Working With Smil; Introduction; Playing A Smil Demo; Www.a-Smil.org For Developers - ViewSonic CD-1010 User Manual

4. Working with SMIL
The CD‐1010uses open communications protocols for highly flexible content presentation and
playback control. SMIL‐compliancemeans predictable results across multiple devices, and SMIL's non‐
proprietary nature means that your investments are never obsolete.
4.1. Introduction
Using SMIL (pronounced "smile"), the language created by W3C for multimedia communications, the
media playerunderstands the language "spoken" by professional tools from companies such as
Adobe, Apple, Microsoft, and Real Networks. What this means is quicker, easier, and better
integration of your players into your digital signage networks, opening up avenues of software
controls and realizing the full potential of your playerhardware down the road.
4.2. Playing a SMIL demo
The demonstration files can be found in the Software and Documentation CD.
Step 1: Prepare contents using a PC
Prepare a formatted USB drive (using the "FAT32" file system
option). Copy the entire sample SMIL directory with all its content
files from Software and DocumentationCD to the USB drive. Make
sure the SMIL directory shows up in the root directory of the USB
drive.
Step 2: Upload contents to player
Power up the CD‐1010. Booting takes about 90 seconds.
When the orange boot indicator lamp goes out, insert
USB drive into the USB port to begin upload. All files
under the SMIL directory will be copied to the player
and the sample contents will begin to play.
4.3. www.a­smil.org for Developers
The media playerutilizes W3C SMIL open standard, making it easier to customize to your project
management needs. For resources, downloads, and community support, please visit www.a‐smil.org.
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