Visual Circuits Mantis Media Gateway, User Manual

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External Control Commands
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mpgLoad
The mpgLoad function opens an MPEG file and prepares it for
playback. If an MPEG is currently playing on the specified
channel, playback is interrupted.
❏ videoname
should include the storage path.
❏
If files are stored locally on the player, no storage path
designation is required.
Syntax
mpgLoad 0 channel videoname
Parameters
channel
The channel on the media player (0-3)
videoname
The storage path and video name of the MPEG file to load.
If no path is designated, the media player defaults to local
storage.
Return Values
This command returns
ACK
if the file load was started successfully,
NAK
if the file could not be loaded (e.g., the file was not
found).