digital billboard software

[Wade Smart]

On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 12:43, Fred Roller<froller at tnclimited.com> wrote:
> Wade Smart wrote:
>> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 08:10, Karl Auer<kauer at biplane.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 2009-09-06 at 08:00 -0500, Wade Smart wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a 14 x 48' digitial billboard that accepts full video
>>>>
>>> What does that mean, "accepts full video"? What interface(s) does this
>>> digital billboard have?
>>>
>>> Regards, K.
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>>
>> Its a full size, road side, billboard that runs streaming video - like
>> commercials or if you wanted,
>> live events.
>>
>> There is a motion board that distributes the video to the billboard.
>> The computer connects via usb and a 25 pin dvi cable.
>> The motion board connects to the billboard via 10 pin speciality
>> power/data cable.
>>
>> The system that is/was on the board had a some serious problems. The
>> company that put it up when out of business and their "software"
>> was actually a service. I acquired the board for nothing and Im
>> replacing the XPHome with Ubuntu and looking for software to
>> run the board.
>>
>> Wade
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> Sounds like they have proprietary software.  It may not be deeply
> intertwined with windows and thus may install easily in Wine.
>
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The company went out of business (my thoughts on this) because they
were having trouble
keeping the software running. Its a older piece that is no longer used
but you still have to
get a new license every 30 days. Some horrible design. Im sure they
thought they could
make it go as a service.

Im not sure I would feel safe with 24/7/365 operation running on Wine.

Ill keep looking :D

Wade
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