Raspberry Pi Digital Billboard Info
- Screenly Pro
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- https://burleytech.screenlyapp.com/manage
- + Web-based management hosted by them
- + Easy to scale up / manage several screens
- + Content management simple / automatic transcoding
- - Basic pricing $19.95 / mo for 2 screens
- Pricing: http://www.screenlyapp.com/pricing.html
- Screenly OSE
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- + Free
- - No centralized management
- - Difficult to secure
- Modify ~/screenly/views/index.haml Line 199 to title each screen
- Run sudo supervisorctl restart screenly to restart Screenly
- Setup - Pre Image
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- Install Raspi Screenly OSE Image
- Enable SSH
- Configure local settings
- Run apt-get update / upgrade
- Update Screenly OSE to latest version
- Install PPTP VPN client and configure
- Replace default Screenly Assets with basic VA assets
- Change password for pi user
- Setup - Create new image
- Setup - Post Image
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- Run apt-get update / upgrade
- Set hostname
- Change password for pi user
- Expand filesystem
- Verify connectivity to VPN
- Enable 3.5mm audio out if necessary
- RISE Vision
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- http://rva.risevision.com/ - Management panel
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- + Free
- + Incredibly configurable
- + Centralized, hosted management
- - No video on Raspi
- May be able to use Intel NUC as an "upgrade" model to support video
- Concerto Signage
- Raspberry Video / Raspberry Slideshow
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- http://www.binaryemotions.com/raspberry-slideshow/
- + Simple to use / one function
- + Can be controlled via scripting / ssh with donor version
- - Only does video or slide show, not both
- - No text overlay / api (but rendered images a possibility)
- + Inexpensive (single donation)
- + Excellent for stand-alone operation - no network connection required, content can be updated with only a usb key
- + Can reference network for data
- +- Stores data locally, no streaming but must cache first
- + No centralized management (somewhat achievable with scripting)
- Xibo
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- http://xibo.org.uk/about/
- +- Self hosted, ultimate control but have to have a C&C server
- + Android version with fairly inexpensive hardware
- - No Raspi build but-
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- Build instructions: http://5.231.63.205/xpiimg/building_xibo.htm
- Build image: http://5.231.63.205/xpiimg/Xibo_2013-05-10.rar
- Both from: http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=25929&start=275