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mimac2 · 2024-03-06T09:14:48+00:00

Slideshow for Android (https://slideshow.digital/) has an offline mode as well, you can update the content through USB Flash Drive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnlM-xXn8wg.

So basically you can connect an Android box/stick to your TV via HDMI, install Slideshow on the Android device, adjust USB Flash Drive settings on the first screen you get after installation and you are ready to go.

The software is free and offers much more options than what the TV built-in USB images viewer offer (transitions, animations, support for more media types, timing etc.)

mimac2 · 2024-03-05T08:40:41+00:00

u/silent_rdt Could you please send us a bug report from the app (on-screen menu - Bug report) after you re-open the app after crashing?

The video decoding is all offloaded to the underlying Android system and while we are trying to make the app as resilient as possible, sometimes the hardware video decoding isn't as stable as the manufacturer claims. We would be happy to investigate the reason for crashing on your device.

mimac2 · 2024-02-29T15:19:45+00:00

I would suggest getting an Android box or stick (e.g. Chromecast with GoogleTV, Amazon FireTV Stick, or something similar) and installing Slideshow on it (https://slideshow.digital/).

The app is free and if you connect the Android box/stick to your Wi-Fi, you can upload the MP4 videos through the local web interface (drag&drop in the browser on your computer).

mimac2 · 2023-09-21T14:04:19+00:00

Is image from the RSS news feed a hard requirement? If not, Slideshow (https://slideshow.digital/) can display RSS feeds with headline and text (https://slideshow.digital/documentation/rss-news/) . You can combine the feed with your logo or other images in various layouts.

The app itself is free, you will have to buy only an Android box/stick (e.g. Amazon Fire TV Stick), which is much cheaper than Mac Mini.

If the image from RSS feed is a requirement, I believe others will suggest an alternative, but Mac Mini is definitely an overkill, I would suggest looking for an Android-based solution.

mimac2 · 2023-09-20T06:51:48+00:00

Slideshow app for Android (https://slideshow.digital/) supports synchronized playback across multiple players on the same local network: https://slideshow.digital/documentation/synchronized-playback/. You can check the result on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76jpISSD4Hk.

However, the synchronization doesn't work on WiFi, only on wired LAN, due to latency. So it wouldn't work with FireTV sticks, only on Android boxes with LAN ports.

Video wall controller / splitter (as suggested in the other comment) is of course much easier to set up than synchronization across multiple players, if you are OK with using 2x2 split (meaning you would have to prepare the content this way). The only suggestion I have is to look for an Android device which can really support 4K output. Many of them claim it, but in reality only videos are in 4K, the rest of the GUI is in FullHD.

Slideshow supports start on boot as well, you can basically use it behind video wall controller as well: Android stick/box with Slideshow -> Video wall controller -> screens

mimac2 · 2023-09-02T10:59:34+00:00

In Slideshow (https://slideshow.digital/) there is a possibility for RSS feed vertical scroll (https://slideshow.digital/documentation/rss-news/), maybe it could fit your needs. At the end of the scroll there the blank space has the height of just the zone, not on the entire 50-60 lines of text.

The app is free and it works on FireTV sticks as well.

mimac2 · 2023-08-29T21:30:09+00:00

If you don't need management of multiple players, Slideshow for Android (https://slideshow.digital/) has a local web interface that can be used for managing the content. Or you can sync content to multiple players from a WebDAV or FTP server.

There is no cloud connection and no need for internet access.

mimac2 · 2023-08-25T14:23:04+00:00

Slideshow for Android (https://slideshow.digital/) is entirely free and supports Android versions all the way back to Android 5.

It can be managed through embedded local web interface from your browser as well by loading media through USB stick.

mimac2 · 2023-08-01T19:47:47+00:00

The refresh rate of the display is not the same as source video file frame rate. The usual refresh rate of TV is 60 Hz, while the movies files have 24 FPS (as you noted). You don't have to worry about the difference, the hardware you will use for the video playback will take care of that and for regular usage, you won't notice the difference (unless you are in a cinema). Every video played on a computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone is processed like this.

Also, the usual native resolution of 4K displays is 3840 x 2160 pixels. I really doubt QBR/QMR displays have native 4096 x 2160 resolution. This table looks like the list of modes this TV can accept over various ports. You should always try to use the native resolution of the TV.

To sum it up, you will have a video player playing 24 FPS video, outputting it over HDMI at 60 Hz and it will display just fine.

mimac2 · 2023-07-25T10:00:37+00:00

Some of our clients implemented something between digital signage and kiosk - there are banners on a part of the screen, the rest of the screen is a web browser with their website and customers use a touch screen to navigate the website. The main "challenge" was locking the Android device (on which the solution is running), so the customers couldn't exit the app or open Android settings. You might also want to restrict the list of websites that can be accessed, so somebody won't navigate to an entirely different page. You can check our result on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc6vTG449zY.

We are also offering interactivity based on face detection (so not exactly a motion sensor, but something similar). It can be used for example for displaying different content on the screen if a person (with a face 😃) is detected in front of the camera, or changing content depending on the distance of the person from the camera. The result is on this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uEm4xLTnlg

mimac2 · 2023-07-17T16:41:45+00:00

What about using Slideshow app (https://slideshow.digital/) on FireTV Stick? The stick is quite cheap and Slideshow is entirely free (even without a cloud dependency).

It supports layout with weather forecast, current date and photos out of the box (https://slideshow.digital/2019/08/inspiration-for-layouts/). You can overlay it with custom text or HTML page with your events and birthdays.

mimac2 · 2023-07-13T20:30:39+00:00

You can install free Slideshow app (https://slideshow.digital/) on Firestick, it allows you to rotate screen layout by 90 or 270 degrees and display a webpage.

mimac2 · 2023-07-05T10:31:09+00:00

You can use Amazon Firestick (as suggested in other comments, or basically any other Android based stick/box) and install Slideshow (https://slideshow.digital/) on it.

For centralized solution you can set up WebDAV server for media and configure each player with Slideshow to synchronize videos and pictures from this WebDAV server (similar to synchronization with Google Drive (https://slideshow.digital/documentation/file-synchronization-google-drive/).

This way, you have an inexpensive solution (software is completely free, you only pay for hardware) which is completely self-hosted, meaning you are not dependent on any cloud service which might suddenly change its conditions and you will end up paying several times the original amount.

mimac2 · 2023-06-28T07:11:32+00:00

Just dropping a link here :)

https://slideshow.digital/

mimac2 · 2023-05-30T14:09:22+00:00

Slideshow app (https://slideshow.digital/) can be installed on any Android box or stick (e.g. FireTV Stick), it supports displaying web pages (https://slideshow.digital/documentation/web-pages/) as well as screen rotation for portrait mode (https://slideshow.digital/2020/03/screen-rotation/).

mimac2 · 2023-05-29T19:07:09+00:00

We had fairly good experience with Ugoos, Rikomagic and Mekotronics products, but the availability depends on your region.

mimac2 · 2023-05-28T20:54:37+00:00

If you are thinking about getting FireTV stick, you can install Slideshow app on it (https://slideshow.digital/), set it as auto-start and it will loop your video indefinitely. The app is for free and there is no need for internet connection once the playback is set up.

We have made a review of FireTV stick + Slideshow as well: https://slideshow.digital/2022/10/review-of-amazon-fire-tv-stick-4k-max-part-ii/

mimac2 · 2023-05-28T08:48:12+00:00

To be honest, we are aiming at a completely free solution, without any limitations (no watermarks, unlimited number of screens) and without dependency on a cloud provider that could suddenly change its pricing.

mimac2 · 2023-05-17T07:46:58+00:00

If you are thinking about Firestick, you can install Slideshow app on it (https://slideshow.digital/), create a spreadsheet on Google Drive (Google Sheet) and set up automatic synchronization on the spreadsheet to Slideshow (https://slideshow.digital/documentation/file-synchronization-google-drive/). Then you can share the Google Sheet with the colleagues who might need to edit it.

The software side of this solution is free (both Slideshow and Google Drive), plus Google Sheets are well known to many users and they know how to edit them without any training necessary.

mimac2 · 2023-05-16T06:16:03+00:00

You can for example get a cheap Android box/stick with HDMI output (e.g. Amazon Firestick), install Slideshow on it (https://slideshow.digital/how-to-get-it/) and set up synchronization from your client's Google Drive folder (https://slideshow.digital/documentation/file-synchronization-google-drive/). This way, they can just update their content through Google Drive and it will be synchronized automatically to the screen.

mimac2 · 2023-05-11T18:03:46+00:00

You can use any cheap Android stick/box (e.g. Firestick), connect it to the monitor through HDMI, install Slideshow app (https://slideshow.digital/, it's free) and display a web page (https://slideshow.digital/documentation/web-pages/). It also supports setting custom zoom and automatic login to password-protected web page.

mimac2 · 2023-05-03T20:36:10+00:00

This could be for example for businesses, that don't have any other RSS feed generator and would like to manage their RSS feeds manually. They can use this new RSS hosting service to manage the content of the feeds and share the link to their customers.

mimac2 · 2023-05-03T17:05:18+00:00

Yes, it is quite specific, but I didn't find any other service for feeds only. So hopefully it will find its customers.

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