MultiQ Digital Signage – DSMS 3 User’s Manual Ver. 2, 2010-06-08
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Content Management basics
In digital signage systems there are four basic stages that are followed in bringing the content from the
creator to the screens.
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The first step is to upload the content to and archive in the DSMS (A).
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The second step is to arrange the content files into playlists and channels that are to be presented
by the media players (B).
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The third phase is to transfer the required files to the media monitors and media players (C).
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The last phase is to initiate the files on the screens. This can be done either by scheduling or by
some interactive command to the media player as if someone is pressing a button on a touch screen
(D).
The time it would take for a content file to be transferred from the web client, of the content
administrator, handling the DSMS account until it gets on the screens may vary from seconds to months
due to the application. The transfer time is also affected by file size and the capacity of the broadband
connections used.
Files may also be retrieved from external websites and by local input.
Figure 23. The basic flow of content in a digital signage system.
To use the files in our media players we need to organize them and to decide how they are going to be
presented.
