Ravi Bail Bhat
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Exporting playlists and assets via USB for players which does not have network connectivity
The playlists, assets and configuration for the players which are not on the network can be exported and imported in a USB drive/stick as follows 1. Register the player with the ID shown on TV scre...
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What is the recommended hardware for running piSignage server (open-source or white label)
piSignage server runs on node.js framework and needs mongodb for data storage. For optimal performance we recommend any server or VM based on Intel CPU with minimum of 2GB memory and 30GB hard disk...
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Player image customization
You could customize player image for your specific needs wither for configuration or branding in number of ways. 1. Bootup video and welcome screen - You can upload your own assets to your account ...
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Enabling watchdog in pi player
A watchdog timer is used to detect and recover from computer malfunctions. If the load on the CPU is exorbitantly high, the watchdog timer reboots itself. piSignage does not enable watchdog by def...
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Kiosk mode - swap the X and Y axes of the Mouse
Update — Raspberry Pi OS Trixie (Wayland / labwc players)The xinput method above only works under X11. Newer Raspberry Pi OS releases (Trixie) run Wayland with the labwc compositor, where xinput h...
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For webpage links add onscreen keyboard (for kiosk kind of apps)
You can enable onscreen keyboard using any one of the chromium extensions from chrome store, for e.g. 1. From the ssh terminal issue the following command chromium-browser --user-data-dir=/home/p...
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Gapless video play does not work
This feature uses "mpv" player along with hardware enabled ffmpeg. To make sure the libraries are upto-date, from terminal or ssh update the libraries and firmware as follows Also please note that...
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New version of socket.io is not working with open-source server address
Player version 2.2.1 onwards used new socket.io (2+ version) by default and if does not work falls back to 0.9.x version. New version needs http:// prefix to the server name for new version to wor...
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Player crash or staying in welcome screen with 2.2.x image
There are rare occasions piSignage player may keep carshing and stay in welcome screen if there is a network issue, we will correct the same in next release. Till then you could issue the follow...
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Player specific content in links, ticker and text message
In links, text messages and ticker text certain strings are replaced by actual values of the player. This will help fetch and show content specific to the player. For e.g. https://site.com/conten...