Adding Special Media Files

 

In addition to the general multimedia file formats mentioned in the previous section, the WCM 6 Pro also supports special media types including Real Time Video (a real-time data feed), TV Tuner signal, Executable Application (.exe) and Remote (media URL) .

  1. Click , a dropdown menu will open to select the media type to add.
  2. After adding a special media file, a thumbnail is displayed and the media attributes will be shown in the right panel.

Adding a Website as Media File

You can create a zone in a Playlist to run a website as media content.

  1. In the Media tab, choose “Remote” under Special Media dropdown menu.
  2. A media thumbnail will be created with “Remote” as default media name.
  3. Input the website URL in the right attribute panel – Remote URL as shown below:
  4. Change the Name and Save it.
  5. Now you can add this media to a playlist.

Note: The default refresh time of the URL is 30 minutes. To change the default refresh interval, please find the “DTMP.conf” file from %appdata%.../config, search for "RemoteRefreshIntervalSecond", and change the value to the preferred refresh time interval (the default value is 1800 seconds).

Note: If duration of the zone is shorter than 1800 seconds, the URL will be refreshed according to the zone duration.

Adding an Executable Application (.exe) as Media File

  1. Click and choose Executable Application to add a new media file. A thumbnail will be created as shown below.
  2. Change the file name, set media duration, select a path of the Executable application on the player and specify the file name in the Parameter field.
  3. Save the media for using in a Playlist.

Example of showing an Excel file:

  1. Install Microsoft® Excel or Excel Viewer on the signage player.
  2. Save the excel file to a specified path on the player. E.g. :C:\.
  3. Create a new EXE media file.
  4. Input the path of application in the “Path” field, input the path of excel file name in the “Parameter” field as shown below.

    Note: If the path of the excel file has a space in the name or folder, you need add “ ” in the beginning and the end as shown below.
  5. Put the exe media in the playlist as shown below:
  6. If it’s required to show the mouse cursor to scroll the file up and down, check the “Show Cursor” option in “Playlist Settings” dialog.
  7. Click OK and Save the playlist.