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Backup image

Smil player has option to setup backup image to avoid black screen if something goes wrong during smil file download ( file does not exists ) or during XML to J

Conditional Playback

SMIL features the expr tag for defining conditions during which a media item is played. This is can be applied to

Content caching in the device storage

signageOS SMIL Player automatically cache SMIL file, all media and widgets into the internal memory of the device to allow playback in case there is no network

Exclusive / priority playlist

The exclusive playlist allows up to one of its children to play. The start of one media object causes the currently playing item to either pause or stop.

Hello World SMIL Playlist

In this guide, we will build a SMIL playlist that will feature regions, scheduled playback, widgets, and conditional playback.

Image

signageOS SMIL Player supports multimedia objects, including videos, images, streams, video inputs, HTML5 widgets and HTML5 websites.

Introduction to signageOS SMIL Player

signageOS has implemented a well-known standard for playlist definition - SMIL, based on the "a-smil" version: http://www.a-smil.org/. This universal SMIL playe

Parallel playlist

The SMIL parallel playlist is a list of media objects that start playback simultaneously.

Proof of Play and Logging

Smil player has option to turn on logging of major events which are happening during playlist lifecycle.

Regions / Zones

The tag defines a screen layout where individual media items can be assigned to play. Media objects can then be assigned to each defined region. If media has no

Screen layout

The layout of the screen is defined in the global header section of SMIL document.

Sensors

Defining sensors in SMIL playlist is designed to be robust, future proof and human readable. Below is used an example for already integrated Nexmosphere sensors

Smil Synchronization Playback

Smil player supports the synchronization of multiple devices within the same group connected to the synchronization server.

Triggers using Keyboard

From v1.4.0 you can use keyboard key presses as a trigger for activating content playback in SMIL Playlist.

Updating SMIL playlist - PULL mode

To supply fresh content to a player, one needs to specify Refresh meta attribute in the first SMIL playlist loaded from the server. The syntax is as follows: