To play playlists in sequence
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Scheduling
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Adding more playlists
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Adding a playlist with a movie file
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Using a web link (URL) as a media spot in playlists
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Add a playlist with an SWF Flash file
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A live stream treated as a media spot
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Exercise 2 – To build a web kiosk
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Adding a virtual keyboard
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Exercise 3 – Local interactivity
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Build a multi region application
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To build the Dashboard
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Making the html dashboard
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Preview the dashboard web page in window
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To publish the dashboard website to a folder on your hard drive
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To put the dashboard inside the media monitor
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To upload the Dashboard to the media player
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Exercise 4 – Adding a ticker
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Getting tickers from RSS feeds
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Exercise 5 – The “Stores” feature –Scalability
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Scalability and how to handle multiple stores
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To control the display hours in the stores
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Appendix 1 – Monitoring and logging the units
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Appendix 2 – Controlling the default playlists
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Scheduling default playlists
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Setting the time to revert to the default playlists
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Appendix 3 – Mixing local play with web elements in in-store TV channels
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Building an in-store TV channel including web- and API controlled elements
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Building the video mode to fit widescreen monitors
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Appendix 4 – Local insertion
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Appendix 5 – Interconnected media players
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Appendix 6 – Synchronizing media players
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Appendix 7 – Rights management
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Appendix 8 – How to secure your media player
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Appendix 9 – Converting PPT to video clips
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To use Power Point Presentations for digital signage
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