Playback Method — Program

You can choose to play video files in this SMP's Media Folder.

1. Click Edit Playlist, and you can select those video files you want to play. All video files in the Media Folder will be listed in the left column. You can click the refresh button to make sure the system gets the most updated data. If the left column is empty, that means there is no file in the Media Folder. Please add video files to Media Folder first.
2. Select those files you want to play. You can select multiple files at one time by holding the Shift or Ctrl key, or just select files one by one. You can also choose a folder and play all files in that folder. If you want to search any specific file, enter the keyword after the search icon . Then all possible files and folders will show up.
3. Click , and all selected files in the left column will be duplicated to the right column. SMP will only play those files in the right column.
4. Now, you can arrange the order of those selected files. In the right column, SMP will play files from top to bottom. Please refer to the following table for more functions.

   Move up	Select one item in the right column. Click , and this item will be moved forward in the playlist.
   Move down	Select one item in the right column. Click , and this item will be moved backward in the playlist.
   Delete	If you want to remove files from the Selected Files in the right column, please select files and click . Then those files will be removed from the right column, but will still be kept in the Media Folder.

5. Click and you will go back to the main page of Media Files. All selected files and folders will be listed in the table. There is an icon in front of each file name. The system helps you verify video files and see if they are playable in the SMP player. The meaning of each icon is listed in the following table. You can also click the icon to check detailed information of each file. Items with compatibility issues will be marked in red color.

   	The codec and bitrate of this video file are supported.
   	This is a warning icon. For example, the bitrate might be too high.
   	The codec of this video file is not supported. Please replace the file.

There are more options for you to customize your playback mode.

Display ratio	You have three options: Auto, 4:3, and 16:9.
Loop	This setting only takes effect when you regard this Program as an item and use it in Playback > Playlist. In this case, you can select to play files in the Media Folder more than once and set repeat number of times here. If you select Always, SMP will keep playing this program without playing the next item in the Playlist. If you select 3, SMP will repeat playing those files for three times and then move on to the next item in the Playlist. Note If you want to use the function effectively, please remember to set the duration of this program as "Always" in Playback > Playlist. If you set a certain duration for this program (e.g. 50 seconds), SMP may not be able to repeat playing all files in the Media Folder within the configured time period. Then this function may not be able to function properly as you expect. If you play this program directly, it will be always in the loop, even though you select a number between 1 to 10.
Playback sequence	Random: SMP will play video files randomly without following the sequence listed in the table. Drag and Drop: You can also adjust the playback sequence by clicking an item and dragging and dropping it to the right position.
Delete ,	If you need to remove any file from the playlist, you can click Edit Playlist to re-edit your playlist. You can also click the symbol on the upper-left corner of the table. Then you will see the trash can button, , in the first column of that table. Just locate the item you want to remove and click the delete button before that item; then you can remove that item from the playlist.

There are four types of network streaming methods:

1. RTB Client (Real-Time Broadcast)
   RTB Client only works with CAYIN CMS's RTB Server function. SMP, incorporating with a CMS server, can play streaming video. To play streaming video as RTB client, select the channel corresponding to the client's server, i.e. CMS server. Select the broadcast mode for the source. You can select the display ratio (4:3 or 16:9) from the drop-down menu here.
2. RTP (Realtime Transport Protocol)
   You can use RTP compliant software sending RTP streaming to SMP, e.g. VideoLAN client/server (http://www.videolan.org). To play RTP streaming, enter the port number of the relevant RTP server. Select the broadcast mode for the source. You can select the display ratio (4:3 or 16:9) from the drop-down menu here.
3. RTSP Streaming (Real Time Streaming Protocol)
   To play video file over RTSP, enter the URL of the file in this option. You can also select the display ratio (4:3 or 16:9) from the drop-down menu here.
4. HTTP/MMS Streaming
   To play video file via HTTP or MMS streaming, e.g. video file on a web server or MMS server, enter the URL of the file in this option. You can also select the display ratio (4:3 or 16:9) from the drop-down menu here.

To play AV-IN signal on the multimedia area, please select this item, and set the display ratio as 4:3 or 16:9. You can configure more related settings on SYSTEM > Peripheral > Video In page.

If you enable this function, the content playback of this zone will be centrally managed by a CMS server. Please refer to the section SCHEDULE in CMS server for further settings.

You can use the face-detection function to convey specific messages to target customers. This designated content will be shown within the video zone. SMP will resume playing original contents which you set in this page once the termination condition is met.

1. Click the face detection icon, ; then, go to Face Detection setting page.
2. Enable the service and select a camera in the drop-down menu. If you cannot see any camera in the list, it means that you have not added any camera. Please go to PLAYBACK > Face Detection page to add a webcam.
3. Click Save. Then, you should be able to see its webcam preview on the right-hand side.
4. Click to add one trigger criterion and its corresponding playback contents.
5. Set detection criteria. There are three kinds of criteria: People (number of people), Gender, and Age. Gender and age can be combined as one criterion. However, you cannot set either gender or age at the same time if you choose the number of people as your detection criterion.

   Note
   You should enable the gender or age detection when you create a task in QVR Face Tiger, otherwise SMP cannot retrieve any detection data even though you set gender or age as your trigger criterion on SMP’s Web Manger.

6. Edit playback content. You can click the Edit Playlist button to create a video playlist directly on this page.
7. Set a termination condition to decide when the above content should be stopped playing.
   • The video(s) end.
   • You can set a playback duration to specify a time limit.
   • The detection result does not match the criteria anymore.
   • Nobody is watching the camera.
8. Click Save to complete setting. Then, you will see this item listed in the Detection table.
9. Click Close and go back to the Video zone setting page. Then, you will see the face detection icon turns purple .

You can choose to play image files in this SMP's Media Folder.

1. Click Edit Playlist, and you can select those image files you want to play. All files in the Media Folder will be listed in the left column. You can click the refresh button to make sure the system gets the most updated data. If the left column is empty, that means there is no file in the Media Folder. Please add image files to Media Folder first.
2. Select those files you want to play. You can select multiple files at one time by holding the Shift or Ctrl key, or just select files one by one. You can also choose a folder and play all files in that folder. If you want to search any specific file, enter the keyword after the search icon . Then all possible files and folders will show up.
3. Click , and all selected files in the left column will be duplicated to the right column. SMP will only play those files in the right column.
4. Now, you can arrange the order of those selected files. In the right column, SMP will play files from top to bottom. Please refer to the following table for more functions.

   Move up	Select one item in the right column. Click , and this item will be moved forward in the playlist.
   Move down	Select one item in the right column. Click , and this item will be moved backward in the playlist.
   Delete	If you want to remove files from the Selected Files in the right column, please select files and click . Then those files will be removed from the right column, but will still be kept in the Media Folder.

5. Click and you will go back to the main page of Media Files. All selected files and folders will be listed in the table. There is a magnifying glass icon in front of each file name. You can click the icon to see a larger picture.

There are more options for you to customize your playback mode.

Duration	Set the Duration in seconds for playing each picture.
Transition effect	You can choose one transition effect here to make the transition more visually compelling. For the image zone which is larger than 4K resolution, you can only use the following transition effects: No Effect 1: wipe right 2: wipe left 3: wipe down 4: wipe up 9: fade out + fade in 10: fade in 20: horizontal blinds 21: vertical blinds 22: box out 23: box in 24: circle out 25: circle in 26: squeeze vertical 27: squeeze horizontal 28: expand vertical 29: expand horizontal 30: 1 clockwise rotation 31: 2 clockwise rotations 32: 3 clockwise rotations 33: 4 clockwise rotations 34: 8 clockwise rotations 39: wipe right - soft edge 40: wipe left - soft edge 41: wipe down - soft edge 42: wipe up - soft edge 43: windshield wiper 44: 4 windshield wipers 45: checkerboard - large 46: checkerboard - small
Resize images	You can decide if you want to resize the images. Original Size: The system won't change the image size. Proportional: The system will proportionally adjust the size of each image to fit the display area of the image zone which you define in the skin. Non-proportional: The system will adjust the size of each image to completely fit the display area of the image zone which you define in the skin. This might cause image distortion.
Playback sequence	Forward: SMP will play image files from the first item to the last one. Backward: SMP will play image files from the last item to the first one. Random: SMP will play image files randomly without following the sequence listed in the table. Drag and Drop: You can also adjust the playback sequence by clicking an item and dragging and dropping it to the right position.
Delete ,	If you need to remove any file from the playlist, you can click Edit Playlist to re-edit your playlist. You can also click the symbol on the upper-left corner of the table. Then you will see the trash can button, , in the first column of that table. Just locate the item you want to remove and click the delete button before that item; then you can remove that item from the playlist.

If you enable this function, the content playback of this zone will be centrally managed by a CMS server. Please refer to the section SCHEDULE in CMS server for further settings.

There are three ways for you to input ticker texts:

• Enter text here
  You can enter a text message, such as "Welcome to CAYIN Technology!". Save the settings and the text will be displayed on the screen.

  Note
  You can enter a maximum of 512 characters in the text field.

• Text file in Media Folder
  You can type your message in a text file and save the file in Media Folder. When you enable this option, click Add/Edit to select the text files you want to play, and save the settings. The message in the text file will be displayed.
  
  SMP supports UTF-8 character encoding. If the content is not written in English, please choose encoding type UTF-8 when you save the text file.

  Note
  All text files (.txt) can include totally a maximum of 16384 characters.

• Text from remote URL/RSS/ATOM
  To show a text message available on a URL, click Add/Edit to enter the URL address in the option, e.g. http://your_server/message.txt. If you use the server side script to generate the dynamic text, we suggest you only send the text result (mime type txt/ plain) back to the SMP player. You can also retrieve live RSS messages. Enter the URL address in the option, e.g. http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_us.rss.

  Note
  SMP players checks RSS feed every 20 seconds and updates if necessary. The format of non-English RSS link should be in the UTF-8 character encoding.

You can also customize the way the text appears. Here are some attributes:

Font	You can select a font face and a font size here. You can upload more font faces on LIBRARY > Font page.
Text direction	You can change the direction of the text from Left to right or Right to left to suit your own language configuration.
Font color	You can set the color of the text and the background of the ticker zone . If you don't enable single color background, the background of the ticker zone will be transparent to the Skin's background. There are three ways for you to choose a color. You can enter the R, G, B numbers or the color code directly. You can also use the color picker tool to choose a suitable color. The system provides the color preview on the right-hand side so that you can select the best matching color combination for your ticker texts and background.
Text scrolling effect	No scrolling effect: The text is static without moving. Simple crawl: The text will move either from left to right or right to left. The next line will follow the previous line. Simple bottom-up: The text will move from bottom to top. For long sentences, the system will break them automatically into the next lines. Bottom-up and crawl: First, the text is moving from bottom to top and pause; then it is moving from left to right to finish a line.
Paragraph	Pause: Set duration of Pause when you choose Simple bottom-up or Bottom-up and crawl. This option will let text pause for specific seconds when the player finishes showing a line. Line spacing: You can adjust the line spacing. If you choose 1, it means the space between two lines is the height of the font.
Speed	Set a suitable speed. 1 represents the slowest speed, and 6 represents the fastest one.

If you enable this function, the content playback of this zone will be centrally managed by a CMS server. Please refer to the section SCHEDULE in CMS server for further settings.

You can choose one .html or .swf file you want to playback in the drop-down menu. You need to upload files into SMP's Media Folder in advance or you won't see any file in the drop-down menu.

The system also provides more functions for you to show only some part of the HTML/SWF file or add any parameter.

• Web page capture
  Please enable Web page capture if you want to show only some part of the HTML/SWF file.
  1. Enable the function, and you will see the following information:

     Content (W, H)	It means the real size (resolution) of the web page.
     Drag (X, Y)	It means location of the start point (upper-left point) of the captured area.

  2. Click Capture; then you can see the web page and start to define the area you want to show. Remember to click Reload every time you enter a new number in the following fields, so that you can see the updated captured area on the preview picture.

     Content (W, H)	Enter the real size (resolution) of the web page.
     Drag (X, Y)	Enter the location of the start point (upper-left point) of the captured area. You can also drag the captured area directly on the preview picture.
     Drag (W, H)	Enter the size of the captured area in the tool bar. You can't drag directly on the preview picture.

     Note
     The real presentation of the captured HTML is restricted to the size of the HTML zone on your selected skin. For example, if the HTML zone on the skin is 400x300 resolutions, you can only show content with 400x300 resolutions even though you might capture 800x600.

  3. You can click Preview to check the real presentation and click OK to finish settings.
• Enable extra parameters
  Click Enable extra parameters and fill in required fields if you only want to add any extra parameter.

You can show one .html or .swf file from a remote URL. Please enter the URL address here.

The system also provides the following two functions:

• Web page capture: let you show only part of the web page.
• Enable extra parameters: fill in required fields to add extra parameters.

You can include CAYIN xPost content in the HTML zone.

1. Enter the hostname or IP address of the xPost server.
2. Click Connect to establish the connection.
3. Enter the username and password of xPost.
4. You will see all available options in the right column after successful login.
5. Choose a module and a display name. You can click Preview to see the real-time preview of the display.

1. Enter your Twitter ID in the User field.
2. Select a template. We provide some basic templates with different colors for you to choose from. Select one and you can see the preview image. You can still modify the layout later in Advanced settings area.
3. Enter a title and subject of Twitter timeline.
4. Customize your own timeline layout in Advanced settings area.

   Border radius	You can change the border radius of the timeline. If you set 0, it will become a rectangle. Select a number and the system will generate a preview image for you.
   Background color	Shell: You can change the color of the shell by the color picker tool. Tweets: You can change the color of the texts. Pick a color and the system will generate a preview image for you.
   Separator color	Header: You can change the color of the line below the subject. Tweets: You can change the color of the lines between tweets. Pick a color and the system will generate a preview image for you.
   Text color	Header: You can change the color of the title and the subject. Tweets: You can change the color of the tweets. Link: You can change the color of the link text. Pick a color and the system will generate a preview image for you.
   Font style	You can change the font face here. The system won't generate a preview image for font style.
   Font size	You can change the font size here. The system won't generate a preview image for font size.
   Avatars	You can choose to show or hide avatars. Click the button and the system will generate a preview image for you.

1. Select a city list. CAYIN now provides the following city lists for free use.

   City List	Display Language	Cities
   15 major cities of the world	English	London, New York, Chicago, Dubai, Hong Kong, Paris, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Buenos Aires, Madrid, Toronto, Frankfurt, Mexico City
   Major cities in Taiwan	Chinese	台北, 桃園, 新竹, 苗栗, 台中, 彰化, 嘉義, 台南, 高雄, 屏東, 花蓮, 台東, 基隆, 金門, 澎湖
   Major cities in the USA	English	Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas, San Jose, Jacksonville, Indianapolis, San Francisco, Austin, Columbus
   Major cities in the Middle-East	English	Dubai, Beirut, Istanbul, Riyadh, Doha, Muscat, Abu Dhabi, Amman, Kuwait, Cairo
   Major cities in Thailand	Thai	กรุงเทพมหานคร, นนทบุรี, นครราชสีมา, เชียงใหม่, หาดใหญ่, อุดรธานี, ขอนแก่น, อุบลราชธานี, นครศรีธรรมราช, นครปฐม
   Major cities in China	Simplified Chinese	上海, 北京, 天津, 广州, 武汉, 成都, 重庆, 南京, 香港, 西安, 沈阳, 杭州, 哈尔滨
   Major cities in Spain	English	Barcelona, Madrid, Granada, Seville, Bilbao, Valencia, Cordova, San Sebastian, Salamanca
   Major cities in the UK	English	London, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Sheffield, Bradford, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Manchester, Bristol
   Major cities in Australia	English	Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Gold Coast, Tweed Heads
   Major cities in Japan	Japanese	東京, 横浜市, 大阪市, 名古屋市, 札幌市, 神戸市, 京都市, 福岡市, 川崎市, さいたま市, 広島市
   Major cities in Malaysia	English	Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, Ipoh, Shah Alam, Petaling Jaya, Kuching, Kota Kinabalu
   Major cities in Philippines	English/Tagalog	Lungsod Quezon, Maynilà, Caloocan, Dabaw, Lungsod ng Cebu, Zamboanga City, Antipolo, Pasig, Taguig, Cagayan de Oro
   Major cities in Russia	Russian	Москва, Санкт-Петербург, Новосибирск, Екатеринбург, Нижний Новгород, Самара, Омск, Казань, Челябинск, Ростов-на-Дону
   Major cities in Brazil	Portuguese	São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Brasília, Fortaleza, Belo Horizonte, Manaus, Curitiba, Recife, Porto Alegre, Belém, Goiânia
   Major cities in Colombia	Spanish	Bogotá, Cali, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Cúcuta, Bucaramanga, Soledad
   Major cities in Saudi Arabia	Arabic	الرياض‎, جدة‎, مكة, اَلْمَدِينَة اَلْمَنَوَّرَة, الطائف, الدمام, خـميــس مشيـــط, بريدة, الخبر‎, الجبيل
   Major cities in Lebanon	English	Beirut, Tripoli, Zahlé, Jounieh
   Major cities in El Salvador	Spanish	San Salvador, Soyapango, Santa Ana, San Miguel, Mejicanos
   Major cities in Indonesia	Indonesian	Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung, Medan, Semarang, Palembang, Makassar, Batam, Pekanbaru, Bandar Lampung, Padang, Denpasar, Samarinda

2. If you have a customized city list, please select Enter Customized ID in the drop-down menu. Then enter your Customized ID and click OK. Please contact CAYIN's salespeople for tailored ID of City List if you want to customize your own city list.
3. Customize your own layout in Advanced settings area.

   Size of area	There are five fixed sizes of the weather information area: 250 (w) x 75 (h), 285 (w) x 170 (h), 550 (w) x 320 (h), 760 (w) x 500 (h), and 1000 (w) x 650 (h). We suggest you create an HTML area with the same size, or the weather information will be aligned with the upper left corner.
   Color	Background color: You can change the background color of weather zone by the color picker tool. If you want to have a transparent background, please enable the function: Disabling single color background. Text color: You can change the color of the texts. Pick a color and the system will generate a preview image for you.
   Effect	No Effect: There's no transition effect. Bottom Up: There's an transition effect.
   Unit	Celsius: You can display the temperature in Celsius. Fahrenheit: You can display the temperature in Fahrenheit. Pick a unit and the system will generate a preview image for you.
   Pause time	You can set the pause time between cities. The range is from 3 to 1024 seconds.
   Icon type	There are two types of icons: Pick an icon and the system will generate a preview image for you.

If you want to embed codes provided by other websites, e.g. Twitter, please enter the codes here. You can enter a maximum of 2048 characters.

Select a QR code and it will be shown in the HTML zone. If you do not see any QR code here, please add or upload one in Library-QR Code page.

If you enable this function, the content playback of this zone will be centrally managed by a CMS server. Please refer to the section SCHEDULE in CMS server for further settings.