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This section of the configuration controls the creation of the channel.

<01>

<ChannelName>Channel01</ChannelName>

<FileName>NotSet</FileName>

<Aspect>CentreCrop</Aspect>

<Rect>

</Rect>

</01>

</Channels>

The channel is a section of the screen devoted to the playback of content/media. As part of its

digital signage functions, the dCine software can be configured to create more than one channel,

This capacity for multiple channels enables the dCine to display discreet content on different parts

of the screen or drive more then one screen from the one player.

For a typical digital cinema install, only one channel is used. The interface GUI can only control

one channel. The important options to understand in the above config set are:

<ChannelName> : This option defines which file in the “v:\channel\playlist” directory

will act as the channel event list file. For example, the default channel name is Channel01. There

will be a file called “v:\channel\playlist\Channel01.ply”. This file contains all events

that have been programmed on the player, including automation events and session-start events.

<FileName> : Deprecated. No longer used. Can be deleted.

<DisplayDevice> : This option defines which SCREEN is used as the display device. See

DisplayDevice definition below.

<Aspect> : This option sets the way the player will deal with the aspect ratios of different content.

In other words, if the content aspect ratio is wider than the aspect ratio of the display, then this

option will ensure that the player automatically readjusts for that difference. Based on this option

the player will zoom up/down the content into the viewable area.