[Digital Signage] Alternative to ShowPoint?

[p858snake]

Does anyone have a recommendation for a alternative to ShowPoint that will rotate though and display all the power points in a folder and not just the last created/modified?

[mketteley]

If you want to rotate through multiple powerpoints, videos, photos, websites, etc, then have you looked at onelan?

 

It is quite expensive, but it is a powerful digital signage system.

 

I had it at my last place of work and you were able to setup zones to display different content including news feeds and whether as well as simply looping through content, far more features than what I could use.

 

Alternatively there are some open source digital signage, but I have never used them.

[jamesreedersmith]

Xibo - free!

[fiza]

Xibo - free!

+1 for Xibo. Latest iteration is brilliant.

[p858snake]

Xibo - free!

 

That is the plan in the future, Just wanted something temp in the mean time that would be easy for every.

[Alis_Klar]

Didn't the OP want to author his digital signage (DS) in PowerPoint. How does Xibo provide this feature?

 

IF we're talking about just any DS solution FYI Google have got into Digital signage using cloud controlled Chromebooks and 3rd party signage apps from the Chrome Web Store.

 

https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/for-signage/index.html

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/signage?hl=en-US

 

Could also use An Android Stick or ChromeCast as affordable efficient DS

[Alis_Klar]

Meant to say Chromebox not Chromebook!

Didn't the OP want to author his digital signage (DS) in PowerPoint. How does Xibo provide this feature?

 

IF we're talking about just any DS solution FYI Google have got into Digital signage using cloud controlled Chromebooks and 3rd party signage apps from the Chrome Web Store.

 

https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/for-signage/index.html

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/signage?hl=en-US

 

Could also use An Android Stick or ChromeCast as affordable efficient DS

[LeMarchand]

Is the idea that anyone with the correct permissions can dump the Powerpoint in the folder and it will get played?

[farmerste]

have you looked at EM powerpoint to video converter, there is a free version ?

[Alis_Klar]

have you looked at EM powerpoint to video converter, there is a free version ?

 

Thanks for the tip. Havn't tried this out yet. I do know that PPT 2010 can save to WMV out of the box. I also know that the WMV files generated will play on a LG television from a USB stick.