content These logfiles comply with the rules defined rm by the POPAI Point Of Purchase Advertising International a well known and worldwide accepted format for logging Decklink keying digital signage solutions The logfiles are created in the Log WE LST Sh folder of the currently opened project For each new day a new PAL file will be created NTSC PAL widescreen FTP upload settings NTSC widescreen 1080dots DS Player can automatically upload the logfile to a 720p 50 specified FTP address You can set this address in the Settings 720p 59 94 tab 1080i 50 1080i 59 94 Unique pop id You can give your playlist events their own id to make them unique This can be done in the Editor tab Portrait License OOO Host functionality 1080DOTS DS Playe If you have a rather small local network with limited displays and therefore would not find it necessary to work with an online CMS 1080dots DS Player offers you a great feature We call it host functionality Use one DS Player as a host for build ing and editing your playlist and share this with one or more DS Player systems in your network Set up 1080dots DS Player as a host EDI a ay
51. package in DS Online OOC Importing templates 1080DOTS DS Online Maintenance gt templates Installing the package and making it active In DS Online go to Maintenance submenu Manage and select Templates You will see a list of all templates available see image to the right The currently active template pack Install new templates or change the details of existing templates back upload history current template settings xml sources New template s available age has the actual icon next to it mn En templatepackage version2 641263 Ca Select the package you want to install and press the Install templatepackage versioni 35354004 a button On the next page you will see the templates and overlays which are in the package and some other informa EE tion You can change names descriptions or snippets for each template If the templates are replacing other templates or if List of available template packages there are templates that were in DS Online before but don t exist anymore in the template package you re about to install you will get a warning message After you re finished press the Install button again to start the installation Once DS Online has finished installing the template package will be active immediately Players will download and install the active template package automatically as soon as they receive the updated playlist There can be only one te
52. playlist you want to fill This can be done in the submenu Viewmode There are two ways of accessing a playlist a By clicking a playergroup Playergroups tab The mainplaylist assigned to the group will be loaded b By clicking the playlist Playlists tab You can also directly access your subplaylists here Adding an event The event can be based on a template or it can be a subplay list external subplaylist You can add new events by selecting the template your event will be based on or the subplaylist This can be done in the submenu Insert After this you have to select the place where you want to insert this event When the event is added you will be taken to the edit page or the subplaylist content Events you ve added are not published by default so you can make changes to the content of the event before you publish them OOO 1080DOTS DS Online Filling the event with data Depending on which template the event is based you can fill in the contents of the event This page is shown after you ve added a new event or when you press the edit button next to an event in the playlist You can fill in contents select media and switch blocks on or off if available You can also select which overlays have to be turned on for this event or add a note or select a RS 232 command Changing the order of events To change the order of the events simply hold and drag the event up or down Changes are s
53. s or videos Templates are designed in Adobe Photoshop and you can import template designs by dragging and dropping them onto the player The designs are then automatically sliced and converted into XML based 1080dots DS Player templates Templates are designs that can be used over and over again You can create as many templates as you need A template can be a full screen image or a full screen video template but it can also be a multi zone template with a combination of multiple elements The benefit of using templates is that the content is separated from the design Designers create templates they know how to handle the customers corporate design It is much easier for content managers to insert images and video files for instance product images and change textual data like product descriptions and product prices Content managers don t need to design every playlist event from scratch most of the time they re not designers Dynamic and static elements Templates can contain both static and dynamic elements Static elements are part of your template graphics design and can therefore not be altered within the player All the layers in your Photoshop template design which are not recognized as specific dynamic layers are turned into static layers Dynamic layers are layers that can be changed within the editor tab of the playlist event Dynamic layers are for in stance changeable text layers image layers and video layers
54. s DS player Digital Signage template These files are the additional template example files mentioned in the gt manual 1280 720 720p 1920 1080 10801 PAL and NTSC Ey Pie Try the new version of F widescreen example templates Download 0 ii m DS Player for free XML datasource example Dowr load example xml datasource for the weather template included in the example files above COW News www creativecow com click here i A B Design templates with Photoshop Weather template with animated icon set and XML datasource example Bi Use live datasources XML RSS 720p template and icon set for version DS Player 1 2 Download Read the 1 2 manual on page 29 for instructions g Design analog or digital docks DS Player 1 2 manual When you install 1080dots DS Player you will get some sample templates to help you getting started Go to www 1080dots com for more support files a DS Designing templates in Adobe Photoshop 1080DOTS Pla ye E Template animation Animate your template elements lli tempiateo3 psd E 33 3 text2 RGB 8 le gt i JO i00 po 300 400 500 600 700 With Adobe Photoshop Extended versions CS3 and above you can create in and out animations for specific layers in your template design The keyframe properties opacity and B position are supported by DS Player Va Comment Cancel _ m Cancel When you add animations in y
55. t to a player When you look at the insert submenu tab subplaylists you ll group Subplaylists can be inserted in mainplaylists This way see an item called External subplaylist This kind of you can keep your playlists organized and manageable playlistevent differs from a subplaylist The external sub playlist is a playlist fetched from another URL It is inserted Important into the mainplaylist at the moment DS Player fetches it Mainplaylists cannot later be turned into subplaylists and from the URL vice versa But you can copy playlist events between the two preview insert Creating and managing playlists 1 subplayist j newsitems PERDERE subplaylists To create a new playlist click Playlists submenu Manage B newsitems a You will see a list of all playlists available at the moment This 7 amp semel urbe is where you can edit or delete playlists If you want to add a mm new playlist click the button Add playlist external subplaylist Assigning a mainplaylist to a playergroup When you ve created a new mainplaylist it can be assigned to a playergroup Otherwise it can t be downloaded by a player To assign a mainplaylist to a playergroup click DS Players submenu Manage and edit an existing playergroup Select the playlist you want and press the save button Filling the playlist Selecting the playlist To fill your playlists with playlist events first select the
56. to 07 08 C Clicking the edit button will take you to the editor tab where you can change the dynamic content of the selected playlist event The available fields vary depending on the created template d Fill in the dynamic content Repeat these steps until you have completed your playlist update playlist in 234s edit e You can alter scheduling settings in the scheduling tab Save your project by selecting save in the File menu and press the Play button Designing templates in Adobe Photoshop In this chapter we describe all possible Adobe Photoshop lay ers that DS Player recognizes as specific static or dynamic layers Some of the layers in this chapter are recognized as dynamic layers Every layer that is not recognized as a dynamic layer will be a static part of your template graphics design You can fill and change the content of dynamic layers like text images and video layers inside the 1080dots DS Player playlist event editor This keeps the design separated from the content Playout performance tip The player performance may vary depending on your cpu speed Drop shadows for example are very cpu hungry A faster cpu means smoother playout Try to minimize the number of layers which are part of your static design Also don t forget to crop your design to the desired playout resolu tion The less data the better the performance Download We created sample
57. ve Ctrl S will be placed in the right sequence in the Photoshop file and gor Shift Ctrl S your picturemovie will play correctly 5 SR EN RN Zf Revert F12 Load Layers Le Place Source Files e Choose two or more files to load into an image stack Bpot ma T Automate Image Processor Use Files x a a Q File Info Alt Shift Ctrl I Flatten All Layer Effects 1080dots_bumper_000 png a EE Shift Ctrl P Flatten All Masks 1080dots_b 001 E im RU MEI EE SE Remove es Print Ctrl P Layer Comps to Files 1080dots_bumper_003 png Print One Copy Alt Shift Ctrl P Layer Comps to WPG 1080dots_bumper_004 png Add Open Fles y NEUEM 1080d0ts pith Exit Ctrl Q Export Layers to Files ots_bumper_005 png a 1080dots_bumper_006 png Script Events Manager 1080dots_bumper_007 png Load Files into Stack Load Multiple DICOM Files Attempt to Automatically Align Source Images Create Smart Object after Loading Layers Statistics Browse DS Designing overlays in Adobe Photoshop 1080DOTS r aye Overlays Show content on top of your templates Overlays are like template files but without the dynamicop Example anyname psd tions like changeable images or editable text fields They can filenames newsticker psd be activated within any playlist event and are not template logo psd specific Overlays will be placed on top of your
58. viein anyname or picturemovie_anyname and insert your sequenced frames inside this folder Name them anyname_ where equals 000 001 002 and so on Opacity 100 Fill 100 1 E amp D Y Lj picturemovis_1080dots zoeodets bumper o00 pna t080dots_bumper_001 png 1080dots_bumper_002 png E 1080dots bumper 003 png t080dcts_bumper_004 png sosodots_bumper_005 png s080dots_bumper_006 png t080dcts_bumper_007 png Er 1080dots bumper 008 png i e r a 2000d0ts bumper 009 0 lo e wv eee Jun DS Designing templates in Adobe Photoshop 1080DOTS P aye 3 Image sequence Edit Image Layer Select Filter Analys 444 Importa PNG sequence the easy way New Ctrl N Open Ctrl O Browse in Bridge Alt Ctrl O There is an automated way to load a PNG sequence into a opa ad C E j r Open As Smart Object Photoshop file Go to File gt Scripts gt Load files into stack ome Clicking on this option opens a new window named Load sg Share My Screen Device C L Layers Browse to the folder where you saved your PNG ae Close Ctrl W sequence and select all the PNG images Be sure to select the Par NON first image first and the last image last that way the images Close and Go To Badge Shift Curls W Sa
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