Installation guide

Display Content Manager Ver1.80 Installation Guide
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I-3-5. Playback clients
A playback client is a terminal that plays back a playlist that has been scheduled by the DCM console. At
least one playback client must be installed in the DCM system. Playback clients can be broadly divided
by their features into three categories.
STB
A Set Top Box (STB) is a hardware playback client that does not have internal storage, such as an HDD or
SSD. It can play the video that is distributed by MEDIAEDGE-SVS server.
MEDIAEDGE-STB4H
MEDIAEDGE-STB4
MEDIAEDGE-STB3 DS (earlier product)
STB4H
STB4
STB3 DS
SWT
SWT is PC client software for using a PC as a playback client. A PC on which SWT is installed can play the
video that is stored inside the internal storage inside the internal storage, or is distributed by
MEDIAEDGE-SVS server. MEDIAEDGE-SVS is selling separately.
MEDIAEDGE-SWT4
MEDIAEDGE-SWT3 DS (earlier product)
ME-DEC, HDMA
ME-DEC or HDMA is a storage type of hardware playback client that uses an HDD or SSD as internal
storage. It can play the video that is stored inside the internal storage, or is distributed by
MEDIAEDGE server(*13).
ME-DEC (MEDIAEDGE Decoder)
HDMA-4100
HDMA-4000 (earlier product)
HDMA-4000 Sync (*14) (earlier product)
ME-DEC (MEDIAEDGE Decoder)
HDMA-4100
HDMA-4000
HDMA-4000Sync
*13: HDMA-4100 should be handled the same as STB4H. HDMA-4000 and HDMA-
4000 Sync should be handled the same as STB3.
*14: The synchronization operation of HDMA-4000 Sync is not available with
Display Content Manager. Register as HDMA-4000 when registering the client in
the target window of the DCM console.