User guide

20 DISPLAY CONTENT MANAGER — Installation and User Guide
Section 1 — MediaEdge DCM Overview and Prerequisites
Scheduled Playback
Scheduled playback allows an unlimited number of users to view a pre pro-
grammed arrangement of multiple video clips. The MediaEdge server can
have multiple scheduled “channels” running simultaneously, with set
program times scheduled to run hourly, daily or monthly. MediaEdge set-
top box users can surf channels by simply using the remote control. Medi-
aEdge software clients have the same functionality from within a Web
browser.
Live Broadcasting
MediaEdge can utilize the real-time encoding capability of MediaEdge-
LEB4 encoding devices to transmit live external SD video sources such as
cameras, VCRs and DVD players as professional-quality MPEG-2 or MPEG
4 (H.264) streams to multiple clients with minimal delay. With this feature,
MediaEdge can retransmit externally broadcast sources such as television
and satellite feeds. Such content, once MPEG encoded, may also be
recorded for later viewing or scheduling. MediaEdge systems also support
live streaming of HD video from HDV cameras and decks when connected
to the MediaEdge server via IEEE 1394 FireWire. As with external SD video,
HDV footage can be streamed live or recorded for later use.
Display Content Manager DCM Overview
The Display Content Manger is a software tool that expands the feature set
of a MediaEdge system and provides support for full digital signage capa-
bilities. Rather than simply playing video on a monitor, the DCM provides
a MediaEdge system with comprehensive information delivery capabilities
which include video, still images, ticker text (horizontal or vertical), time
and temperature updates, news feeds, etc.
Digital Signage Layouts
A wide variety of content and multiple digital signage layouts can be
managed and delivered to multiple playout devices on the MediaEdge net-
work.
The digital signage layout shown in Figure 3 is an example of a multiple-
region layout in which video, still images and scrolling ticker text are incor-
porated into a single display.
In this example, three display regions have been defined in which content
may be displayed; however, there is no relationship between the region
labels and any actual content. The same layout may be used to deliver a
variety of unique content to different playout devices.