This is for digital signage player/screen with ftp
Part 1.
A simple software that will FTP into a given address on an internal we set to check for content (ie check if a file is newer then get it).
the settings would need to be changed on the screen via web access.
Part 2.
A software that we can FTP into (ie put files onto the machine). The IP address of the machine would also need to be configurable (web interface).
software would need the capability of reading in an XML file (we could pre-determine the layout of it) and show images, videos or websites according to what settings are in the XML file. The XML file for example would have:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ThePlayer Title="Example Playlist" Version="2.0">
<Playlist_Entry>
<type>image_1.jpg</AMEntry_Title>
<length_ms>5000</AMEntry_LengthMs>
<brightness>80</AMEntry_Brightness>
</Playlist_Entry >
< Playlist_Entry >
<type>video_1.avi</AMEntry_Title>
<vol>100</AMEntry_Vol>
< brightness >80</AMEntry_Brightness>
</Playlist_Entry >
< Playlist_Entry >
<type>special.html</AMEntry_Title>
<length_ms>5000</AMEntry_Vol>
<brightness>80</AMEntry_Brightness>
</Playlist_Entry >
</ThePlayer >
This contains 3 entries, first one is an image, second a movie and the third is a web page.
The reason for the webpage is flexibility on creating more versatile content very quickly (and dropping video into place on it).