Hi Leah, Regarding your search for kiosk software - we've had pretty good luck with some custom software I wrote using Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0. We just closed an exhibit that featured a looping introduction video & selections of 6 or 7 videos that the user could select from. Currently I'm working on a video playback kiosk that will allow the user to leave a message to the curator about an exhibit.
If you have any staff or interns that know a little about Visual Basic 6.0 I'd be happy to share what I've learned creating the kiosks. Doug Melven Information Technology Systems Specialist Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Leah Fox Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 7:30 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu; talk at museum-ed.org; MUSEUM-L at HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: [MCN-L] Interpretive Video Kiosk Software Thank you to those who responded to my previous posting about kiosk software. We are now working with SiteKiosk by Provisio. We do have several other interpretive kiosks that have only one function which is to play interpretive videos. SiteKiosk does not support this as it works in a web environment. Currently, our interpretive videos (which are mostly on touch-screen) are playing on Windows Media Player, which opens the issues of closing down the program and accessing other programs within the computer. Can anyone recommend a program that will create a video kiosk that supports mpeg2 playback? I see so many wonderful interpretive videos in museums but do not know how the kiosk environment works. Thank you, Leah Leah Fox Director of Public Programs Currier Museum of Art 150 Ash Street Manchester, NH 03104 603.669.6144 x119 _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
