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Digital Information Displays (Digital Signage) => MagicInfo => Topic started by: mpreis on April 27, 2010, 10:25:17 AM

Title: Add .wmv and ppt. into one screen?
Post by: mpreis on April 27, 2010, 10:25:17 AM
Hi Guys,

I need to publish the information of a .ppt presentation (duration about 1:20 minutes) followed by a .wmv video (duration about 9:15 minutes) onto our monitor.

These 2 contents should be played in a loop (ppt - wmv - ppt - wmv - ppt - ...) the whole day long.

I thought the best way would be to add an additional slide into the .ppt and embed the .wmv into the presentation. Unfortunately the monitor does not play the video when it's packed into the .ppt. It does play the .wmv when I start it manually using MS Media Player.

Does anyone have an idea how I could manage this?

Creating two screens won't be a good idea because putting them onto the Scheduler would be a huge job.
Title: Re: Add .wmv and ppt. into one screen?
Post by: fluidium on April 27, 2010, 11:57:00 AM
Hi, is the video available on the client for the ppt to play it in the D drive-could you link to it from the ppt to make it autoplay?
Title: Re: Add .wmv and ppt. into one screen?
Post by: mpreis on April 27, 2010, 12:01:14 PM
Hi - yes it is. I have already that but the video does not start ... I have tried to embed the Media Player as well (via toolbox -> Windows Media Player) - did not work either ....
Title: Re: Add .wmv and ppt. into one screen?
Post by: fluidium on April 27, 2010, 01:01:07 PM
How about when you make your screen setting the background to an hour then timing the ppt then video in layers to start and finish for the correct time each? Then the files would play one after another for an hour then repeat if you schedule that screen to play for x number of hours per day daily in the scheduler. That should solve it.
Title: Re: Add .wmv and ppt. into one screen?
Post by: mpreis on April 27, 2010, 01:37:33 PM
Fluidium - this is great and exactly what I was looking for!

I was looking for this feature to start one content after the other but I did not find it.

Thanks a lot!

Do you know if it is the shortest possible background time is 15 minutes? I tried to shorten it to about 10 minutes but this did not work.
Title: Re: Add .wmv and ppt. into one screen?
Post by: malosn on April 28, 2010, 03:26:04 PM
hi
please can you export and share the screen with us.
NB: Library-->Tools-->Screen--->Export
Title: Re: Add .wmv and ppt. into one screen?
Post by: mpreis on April 28, 2010, 03:35:44 PM
I am sorry I can't as this is sensitive data which is shown on this screen ...
Title: Re: Add .wmv and ppt. into one screen?
Post by: malosn on April 28, 2010, 05:43:51 PM
I am sorry I can't as this is sensitive data which is shown on this screen ...
Sorry but i m not asking for the data but for the screen.anyway i will try to test a similar thing and will let you know.
Title: Re: Add .wmv and ppt. into one screen?
Post by: mpreis on April 28, 2010, 07:17:15 PM
Hi, I will create some screenshots of the screen template and upload them tomorrow!
Title: Re: Add .wmv and ppt. into one screen?
Post by: mpreis on April 29, 2010, 08:09:36 AM
Attached you can find the screenshots ...
Title: Re: Add .wmv and ppt. into one screen?
Post by: EricL on April 29, 2010, 10:43:35 AM
That's the way I would do it too :-)

EricL