[Frameworks] seamless media player recommendations?

[Amanda Christie]

oooo! 

good tips on the Brighsigns!


and I forgot about Rasberri Pi... I actually bought one for myself after my last show, specifically for this reason, so I could use three Rasberry Pis next time (cheaper than media players, and smaller)... I just haven't gotten around to setting it up yet.

thanks for the reminder!  (I'm working on something else right now and multitasking, so it wasn't front of mind in this instance)




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On 2016-02-27, at 3:09 PM, André Lindahl wrote:

> Standard player for museums and galleries where I'm from is brightsign. They can do it all. They never stop and starts directly when they get power. But if you're only need loop and no sync or anything more advanced you could use raspberry pi2s and save a lot of money. I use rpi2s for this all the time at work and they have been running for at least 3 months straight without hick ups. If power goes down they will start up again automatic. I use the looper hack describes here: 
> 
> https://learn.adafruit.com/raspberry-pi-video-looper/overview
> 
> You will need some basic Linux skills or be able to follow instructions. 
> 
> I would choose this over a regular pc or Mac everyday. I have used a lot of Mac minis in a museum environment and they always cause me a lot of trouble. The same goes for any player aimed for the living room market. They're not meant to be run for such periods of time and they always seem to show some stupid info screen Wigren looping. 
> 
> Best
> André
> 
> On Sat, Feb 27, 2016, 19:18 Paul Harrill <paul at publiccinema.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I’m looking for recommendations for media players capable of looping video seamlessly for several hours in an installation/gallery environment.
> 
> I’ve been trying out this Micca Speck G2 player, but it has been freezing up after 50 minutes or so:
> http://www.amazon.com/Micca-Full-HD-Portable-Digital-Player/dp/B008NO9RRM
> 
> I need it to be able to run as long as 10 hours, continuously. Does anyone have any ideas? I’ll need three, so something affordable would be awesome.
> 
> Thanks,
> Paul
> 
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