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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. USAGE NOTICE ................................................................................................. 1

1.1. SAFETY INFORMATION .................................................................................................... 1

1.2. WARNING ........................................................................................................................ 1

1.3. MAINTENANCE TIPS ........................................................................................................ 1

2. TECHNICAL DATA .............................................................................................. 2

2.1. SUPPORTED FILE FORMATS ............................................................................................. 2

2.1.1. VIDEO ........................................................................................................................ 2

2.1.2. IMAGES ..................................................................................................................... 2

2.1.3. AUDIO ....................................................................................................................... 3

2.2. DATA CARRIER ................................................................................................................. 3

2.3. SD CARD / USB FILE SYSTEM ........................................................................................... 3

2.4. POWER SUPPLY ............................................................................................................... 3

2.5. DIMENSIONS .................................................................................................................... 3

2.6. WEIGHT ........................................................................................................................... 3

2.7. AMBIENT CONDITIONS .................................................................................................... 3

3. SCOPE OF DELIVERY .......................................................................................... 4

4. HARDWARE OVERVIEW .................................................................................... 5

4.1. FRONT PANEL VIEW AND PORTS ..................................................................................... 5

4.1.1. REAR PANEL VIEW AND PORTS ................................................................................ 7

4.1.2. LEFT SIDE PANEL VIEW AND PORTS ......................................................................... 8

4.1.3. RIGHT SIDE PANEL VIEW AND PORTS ....................................................................... 9

5. FIRST STEPS ....................................................................................................10

5.1. INSTALLATION ............................................................................................................... 10

5.2. CONNECTING OUTPUT DEVICES .................................................................................... 10

5.2.1. VIDEO ...................................................................................................................... 10

5.2.2. AUDIO ..................................................................................................................... 10

5.3. CONNECTING THE PLAYER TO THE NETWORK .............................................................. 11

5.4. POWERING THE PLAYER ................................................................................................ 12

5.5. PLAYBACK MEDIA FILES ................................................................................................. 12

6. UHD PLAYER CONFIGURATION .......................................................................14

6.1. WEB INTERFACE ............................................................................................................ 15

Summary of Contents for UHD Player

Page 1: ...UHD Player Manual Version 2017 10 10 Based on Firmware Version 1 1 x AV Stumpfl GmbH Austria www AVstumpfl com...

Page 2: ...6 WEIGHT 3 2 7 AMBIENT CONDITIONS 3 3 SCOPE OF DELIVERY 4 4 HARDWARE OVERVIEW 5 4 1 FRONT PANEL VIEW AND PORTS 5 4 1 1 REAR PANEL VIEW AND PORTS 7 4 1 2 LEFT SIDE PANEL VIEW AND PORTS 8 4 1 3 RIGHT SI...

Page 3: ...MS 30 10 MEDIA FILE PLAYBACK 32 10 1 PLAY MODE 32 10 2 DEFAULT DISPLAY TIME 34 10 3 VOLUME 35 10 4 SKIPSIZE 37 10 5 PLAYLIST 38 10 5 1 HOW TO CREATE AND USE A PLAYLIST 38 10 5 2 OBLIGATORY PLAYLIST EN...

Page 4: ...IO 77 15 SYSTEM SETTINGS 79 15 1 DATE TIME 79 15 2 CHANGE UHD PLAYER NAME 80 15 3 UNDO LAST CHANGES 80 15 4 SAVE LOAD CONFIGURATION 81 15 5 REBOOT 81 15 6 FACTORY RESET 82 15 7 FIRMWARE UPDATE 82 16 B...

Page 5: ...order to prevent damage Never connect a SCNET Show Control device to the LAN port of the UHD Player This may damage the UHD Player Check the plug direction and do not apply force when connecting the d...

Page 6: ...frame rate that is shown on the display So if your display has a refresh rate of 60 frames per second it is recommended to render the video with 30p or 60p Container Format The following container fo...

Page 7: ...D USB FILE SYSTEM NTFS FAT32 ExFAT 2 4 POWER SUPPLY 8V to 16V DC wide range input 12W for SD Card DC polarity 2 5 DIMENSIONS 238 mm 177 5 mm 39 7 mm Length Width Height 2 6 WEIGHT 940 g metal housing...

Page 8: ...ning clip for SD Card slot FILES ON THE SD CARD UPON DELIVERY The following files will be on the SD Card upon delivery Sample media file AVS Story mkv UHD Player Manual Manual pdf Code ini comes with...

Page 9: ...N Green Network connection available Off No network connection available STATUS Green UHD Player is ready for operation Off Player is still booting or an error occurred SD Blue Indicates that an SD Ca...

Page 10: ...ews 3 USB DATA PORT The USB 3 0 port on the front side is a USB data port Insert your USB data stick or USB drive formatted with FAT32 NTFS or exFAT file system here USB sticks with up to 16 GB of mem...

Page 11: ...be displayed just like media content that is stored on the attached data carrier The HMDI Input port supports incoming video signals of up to UHD 3840x2160 60p See the HDMI Input chapter and Playlist...

Page 12: ...yer left side panel 10 REMOTE IN 11 REMOTE OUT 10 REMOTE IN The UHD Player provides 16 GPIOs General purpose input output that can be used with a default key assignment but may also be customized to p...

Page 13: ...HERAL DEVICES only Insert your USB peripheral device here e g a keyboard presenter A USB data carrier containing video or audio content must be connected to the USB data port on the front panel 13 SPD...

Page 14: ...splay configuration Having no data carrier plugged into the player the display will then show the player s settings screen as soon the player is powered and ready for operation For information about f...

Page 15: ...nce may be extended with a repeater STEP 2 IP ADDRESS The UHD Player and your computer must be in the same IP range otherwise they will not be able to communicate Proceed with one of the following pos...

Page 16: ...ear 5 4 POWERING THE PLAYER Plug the power adapter into the power connector on the UHD Player s rear side When the player boots up the Power LED on the UHD Player s front side will first light up oran...

Page 17: ...for 24 7 operation If you want to stop playback just interrupt the power supply or remove the data carrier See the Media File Playback chapter for detailed playback options PLEASE NOTE Only one data...

Page 18: ...s difficult to access You need a network connection anyway if you wish to sync several players or upload content via ftp servers If you only have a few players installed running as standalone devices...

Page 19: ...ection is available Make sure that your HDMI output device is attached to the player and that the player is powered If there is only a mouse connected all settings where text fields need to be filled...

Page 20: ...e with IP address in the web browser s address line Info Compared to the illustrations in this manual the Web Interface may be displayed in a slightly different way depending on the web browser used M...

Page 21: ...all settings that refer to the playback SYSTEM enables all system relevant settings to be modified REMOTE ACCESS gives information about the player s current state and lets you control the playback S...

Page 22: ...DPlayerSetting old PLEASE NOTE Automatic saving of an initialization file is only possible if the SD Card is not write protected Attention It is recommended to only change the configuration when a dat...

Page 23: ...changes Instead of the SD Card you can also use a USB data carrier to do the job To do this please save the initialization file in the root folder of your USB data carrier PLEASE NOTE Data transfer is...

Page 24: ...Mode active Options Passive Active DelayedContentChange Off Options On Off FTP Auto Download Date 1 1 2015 FTP Auto Download Time 0 0 59 FTP Auto Download Intervall 0 Options Value in seconds FTP Aut...

Page 25: ...wse to find the function you want to modify and replace the current option by another one Example Auto EDID On Options On Off The function Auto EDID is enabled To disable Auto EDID change the option f...

Page 26: ...lease refer to the Connecting the Player to the Network chapter if you need guidance on how to communicate with the UHD Player via Ethernet TIP How to determine the IP address of a UHD Player on the l...

Page 27: ...y entering a new one here DHCP needs to be turned off first Gateway Upon delivery the default gateway is set to the same value as the UHD Player s IP address Change this parameter by entering a new on...

Page 28: ...pace The following color spaces are supported by the UHD Player RGB 420 422 444 By default it is set to Auto The color space is chosen based on receiver and transmitter preferences and capabilities If...

Page 29: ...ay When the Pixel Aspect Ratio is changed to Custom 2 1 the file will be distortedly displayed reducing the file s height by factor 2 Fig 18 Left a 16 9 video file with Pixel Aspect Ratio set to Auto...

Page 30: ...26 Fig 19 Display Configuration in the Initialization File For more information about how to handle the initialization file please refer to the Configuration the Initialization File chapter...

Page 31: ...the frame rate as on the display So if your display has a refresh rate of 60 frames per second we recommended rendering the video with 30p or 60p Container Format The following container formats are s...

Page 32: ...ake do not have 10 Bit support for h 265 files On Linux systems there is a ffmpeg build with 10bit support If you want to use Linux for encoding your videos we supply a bootable USB Stick for this pur...

Page 33: ...Create a video from a set of images image sequence ffmpeg framerate 60 i input 04d tif c v libx265 minrate 30M maxrate 30M b v 30M r 60 output mp4 h 265 2 pass coding and use Video Buffer Verifier ffm...

Page 34: ...fines the framerate of the input file If you do not set the frame rate ffmpeg will use the default framerate of 25fps r Defines the framerate of the output file If you do not set the frame rate ffmpeg...

Page 35: ...his case language ger for German c copy Just copies all streams there is no transcoding going on shortest Interrupts the encoding after the first input file has finished So please be sure that all of...

Page 36: ...l video audio source via the HMDI Input port Synchronized Playback How to sync several players UHD Players can play video contents in Loop Mode which means that there is no gap when the playback loops...

Page 37: ...w file is triggered Example The first file is a short video showing an overview of all available video files It loops indefinitely until one of the other files is triggered via external control When t...

Page 38: ...e will appear Fig 23 Default Display Time setting in the Web Interface The Default Display Time of images is set to 5 seconds by default You may enter a different value in seconds in the text field on...

Page 39: ...Interface click on ADVANCED SETTINGS in the menu bar and then on Volume The drop down menu will open and the current value for the volume will appear Fig 25 Volume settings in the Web Interface Click...

Page 40: ...36 Fig 26 Volume setting in the Initialization File For more information about how to handle the initialization file please refer to the Configuration via the Initialization File chapter...

Page 41: ...appear Fig 27 Skipsize settings in the Web Interface Skipsize By default the skipsize is set to 5 seconds You may enter any other value in the text field Please confirm your changes by pressing Apply...

Page 42: ...d if NO playlist is stored on the data carrier The playlist always overwrites the current Play Mode When syncing several players the playlists on each involved player must be harmonized or deleted oth...

Page 43: ...he name sample mp4 will be allocated to the Item Displaytime seconds Description This entry is obligatory for image files as they do not have a defined file length An entry of 5 results in an image fi...

Page 44: ...t before Succ will be executed Example Succ 3 The current item will be followed by the media file allocated to Item 3 Interruptible TRUE FALSE Description This entry defines whether the current media...

Page 45: ...ously Display Time 1 until ITEM 1 or ITEM 2 are triggered via external control ITEM 1 is too loud so the volume is temporarily reduced to the value 4 ITEM 1 s playback cannot be interrupted by any tri...

Page 46: ...r allows the definition of a start time for the item Earlier in the day the item will be skipped Example Start Time 10 00 00 From 10 am onward this item will be included in the playback End Time HH MM...

Page 47: ...the same period but only during the museum s opening times 10 am to 6 pm Earlier or later in the day ITEM 1 will be skipped in the playlist ITEM 2 will be included in the playback every Wednesday and...

Page 48: ...Jump Allows you to jump a certain amount of seconds forward or backward within the current playback x Random Enables a random playback order value is always 1 The entry for the customized assignment w...

Page 49: ...dia file that is assigned to Item 1 will be started When Key2 is triggered the media file that is assigned to Item 2 will be started A trigger of Key3 pauses the playback and a trigger of Key4 resumes...

Page 50: ...M 1 is running When Button1 is pressed the playback of ITEM 1 starts again When Button2 is pressed ITEM 2 starts Button3 pauses and Button4 resumes the playback of ITEM 1 Button presses while ITEM 2 i...

Page 51: ...io and image files and if appropriate a playlist to the root folder of this data carrier e g SD or USB Then plug the data carrier into the corresponding port on the player s front side 11 2 VIA FTP AU...

Page 52: ...tp dummy com Username e g User1 Password e g secret Server folder e g UHD Player content Start date Start time Set a start date in the format dd mm yyyy and a start time in the format hh mm ss by choo...

Page 53: ...zes the interruption of running media files Interval When the defined start date and start time is reached the UHD Player tries to establish a connection to the FTP server and starts the Auto Download...

Page 54: ...ete or copy command in the file list including the last one must be terminated by pressing the ENTER key No blank lines are allowed between the delete or copy commands DELETE FILES Delete_ data carrie...

Page 55: ...Pause jpg Welcome mp4 AFTER Auto Download is executed Content on the Player s SD Card 01 mp4 02 mp4 Byebye mp4 Event jpg Pause jpg Welcome mp4 As there is no FileList txt present on the external FTP s...

Page 56: ...SD Card 01 mp4 02 mp4 ByeBye mp4 Welcome mp4 As defined in the FileList txt on the external FTP server the file Event jpg is first deleted then only the files Welcome mp4 ByeBye mp4 and Playlist txt a...

Page 57: ...he settings for the local FTP Server will appear Fig 31 Local FTP Server settings in the Web Interface Activation The player s Local FTP Server is activated by default If you do not want to use this f...

Page 58: ...Software connect to the player s FTP Server or host by entering the player s IP address e g 10 3 1 155 Enter the defined user name e g AVS and the corresponding password e g AVStumpfl The player s lo...

Page 59: ...the sources Please click on the update symbol to start the scan Click on SD CARD or USB in the menu bar depending on the data carrier that is plugged into the player and the root folder of the data c...

Page 60: ...er s data carrier 4 TRIGGER FILE PLAYBACK Video and image file playback can be triggered directly within the Web Interface To interrupt the current playback and start another media file click on the P...

Page 61: ...e and keyboard Right below the editor s window you find several function buttons that can be helpful within the editing process Additionally an extended onscreen keyboard opens below the text editor T...

Page 62: ...board in the Web Interface ITEM Adds the text ITEM to the editor Now you only have to enter the desired number of the playlist item and to complete the first obligatory entry of a playlist item File A...

Page 63: ...below Click on ShowNormal and the onscreen keyboard toggles back to the default buttons view Fig 42 Key Buttons of the extended onscreen keyboard in the Web Interface When all changes are made save t...

Page 64: ...MI video audio source to the HDMI Input port To include this HMDI input in your playback a playlist must be used Assign an incoming HDMI video or audio signal to a playback item from your playlist by...

Page 65: ...run several sync groups separately from each other Fig 45 Multi display presentation showing four split videos synced to each other To set up a multi display presentation like the one represented in t...

Page 66: ...ns BeWelcome_A jpg UHDPlayerSetting ini Video_1A mp4 Video_2A mp4 Video_3A mp4 SD Card of Player 2 contains BeWelcome_B jpg UHDPlayerSetting ini Video_1B mp4 Video_2B mp4 Video_3B mp4 STEP 3B PLAYBACK...

Page 67: ...u will open and the current sync settings will appear Fig 46 Sync Settings in the Web Interface Sync Control The Sync Control of each player the master as well as all slaves needs to be set to On in o...

Page 68: ...is can sometimes lead to audio reactions on the slave player Setting down the Sync Accuracy to a lower value will stop this PLEASE NOTE All players of the same sync group need the same sync accuracy v...

Page 69: ...erface proximity sensors gesture detection or just by push buttons and light barriers Below is a list of possible control devices Web Interface Commands sent via UDP or RS232 Avio which can be used to...

Page 70: ...anged but all other parameters are fixed Baud rate 9600 Data 8 bit Parity none Stop 1 bit Flow control None The Pin assignment of the UHD Player s RS232 interface is displayed below Fig 48 PIN assignm...

Page 71: ...e without handshake to connect the UHD Player to your terminal device e g PC The UHD Player is now ready to receive your serial command strings PLEASE NOTE For all serial and UDP commands the command...

Page 72: ...commands see the RS232 UDP commands chapter in the Appendix In the initialization file UHDPlayerSetting ini the settings for the player s peripheral devices can be found at the lower end Fig 51 Perip...

Page 73: ...m the drop down list If this option is not available your player does not have the Avio Pro License In this case please contact AVStumpfl to upgrade your Avio license Baud Rate This baud rate setting...

Page 74: ...essing Apply Settings at the bottom of the page Now that the UDP port is set up the UHD Player is ready to receive your command strings In your control device start a UDP connection to the UHD Player...

Page 75: ...corresponding answer Example Request MUTE CR LF Response MUTE 0 For all available commands see the RS232 UDP commands chapter in the Appendix In the initialization file UHDPlayerSetting ini the setti...

Page 76: ...lowing USB devices Logitech Presenter Jade Presenter Keyboard Mouse The USB device must be plugged into one of the USB peripheral ports at the UHD Player s right side The following sections will give...

Page 77: ...is also possible to use customized button assignments via the playlist Information on how to make your own assignment can be found in the Playlist Customized Assignments chapter Plug the presenter s r...

Page 78: ...the USB peripheral ports It has eight buttons that have default actions assigned see image and list below Fig 58 The Jade Presenter with default key assignment Key Action Key36 Pause Key37 Play Key38...

Page 79: ...peripheral ports on the UHD Player s right side The following functions can be activated by executing the corresponding keyboard shortcut Keyboard Shortcut Function Ctrl F1 Ctrl E Toggle Auto EDID Ct...

Page 80: ...sing a playlist it is possible to assign a different action to a GPIO trigger See the list below for available actions Attribute Function Distance d Allows you to jump a certain amount of items forwar...

Page 81: ...ntrol logics it follows a different approach Its design is decentralized which makes it fail passive There is no central server or computer required Every Avio device communicates directly with the ot...

Page 82: ...t player and open its Web Interface Choose SD Card as Backup Source and for example Internal as Backup Destination when operating from the Internal Storage Then click Backup now and all settings will...

Page 83: ...e click on the highlighted fields and choose the correct entry for the day month and year from the drop down lists and then for the hour minutes and seconds Confirm your changes by clicking on Set Dat...

Page 84: ...player name could be very helpful To edit a player s name open its Web Interface in your browser and click on SYSTEM in the menu bar In the upper area of this page you will find the option Change UHD...

Page 85: ...nfiguration option open the player s Web Interface in your browser and click on SYSTEM in the menu bar In the lower area of this page you will find the option Save Load Configuration Fig 66 Undo Last...

Page 86: ...e for the UHD Player the UHD Player can be easily updated via its Web Interface This requires internet access and an SD Card or USB data carrier MUST be present Alternatively the player can be updated...

Page 87: ...to be updated If a new firmware version is available and there is a data carrier plugged into the player click Update to start the firmware update Fig 73 A Firmware Update is running The Web Interface...

Page 88: ...To edit the Avio settings location click on ADVANCED SETTINGS in the menu bar of the Web Interface and then on AVIO Fig 74 Avio settings location in the Web Interface If the Avio Settings Location is...

Page 89: ...ACK AND THEN SHOWS THE SETTINGS SCREEN AFTER SD CARD WAS INSERTED 1 Please verify that the SD Card is recognized correctly by the player Insert it until it snaps in the slot 2 Are you using a playlist...

Page 90: ...ument Command command argument CR LF Example Setting the volume to the value 8 using the command VOLUME Command VOLUME 8 CR LF When the UHD Player receives a command string and determines that it is v...

Page 91: ...CR LF PLAYSTATE Description Returns the current playback mode playing paused stopped Example PLAYSTATE CR LF Example response Playstate Playing SD NEXT Description Jumps to the next media file Example...

Page 92: ...psize to 4 seconds SKIPFORWARD Description Skips forward within the playback with the defined skipsize Example SKIPFORWARD CR LF SKIPBACKWARD Description Skips backward within the playback with the de...

Page 93: ...le VOLDOWN CR LF VOLUME Description Sets the volume to a specific value value range from 0 mute to 10 highest Example VOLUME 3 CR LF Sets the volume to the value 3 VOLUME Description Returns the curre...

Page 94: ...ription It returns a list of all media files on the data carrier with assigned play index whether there is a playlist in use or not The first play index number is always 0 Example INDEXLIST CR LF UPDA...

Page 95: ...the UHDPlayerSetting ini file Example CONFIG CR LF Example response Auto EDID Off Options On Off Resolution 3840x2160p60 Color Space Auto Options Auto RGB YCbCR 4 2 0 YCbCR 4 2 2 YCbCR 4 4 4 Color De...

Page 96: ...o get an acknowledgment when the played file ends or is implemented Fixed Server check for online update could fail with a timeout Fixed If secure Web Interface was activated the settings screen did n...

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