is there a list of supported formats/content types?

[Godmar Back]

Hi,

I'm new to Concerto.  I'm currently deciding which digital signage system to use. I've found Xibo, which lists a number of content format it supports here (*): from Powerpoint to PDF, HTML, etc. etc.

Is there a comparable list for Concerto?  I've spent roughly 25 minutes reading through the available documentation on the concerto web page, but wasn't able to find an answer to this question. Maybe the community can help. 

Specifically, we are looking for a system that can, at least, schedule a chromeless browser with HTML applications, mp4 videos, and powerpoint presentations.

What types/format of content does Concerto support? I'd be grateful for any information, including pointers to documentation, etc.

 - GB

(*) http://xibo.org.uk/about/

[August]

Hi GB,
    I looked around for a full list just now and it's not something we have at the moment, so instead I'll tell you about where our focus and testing goes and then what's nominally supported. For our use cases, we like to accept GIF, JPG, PNG, DOC, PPT, PDF, and a few other formats likely to be converted into graphical content. That said, docsplit and graphicsmagick are the libraries we use internally in concert with OpenOffice to do file format conversion - so any format they support conversion of is likely to work on Concerto. But your suggestion is well advised; we'll likely post a list of common supported formats shortly.

http://www.graphicsmagick.org/formats.html
http://documentcloud.github.io/docsplit/

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Godmar Back

February 4, 2014 at 3:23 PM

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[Godmar Back]

Thank you. I see.

So it appears that your system insists on actually touching and processing the content - do you support, for instance, sources that are arbitrary Windows applications that draw some content into some window? For instance, an OpenGL player, or a Video/MP4 player, or, say, a chromeless browser displaying a d3.js visualization in full screen mode?

 - Godmar

[August]

Your initial question really has two parts. You ask about supported formats and my response covered that. The containers you just listed don't constitute content but, as your subject suggests, content types. While some of those you list may be accomodated by existing plugins (like remote-video or concerto-iframe), the others would need a custom plugin to accommodate them. If you're looking to author such a plugin, https://github.com/concerto/concerto/wiki/Plugins and https://github.com/concerto/concerto/wiki/Content-Type-Plugins are good places to start. Hope that helps.

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Godmar Back

February 6, 2014 at 5:15 PM

Thank you. I see.

So it appears that your system insists on actually touching and processing the content - do you support, for instance, sources that are arbitrary Windows applications that draw some content into some window? For instance, an OpenGL player, or a Video/MP4 player, or, say, a chromeless browser displaying a d3.js visualization in full screen mode?

 - Godmar

August

February 6, 2014 at 5:06 PM

[Godmar Back]

[ meant to send that to the list, so that others can benefit when they search the archives ]

I cannot quite picture what a Concerto installation would look like. On http://demo.concerto-signage.com/admin/index.php/ there is an image of a TV with various HTML elements overlaid - is this what Concerto does?  Compose an HTML web page with various elements that displayed content is projected into? Or is this HTML page something that simulates what an actual Concerto display would look like?

It would be great if one could download a demo client that would show, exactly, what would appear on the client's screen.

Thanks,

 - Godmar

[August]

  To clarify, I'm assuming you're using Concerto 2 (whose demo is at http://nightly.concerto-signage.org). Extending Concerto 1 (which is now unsupported) in the way I mentioned would be a significantly different undertaking. But yes-Concerto is meant to be run in a simple web browser and displays content elements in each area. If you'd like to see it in action, you can go to a URL like http://nightly.concerto-signage.org/frontend/1 or download the player image (https://github.com/concerto/concerto-player).

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Godmar Back

February 6, 2014 at 6:49 PM

I cannot quite picture what a Concerto installation would look like. On http://demo.concerto-signage.com/admin/index.php/ there is an image of a TV with various HTML elements overlaid - is this what Concerto does?  Compose an HTML web page with various elements that displayed content is projected into? Or is this HTML page something that simulates what an actual Concerto display would look like?

It would be great if one could download a demo client that would show, exactly, what would appear on the client's screen.

Thanks,

 - Godmar

August

February 6, 2014 at 5:26 PM

[Scott Kiser]

Godmar, 

The client is simply a web browser, usually running on an OS that automatically runs the browser full-screen. On that demo server, a screen is setup which you can view by visiting:

http://demo.concerto-signage.com/screen/?mac=aaa

(sent from my mobile phone)

--Scott Kiser

Network, Telecom and Systems

Ivy Tech Community College - Northeast

On Feb 6, 2014, at 6:49 PM, Godmar Back <god...@gmail.com> wrote:

[ meant to send that to the list, so that others can benefit when they search the archives ]

I cannot quite picture what a Concerto installation would look like. On http://demo.concerto-signage.com/admin/index.php/ there is an image of a TV with various HTML elements overlaid - is this what Concerto does?  Compose an HTML web page with various elements that displayed content is projected into? Or is this HTML page something that simulates what an actual Concerto display would look like?

It would be great if one could download a demo client that would show, exactly, what would appear on the client's screen.

Thanks,

 - Godmar

On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 5:26 PM, August <aug...@starbase123.com> wrote:

Your initial question really has two parts. You ask about supported formats and my response covered that. The containers you just listed don't constitute content but, as your subject suggests, content types. While some of those you list may be accomodated by existing plugins (like remote-video or concerto-iframe), the others would need a custom plugin to accommodate them. If you're looking to author such a plugin, https://github.com/concerto/concerto/wiki/Plugins and https://github.com/concerto/concerto/wiki/Content-Type-Plugins are good places to start. Hope that helps.

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Godmar Back

February 6, 2014 at 5:15 PM

Thank you. I see.

So it appears that your system insists on actually touching and processing the content - do you support, for instance, sources that are arbitrary Windows applications that draw some content into some window? For instance, an OpenGL player, or a Video/MP4 player, or, say, a chromeless browser displaying a d3.js visualization in full screen mode?

 - Godmar

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August

February 6, 2014 at 5:06 PM

Hi GB,
    I looked around for a full list just now and it's not something we have at the moment, so instead I'll tell you about where our focus and testing goes and then what's nominally supported. For our use cases, we like to accept GIF, JPG, PNG, DOC, PPT, PDF, and a few other formats likely to be converted into graphical content. That said, docsplit and graphicsmagick are the libraries we use internally in concert with OpenOffice to do file format conversion - so any format they support conversion of is likely to work on Concerto. But your suggestion is well advised; we'll likely post a list of common supported formats shortly.

http://www.graphicsmagick.org/formats.html
http://documentcloud.github.io/docsplit/

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August

<compose-unknown-contact.jpg>

Godmar Back

February 4, 2014 at 3:23 PM

Hi,

I'm new to Concerto.  I'm currently deciding which digital signage system to use. I've found Xibo, which lists a number of content format it supports here (*): from Powerpoint to PDF, HTML, etc. etc.

Is there a comparable list for Concerto?  I've spent roughly 25 minutes reading through the available documentation on the concerto web page, but wasn't able to find an answer to this question. Maybe the community can help. 

Specifically, we are looking for a system that can, at least, schedule a chromeless browser with HTML applications, mp4 videos, and powerpoint presentations.

What types/format of content does Concerto support? I'd be grateful for any information, including pointers to documentation, etc.

 - GB

(*) http://xibo.org.uk/about/

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[Scott Kiser]

Good point! I failed to mention that the demo URL is running v1.

(sent from my mobile phone)

--Scott Kiser

Network, Telecom and Systems

Ivy Tech Community College - Northeast

On Feb 6, 2014, at 6:57 PM, August <aug...@starbase123.com> wrote:

  To clarify, I'm assuming you're using Concerto 2 (whose demo is at http://nightly.concerto-signage.org). Extending Concerto 1 (which is now unsupported) in the way I mentioned would be a significantly different undertaking. But yes-Concerto is meant to be run in a simple web browser and displays content elements in each area. If you'd like to see it in action, you can go to a URL like http://nightly.concerto-signage.org/frontend/1 or download the player image (https://github.com/concerto/concerto-player).

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August

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Godmar Back

February 6, 2014 at 6:49 PM

I cannot quite picture what a Concerto installation would look like. On http://demo.concerto-signage.com/admin/index.php/ there is an image of a TV with various HTML elements overlaid - is this what Concerto does?  Compose an HTML web page with various elements that displayed content is projected into? Or is this HTML page something that simulates what an actual Concerto display would look like?

It would be great if one could download a demo client that would show, exactly, what would appear on the client's screen.

Thanks,

 - Godmar

<postbox-contact.jpg>

August

February 6, 2014 at 5:26 PM

Your initial question really has two parts. You ask about supported formats and my response covered that. The containers you just listed don't constitute content but, as your subject suggests, content types. While some of those you list may be accomodated by existing plugins (like remote-video or concerto-iframe), the others would need a custom plugin to accommodate them. If you're looking to author such a plugin, https://github.com/concerto/concerto/wiki/Plugins and https://github.com/concerto/concerto/wiki/Content-Type-Plugins are good places to start. Hope that helps.

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August

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Godmar Back

February 6, 2014 at 5:15 PM

Thank you. I see.

So it appears that your system insists on actually touching and processing the content - do you support, for instance, sources that are arbitrary Windows applications that draw some content into some window? For instance, an OpenGL player, or a Video/MP4 player, or, say, a chromeless browser displaying a d3.js visualization in full screen mode?

 - Godmar

<postbox-contact.jpg>

August

February 6, 2014 at 5:06 PM

Hi GB,
    I looked around for a full list just now and it's not something we have at the moment, so instead I'll tell you about where our focus and testing goes and then what's nominally supported. For our use cases, we like to accept GIF, JPG, PNG, DOC, PPT, PDF, and a few other formats likely to be converted into graphical content. That said, docsplit and graphicsmagick are the libraries we use internally in concert with OpenOffice to do file format conversion - so any format they support conversion of is likely to work on Concerto. But your suggestion is well advised; we'll likely post a list of common supported formats shortly.

http://www.graphicsmagick.org/formats.html
http://documentcloud.github.io/docsplit/

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August

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