DIgital Signage Player

[Sydders01]

Hi Guys,

 

 

Please I want a standalone signage player that can display on a tv screen . I want it to go off at night and comes on in the morning . I want this to be automatic and it will be good if it is free.

 

Please any ideas??

[nottsure]

PiSignage can definitely do that. Only $35 a year. There is also Screeenly OSE, which is free, although not sure about the turning on and off. (Turn having a quick look. Screenly OSE does have the function but it is not officially supported) Edited August 18, 2018 by nottsure

[mavhc]

Raspberry Pi supports HDMI-CEC to turn on and off the TV it's connected to, so make sure your TV does that.

 

https://www.screenly.io/blog/2017/07/02/how-to-automatically-turn-off-and-on-your-monitor-from-your-raspberry-pi/

[MayJames]

We are using 1play for pi which has reasonable costs but has all the feature you looking for

 

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[christhetech]

A couple of schools that I've worked at in the past use Xibo, which seemed pretty simple to master. The head at one of the primaries that I used to support was quite hands on with tech, and took complete control of the digital signage there, using Xibo. He would change the content from home a couple of times a week and drive everybody insane with some of the information that he would put on there.

[pslater]

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/av-multimedia-related/175672-xibo-how-we-do-signage.html

[mavhc]

Or just pick a tv that has on/off timer built in, and use a chromecast to display a webpage

[christhetech]

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/av-multimedia-related/175672-xibo-how-we-do-signage.html

 

That's pretty much identical to the way that some of the primaries I used to look after had it set up, and it made my life a breeze.

The one that the head took control of was an absolute nightmare though, with random content getting put up there as and when he felt like. I was just waiting for the day he accidentally uploaded something completely inappropriate, but thankfully that day never came. He did have a bit of a habit of throwing some inspirational quotes up there though, which were a little old for his target audience of primary school children I thought.

I think that with any sort of signage, it has to be eye-catching, relevant and something that the target audience really wants to read, otherwise, it just gets ignored. In the primaries, I would normally go for really colourful designs, that would catch the eye of 7-11 year olds and make them want to stop for a second and read.

[Sydders01]

Thanks @mavhc

 

Please how do you go about making those changes to the raspberry pi giving that after installation of screenly when you boot the raspberry pi up it boots straight to screenly page.

 

 

Thanks

 

 

Raspberry Pi supports HDMI-CEC to turn on and off the TV it's connected to, so make sure your TV does that.

 

https://www.screenly.io/blog/2017/07/02/how-to-automatically-turn-off-and-on-your-monitor-from-your-raspberry-pi/

[mavhc]

"Once the video has stopped playing, press ctrl+alt+F1. This will allow you to login with username ‘pi’ and the password ‘raspberry’. You might also want to change ‘overscan’ if you have a black border around your screen."

 

You can enable ssh and then remotely access it too

[caffrey]

Not tried it and ideally needs a GAFE network but I'm looking at chromebits and chrome sign builder. We currently use XIBO

[FishCustard]

Chromecasts are brilliant for this - you don't in fact need GAFE, you can work around that.

[Sydders01]

Thanks @mvhc for that .

 

Please can it be run without connecting to the internet via RJ45 and secondly how can can i connect using wifi?

 

 

Thanks

"Once the video has stopped playing, press ctrl+alt+F1. This will allow you to login with username ‘pi’ and the password ‘raspberry’. You might also want to change ‘overscan’ if you have a black border around your screen."

 

You can enable ssh and then remotely access it too

[mavhc]

Thanks @mvhc for that .

 

Please can it be run without connecting to the internet via RJ45 and secondly how can can i connect using wifi?

 

 

Thanks

 

It doens't need to connect to the internet, but I assume you mean connect to your LAN via Wired Ethernet. If your Raspberry Pi has Wifi I think it will ask for the password if it can't connect, eg the first time you turn it on

[Sydders01]

Hello @mavhc . Please do you know the cronjob code to turn a tv on by 8am and turn it off by 6pm monday to sunday. I used the code on the link you sent but it keeps coming up with "bas:0: command not found"

 

 

 

Raspberry Pi supports HDMI-CEC to turn on and off the TV it's connected to, so make sure your TV does that.

 

https://www.screenly.io/blog/2017/07/02/how-to-automatically-turn-off-and-on-your-monitor-from-your-raspberry-pi/

[Sydders01]

Hello @mavhc after going to the terminal to make changes and I turn my display on again the terminal page appears with my display sometimes a blank page also appears with my display . Please how do i remove the page as it is not part of the power point

 

 

 

"Once the video has stopped playing, press ctrl+alt+F1. This will allow you to login with username ‘pi’ and the password ‘raspberry’. You might also want to change ‘overscan’ if you have a black border around your screen."

 

You can enable ssh and then remotely access it too

[mavhc]

Hello @mavhc . Please do you know the cronjob code to turn a tv on by 8am and turn it off by 6pm monday to sunday. I used the code on the link you sent but it keeps coming up with "bas:0: command not found"

 

Can you paste the exact steps you take to get to that error message?

[mavhc]

Hello @mavhc after going to the terminal to make changes and I turn my display on again the terminal page appears with my display sometimes a blank page also appears with my display . Please how do i remove the page as it is not part of the power point

 

ctrl-alt-f7 should switch it back to the normal display, I think it's f7, if not try the other function keys

[Sydders01]

Thanks @mavhc . The exact steps are below

 

# Turn monitor on

0 7 * * 1-5 /usr/bin/vcgencmd display_power 1

 

# Turn monitor off

0 20 * * 1-5 /usr/bin/vcgencmd display_power 0

 

 

 

Can you paste the exact steps you take to get to that error message?

[mavhc]

Ah, those are lines to add to your cron file, to edit that file type: crontab -e

if you're asked to choose an editor pick nano if available

Then put those commands on 2 lines

Then save the file, for nano that's ctrl-x, and then y for yes

[Sydders01]

Thanks @mvhc. I have put the codes but it did not work. Tv was not turned of but when i run the code manually tv turns off. don't really get it. Please any ideas?

 

 

 

 

Ah, those are lines to add to your cron file, to edit that file type: crontab -e

if you're asked to choose an editor pick nano if available

Then put those commands on 2 lines

Then save the file, for nano that's ctrl-x, and then y for yes

[mavhc]

might be whether they're set as root or not, don't have access to one now to test

 

try running

sudo -s

first

[Sydders01]

Sorry @mavhc don't get what you mean. should i run sudo -s before i set the time?

 

 

might be whether they're set as root or not, don't have access to one now to test

 

try running

sudo -s

first

[mavhc]

Run sudo -s, that will put you in root mode, then when you run crontab -e you'll be editing the root user's cron, which might have the permissions you need to turn on/off the screen

[Sydders01]

Hi @ mavhc i have done that thanks. The screen turned off but didnot come on back any ideas?

 

 

 

 

QUOTE=mavhc;1700109]Run sudo -s, that will put you in root mode, then when you run crontab -e you'll be editing the root user's cron, which might have the permissions you need to turn on/off the screen