[Web4lib] LCD TV presentations

[Thomas Edelblute]

How about using the scheduled tasks feature in the Windows Control
Panel.  You should be able to create a series of batch files that would
say at this hour run this program with X parameters.  Then put those
batch files into scheduled tasks. 


Thomas Edelblute
Anaheim Public Library

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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Leo Robert Klein
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 11:51 AM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] LCD TV presentations

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
> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: [Web4lib] (no subject)
> 
> 
> (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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