[itdiscuss] Display Screen Software

[Dustin Drewery]

We use an open source solution called XIBO.  Its still in a growing stage
but works great for us.  You essentially install it on a server and then
connect remote pc clients.  You simply schedule layouts for each client.. it
can handle powerpoint, html, all kinds of stuff.

 

We've got about 14 tvs active on it across our campus but only 2 clients
right now.  I keep the computers in our server room and use ZV100s
(zeevee.com - but you can buy their older units on ebay for $300 or so) to
modulate HD Clear QAM over coax to them.. then simply change the channel on
the TVs to get what I want.  The client computers have TV tuner cards in
them that we run a video feed from the main service into.. inside of our
XIBO layouts, we embed a section of HTML that uses the VLC IE plugin to
display the video.

 

It takes a little thought but you can do quite a bit with it and best of
all.. its FREE.

 

dustin-sig

 

From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org]
On Behalf Of Mark Rock
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 9:54 AM
To: discuss at itdiscuss.org
Subject: [itdiscuss] Display Screen Software

 

Starting to look at software for display screens in the church, we hope to
put them throughout the church with announcements, scheduled events and
maps, we might like to add video later.

 

I have been looking at SharePoint and using the internal network, but wanted
to know what other products are out there that others might be using and
like using or don't like using.

 

Thanks, 

 

Mark Rock

Information Systems Director 

Lincoln Berean Church

402-483-6512 

mrock at lincolnberean.org

 

 

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