My museum uses Industry Weapon. http://industryweapon.com/
I'm new here, but so far so good. Seems like there's a lot we can do with it. It meets all of your requirements; the CMS could always be better designed, but it works. On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 5:23 PM, Douglas Hegley <[email protected]> wrote: > We've had decent luck with Xibo, an open source solution. > http://xibo.org.uk/ > Although we've been hesitant to push its boundaries in terms of video, it > works great with all kinds of other file types and managing multiple > screens. > Would be great to have some colleagues using it too, then we could trade > tips and tricks, etc. > It's not the only option out there, of course. > http://www.concerto-signage.org/why-concerto > > http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/News/Marketing/5-open-source-digital-signs-for-small-businesses.html > All the best, > Douglas > > > > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 4:03 PM, Shane Richey < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > We have a number of digital signage installations through our museum that > > we use for way finding, schedule/program information, etc… We have been > > using SMP-WEBDUO players to manage the content for the last 4 years, but > > we’re getting to a point where the hardware is starting to show its age. > > Breaking down, crashing, shutting down unexpectedly. We would like to > > replace the hardware and the content management system that we use and > was > > wondering if anybody had any systems that they’ve had good luck with. The > > functions that we are looking for are: > > - ability to schedule content and power on/off screens > > - central CMS that can control multiple screens > > - easy to use (the SMP-WEBDUO is a bit complicated and cumbersome to > > update/change settings) > > - we’re fine with browser based systems, but would like them to be > modern > > browsers (anything requiring IE6 gets struck from the list, and probably > > ridiculed) > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Shane Richey > > > > Digital Media Manager > > > > Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art > > > > 600 Museum Way > > Bentonville, AR 72712 > > > > 479-418-5735 (direct) > > 479-409-0275 (cell) > > 479-418-5700 (main) > > CrystalBridges.org<http://crystalbridges.org/> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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: [email protected] > > > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > > -- > Douglas Hegley > Director of Media and Technology > Minneapolis Institute of Art > 2400 Third Avenue South > Minneapolis, MN 55404 > (612) 870-3072 | [email protected] | www.artsmia.org > > _______________________________________________ > 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: [email protected] > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > -- Desi Gonzalez *http://gonzalez.desi <http://gonzalez.desi>* @desigonz <https://twitter.com/#!/desigonz>
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