[Cialug] open source digital signage with Linux

[Nathan Smith]

Flat panel TV digital signs is where I was intending to go with this.

There is a project called xibo, which, the first time I read it, looked like it was in the cloud or required windows.  I'm going to revisit xibo and see if I can cook something up.

I'm still interested in success stories or other ideas (and reported powder point sounds like a reasonable one) from anyone that has any experience.

 Thank you.

-Nate

Matt Stanton <matt at itwannabe.com> wrote:
>Are we talking about using a TV/HDMI as the sign?  Do you need sound?
>
>There are a few Linux projects that might be useful.  One that might
>work is called "Impressive", though it seems more useful as a
>PowerPoint replacement.  There are also a number of HTML-based
>presentation packages.  I would suggest building your presentations as
>web pages and using a full-screen Chromium or Firefox to display.  You
>could serve from a local web server or directly from the filesystem,
>and you could use rsync or sftp+scripts to pull the new
>advertisements/displays.
>
>I've never actually done this myself, but I put some thought into it
>because I used to know a guy in Indianola who started a business using
>flat panel TVs to display ads in restaurants and other businesses where
>customers were in waiting areas.  I believe he was just using those
>mini-ITX Intel Atom boxes.  A Raspberry Pi or even an ODROID-U2/X2
>would be much more cost-effective.
>
>-- Matt (N0BOX)
>
>Sent from my ASUS Transformer
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nathan.smith at rockinghamridge.com
>To: cialug at cialug.org
>Sent: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:37 PM
>Subject: [Cialug] open source digital signage with Linux
>
>Hi Cialug friends,
>
>I would like to set up a couple digital signs using open source 
>software running on Linux.  Unfortunately, most of the software I've 
>seen so far either requires a Windows-based player on the sign or has 
>other complexities or requirements.
>
>Has anybody done anything with open source digital signage, preferrably
>
>running on Linux?  Are there projects you can recommend?
>
>Ideally I'd like to be able to make updates via the network (via 
>ssh/rss/CMS or whatever) and have a low power/low price machine like a 
>Raspberry pi running the sign client display.
>
>Thanks for any information you can share, or pointers you may have.
>
>-Nate
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