Portrait mode

[Chelsea Dodd]

Is it possible to use this in portrait mode? The tv I'll be using doesn't have that setting, but I assume there must be a code that I can enter to make Concerto display as such.

Any tips are greatly appreciated as I am not a tech person. Thanks!

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Chelsea Dodd

Reference & Adult Programming Librarian

Montclair Public Library
50 S. Fullerton Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042
(973) 744-0500 ext. 2288

chelse...@bccls.org

[August]

Hi Chelsea,
    In general, the use of portrait/landscape display modes occurs at the operating system/window manager level - and isn't something Concerto or the web browser would manage. That is, you'll want to adjust the display settings on the computer displaying Concerto (which may involve the installation of particular manufacturer drivers or utilities). In our work on the Concerto Player in the past (which runs Linux), we changed the settings for the X Window System to offer portrait mode. If you post what operating system and graphics card/chipset you're using, others may be able to provide more detailed guidance. Hope that helps!

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August

Chelsea Dodd

November 25, 2013 at 12:39 PM

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[Chelsea Dodd]

Thanks for the quick response, August.

The library I work for is looking into digital displays using existing LED tvs and Android Mini PCs. The tvs will be placed vertically on the wall, however. I've read that a business used the Android Mini PCs, but I can't find any context with regards to portrait mode. Maybe I'll just have to look into purchasing tvs that offer this as a setting?

[August]

Hi Chelsea,
    While there are some TV's that allow that shifting of orientation, if your existing ones don't do that, I wouldn't invest in new ones. Rather, I would focus on getting the Android devices you have connected to change the orientation.

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August

Chelsea Dodd

November 25, 2013 at 2:24 PM

Thanks for the quick response, August.

The library I work for is looking into digital displays using existing LED tvs and Android Mini PCs. The tvs will be placed vertically on the wall, however. I've read that a business used the Android Mini PCs, but I can't find any context with regards to portrait mode. Maybe I'll just have to look into purchasing tvs that offer this as a setting?

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Chelsea Dodd

Reference & Adult Programming Librarian

Montclair Public Library
50 S. Fullerton Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042
(973) 744-0500 ext. 2288

chelse...@bccls.org

August

November 25, 2013 at 1:32 PM

[Kimmo J]

The display is the least important bit here, it will show what it gets sent on its HDMI port. As august already pointed out, you need to make the computer the screen is connected to show its output in portrait mode. In something like Windows or Ubuntu, you can simply go to the screen settings and select to rotate the screen 90 degrees either clock- or counterclockwise. Or even flip it upside down. 

Once that is done, you can just set new screen dimensions in Concerto - instead of 1920x1080 you'd have 1080x1920 and hey presto. You also need some form of image to use as a backdrop, currently the venerable but great looking "BlueSwoosh Neo" is a landscape image. 

Then you also need to set up "display areas" in Concerto that match your vertical orientation, by default you get an image, a text field, a date/time field and a ticker field, all laid out in landscape, not portrait.