Comments on: More on using Quartz Composer for digital signage http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/01/25/more-on-using-quartz-composer-for-digital-signage/ Technology at the Walker Art Center Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:10:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Mike Riley http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/01/25/more-on-using-quartz-composer-for-digital-signage/#comment-105717 Mike Riley Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:14:42 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/01/25/more-on-using-quartz-composer-for-digital-signage/#comment-105717 I'm having trouble getting this workaround to work around. Does it no longer work with current quicktime releases? Does the local file need to sit on a local web server perhaps - I would think not. I’m having trouble getting this workaround to work around. Does it no longer work with current quicktime releases? Does the local file need to sit on a local web server perhaps - I would think not.

]]> By: New Media Initiatives Blog » Vineland Kiosk Screensavers http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/01/25/more-on-using-quartz-composer-for-digital-signage/#comment-51229 New Media Initiatives Blog » Vineland Kiosk Screensavers Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:41:44 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/01/25/more-on-using-quartz-composer-for-digital-signage/#comment-51229 [...] played with before. I also made a version of a screensaver that uses more of Walker Expanded, and posted about it a few months back. In depoloying it to the iMacs, though, I ran into some trouble. The machines we’re using [...] […] played with before. I also made a version of a screensaver that uses more of Walker Expanded, and posted about it a few months back. In depoloying it to the iMacs, though, I ran into some trouble. The machines we’re using […]

]]> By: Dale Pike http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/01/25/more-on-using-quartz-composer-for-digital-signage/#comment-40503 Dale Pike Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:28:53 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/01/25/more-on-using-quartz-composer-for-digital-signage/#comment-40503 We've got a single installation (2 screen) digital signage solution running using Quartz Composer as a screen saver that successfully pulls data from an RSS feed for content. We use a WordPress weblog as the source, which allows multiple authors to post news, which shows up on the display as soon as the feed is refreshed (every 30 minutes). We’ve got a single installation (2 screen) digital signage solution running using Quartz Composer as a screen saver that successfully pulls data from an RSS feed for content. We use a WordPress weblog as the source, which allows multiple authors to post news, which shows up on the display as soon as the feed is refreshed (every 30 minutes).

]]> By: Paul Wenzel http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/01/25/more-on-using-quartz-composer-for-digital-signage/#comment-24546 Paul Wenzel Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:10:47 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/01/25/more-on-using-quartz-composer-for-digital-signage/#comment-24546 Sorry, I messed up the link in my above comment. It should be: http://trac.softwarelivre.sapo.pt/broker/wiki/qtzplayer Sorry, I messed up the link in my above comment. It should be:

http://trac.softwarelivre.sapo.pt/broker/wiki/qtzplayer

]]> By: Paul Wenzel http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/01/25/more-on-using-quartz-composer-for-digital-signage/#comment-24545 Paul Wenzel Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:09:56 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/01/25/more-on-using-quartz-composer-for-digital-signage/#comment-24545 For some automation tasks, you might want to have a look at qtzplayer by Joćo Pavćo: <a href="http://trac.softwarelivre.sapo.pt/broker/wiki/qtzplayer" title="qtzplayer" rel="nofollow">http://trac.softwarelivre.sapo.pt/broker/wiki/qtzplayer"> "This is .qtz player for OSX that will work from the shell command line. It's useful for kiosk scripts, scripting in general or just to start a presentation from a SSH session." This might be useful in finding a workaround for your RSS feeds issue, though grabbing RSS from a locally cached file might be a mixed blessing.</a> For some automation tasks, you might want to have a look at qtzplayer by Joćo Pavćo:

http://trac.softwarelivre.sapo.pt/broker/wiki/qtzplayer“>

“This is .qtz player for OSX that will work from the shell command line. It’s useful for kiosk scripts, scripting in general or just to start a presentation from a SSH session.”

This might be useful in finding a workaround for your RSS feeds issue, though grabbing RSS from a locally cached file might be a mixed blessing.

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