User`s manual

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1. Introduction
ThisdocumentdescribesthehardwareandsoftwareoperationsoftheXMP‐300/305digitalsignagemediaplayers,
systemsetup,andfrequentlyaskedquestions.
1.1. Hardwarefeatures
TheXMP‐300/305MediaPlayerisaFull‐HD1080phighdefinitiondigitalsignageplayerfeaturingindustrialgrade
mechanicaldesignandversatileopen‐standardSMILprogrammability.
• Full‐HD1080phardwaredecodingofMPEG,H.264,andVC‐1mediaformats
• Internalharddriveorindustrial‐gradesolid‐statelocalstorage
optionsavailable
• IntegratedaudioandvideooutputviaHDMI
• SupportsfullPOPAIScreenMediaFormatsStandardsprofilesS1toS12,andE1toE9
• ScalareadyforcompatibilitywithScalaContentManager
• Includestheeasy‐to‐learnAdfotainManagerExpressmanagementandlayoutsoftware
• Content
authoringviaMicrosoftPowerPoint(template‐basedslideshowcreation)
• SupportsadvanceddeviceprogrammingviatheW3CSMILopenAPIsupportedbyAdobe,Apple,Microsoft,and
RealNetworks
1.2. SoftwareFeatures
AdfotainManagerExpresssoftwareforstreamlineddigitalsignagemanagement
AdfotainManagerExpress helpsyouquicklysetupandtestplaybackonyourdigitalsignage
player.PleaseseetheAdfotain ManagerExpressUser'sManualforoperationdetails.Onceyou
havescheduledyourcontents,a fewclicksofthemousequicklyconfigures
allplayersacrossthe
networksimultaneously.
Scalanetworkenabled(Scalalicenserequired)
Forindustryleadingnetwork management,theXMP‐300FullHDMediaPlayeriscertifiedto
workinaScalaContentManager networkedenvironment.Thisprovidesyouwithmaximum
flexibilityinareliable,RISC‐ basedFull‐HDsignageplayer.
SMILOpenAPIfordevelopers
TheXMP‐300/305MediaPlayer usesopenXML‐basedscriptinglanguageforextremelyflexible
contentpresentationand playbackcontrol,sothatyourinvestmentsareneverobsolete.
UsingSMIL,thedefacto languageofmultimediacommunications,theplayer
understandsthelanguage “spoken”byprofessionaltoolsfrom
multimediapowerhouses
suchasAdobe,Apple,Microsoft, andRealNetworks.
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W3C
SMIL
Scala
Enabled