[Web4lib] LCD TV presentations

[Leo Robert Klein]

Hi,

Just in case you haven't yet found that FTE to flip the PowerPoint 
Presention every 5 minutes, one durn low-tech solution would be to 
simply save out the slides as jpg's or gifs, embed them in an html page 
and put an auto-redirect in the header like this:
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="60; URL=nextPagePlease.html">

The above tag would change to "nextPagePlease.html" after 60 seconds.

LEO

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Leo Robert Klein
www.leoklein.com

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> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Robin Boulton
> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 8:20 AM
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> (Apologies for cross-posting) - 
>  
> Hi All,
>  
> We just purchased a 27" LCD TV screen which we intend to use in our
> Young Adult area to announce programs, show book jackets, maybe stream
> some video from time to time - in other words we have some ambitious
> goals for using it to help draw in young patrons. I've been able to
> successfully connect to it remotely and cause a PowerPoint presentation
> to run, which is fine for about 10 minutes until you get sick of looking
> at the same 32 slides over and over. With this insight came the
> recognition that unless we dedicate a full-time staff member to change
> the programming every few minutes, we need some way to be able to switch
> automatically from one piece of content to another, probably at
> pre-determined intervals. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has
> solved a similar problem Specifically I would like to know what tools,
> hardware or software, might be available for such a purpose, and which
> are the best (or worst!).
>  
> TIA for any suggestions or links.
> Robin Boulton
>  
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