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Browser Files – URLs and Flash
There is built-in browser support in the Information Station. You can direct the
video output to Flash files and HTML files that are resident on the Information
Station in the WEB folder. Or you can direct the browser to a URL, such as
www.alcorn.com, which can be useful when the URL is continually getting
updated with the latest and greatest information while the Information Station is
running canned video presentations. Additionally, if you wish to send a Flash
update to the unit rather than encoding a video, you can use a .swf file instead.
Remember to set your IP Address, Gateway, Subnet Mask, DNS1, and DNS2, if
you plan to use the browser over the Internet. See the master command list for
these.
Special Considerations:
Time-Sensitivity in Playlists
Unlike the video channel and the separate audio channel, the browser channel
does not know when flash files have completed playback. So you will need to
add an offset in any playlists you create that makes the playlist wait until a
timeout has occurred before continuing forward.
For example here’ s a playlist between a video and a flash file:
11PL, “ flashfile.swf” PL,
AFTER[00:00:01:14]
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So, above the sequence of events is:
Play video 1 to completion
Play flashfile.swf for 1minute and 14 seconds
Start over
So, you have to be aware of the length of the flash movie in seconds to cause a
playlist to wait on it to finish.
Control Limitations
Also, the browser does not have control over stopping, stilling, pausing, volume
control, etc… over the flash playback. The browser really is for use to play or
browse to URL’ s and then switch to other browser files or back to videos.