[Cialug] open source digital signage with Linux

[Matt Stanton]

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)

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-----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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