User manual

For a real time feed of what is going on in the cinema, we ustilise IP cameras:

<Type>VIVOTEK</Type>

</IPcamera>

These options are typically configured in the GUI:

Buttons: Admin->System->IPcamera config

An important feature of the dCine is the ability to add a live feed of an IP or network camera to the

interface. This is especially important if controlling the system from a remote location. If a

location based problem occurs, such as lights not working, masking not working, or projector

colour spacing being wrong, an agent at the remote location can actually see what is going on.

When cinema goers are left wondering what is going wrong the ability for the remote support agent

to see what is happening makes it far more likely the session can get to screen even after a problem.

The dCine supports cameras with the ability to send jpeg stills via http requests. The dCine will

pull a still image from the camera at set intervals defined by the <Delay> option.

The <Type> option defines the type of camera used. It also defines the URL used to retrieve the

jpeg still from the camera. (Note: This option will be replaced in future releases. Currently only a

small number of cameras are supported by the dCine software. It is anticipated that the URL will be

made configurable so as to support any camera.

<IP> The IP option defines the IP address of the camera.

<Offset>, <Width>, <Height> and <HeightOffset> These options allow support engineers to define

the image size that it is expected will be delivered from the camera. It also allows for the

configuration of an offset to move an image in the viewable area.

If this option is disabled, the dCine will fall back to displaying a proxy grab of the current playing

item if available.

IP camera Configurations

It is important to configure the IP camera to produce low resolution, highly compressed stills. If the