[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
[MCN-L] Interpretive Video Kiosk Software
If your videos are in a format that can be played by Windows Media Player, then you can embed them into a webpage (even if you only want to run them from a local drive). You can then use the SiteKiosk software or Open Kiosk developed for Brooklyn Museum (https://www.mozdevgroup.com/clients/bm/). Chad M Petrovay Collections Database Administrator The Walters Art Museum 600 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21210 P: 410.547.9000 x266 F: 410.837.4846 cpetrovay at thewalters.org www.thewalters.org -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Leah Fox Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:30 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
[MCN-L] Interpretive Video Kiosk Software
If you can get your presentation to run in a browser, it's possible to launch both Explorer and Firefox in kiosk mode, from a command line switch...(iexplore -k path) I have used Explorer in this mode in public spaces, and while it is not perfect, I have never had visitors manage to exit from the application. That requires a non-obvious key sequence. For Explorer see support.microsoft.com/kb/154780 For Firefox see samanathon.com/internet-explorer-7s-kiosk-mode/ which updates the Microsoft article for version 7 and treats Firefox launch as well (which I've not used). I would only use this running locally. Just set your browser default startup URL to the local path of the presentation, and run the command line at startup. It's a temptation to conclude that Microsoft did this out of kindness to Museums, but I think it must have been an unintended benefit. Chuck Eisenhardt Boston Children's Museum -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Chad Petrovay Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:43 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv; talk at museum-ed.org Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Interpretive Video Kiosk Software If your videos are in a format that can be played by Windows Media Player, then you can embed them into a webpage (even if you only want to run them from a local drive). You can then use the SiteKiosk software or Open Kiosk developed for Brooklyn Museum (https://www.mozdevgroup.com/clients/bm/). Chad M Petrovay Collections Database Administrator The Walters Art Museum 600 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21210 P: 410.547.9000 x266 F: 410.837.4846 cpetrovay at thewalters.org www.thewalters.org -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Leah Fox Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:30 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 ___ 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
[MCN-L] Open Kiosk software
We've been getting a lot of interest in our work with kiosks, available free from Mozdev, so my colleague Shelley just posted details to our blog. Here are links to her posts: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/blogosphere/bloggers/2007/06/29/open-kiosk-firefox-2-version-now-available/ http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/blogosphere/bloggers/2007/07/05/kiosk-hardware/ Take a look! Deb Wythe Deborah Wythe Head, Digital Collections and Services Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, NY 11238 tel: 718 501 6311 fax: 718 501 6145 deborahwythe at hotmail.com _ http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-usocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_pcmag_0507
interactive kiosk software
We are doing an in-house project to develop an interactive kiosk for our casual visitors. The basic idea is to use a 2 monitor PC (one monitor is a small touch screen and one monitor is a large high-definition TV with vga inputs). The touch screen will contain a menu for the user to select movies, slide shows of our image collection, building information, etc. from. The High-def TV will display whatever content is selected. We have the hardware bits worked out but I'm not having a lot of luck finding an easy software solution to control the system. I know we could use something like director but that seems like overkill. What I'd like to find is a simple menuing software system (if it exists) that's designed with this type of kiosk application in mind. Thanks in advance for your suggestions. James J. Ketterer Senior Director, Information Systems Indiana Historical Society www.IndianaHistory.org 317-233-6482 --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
Re: interactive kiosk software
Hello everybody, Our experience with such projects is that contents must be carefully elected and designed in an appropiate way taking into account what type of visitors will come to your museum and what information you want to give them. This means that the project must be considered as a whole (contents, design, hardware, update, database connection, accesibility, etc...) and directed and executed by specialists instead of looking for just a standard software like Director, that on the other hand is excellent for such purposes. If you need any further info let us know. Best regards, Luis Pablo Elvira Information Technology Director Museo Guggenheim Bilbao Tel.: +34.94.435.9035 (lpelv...@guggenheim-bilbao.es) -Mensaje original- De: Jim Ketterer [mailto:jkette...@indianahistory.org] Enviado el: viernes, 10 de octubre de 2003 16:28 Para: mcn-l@mcn.edu Asunto: interactive kiosk software We are doing an in-house project to develop an interactive kiosk for our casual visitors. The basic idea is to use a 2 monitor PC (one monitor is a small touch screen and one monitor is a large high-definition TV with vga inputs). The touch screen will contain a menu for the user to select movies, slide shows of our image collection, building information, etc. from. The High-def TV will display whatever content is selected. We have the hardware bits worked out but I'm not having a lot of luck finding an easy software solution to control the system. I know we could use something like director but that seems like overkill. What I'd like to find is a simple menuing software system (if it exists) that's designed with this type of kiosk application in mind. Thanks in advance for your suggestions. James J. Ketterer Senior Director, Information Systems Indiana Historical Society www.IndianaHistory.org 317-233-6482 --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: lpelv...@guggenheim-bilbao.es To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
Kiosk Software
Hi folks, A colleague of mind is working with a museum on a technology plan and looking for advice about Kiosk Software. Any thoughts? Thanks - Does anyone have any recommendations for setting up informational kiosks? I'm working with an arts organization that wants to set up interactive kiosks in their lounge that will allow guests to look at information, listen to music, view interactive art exhibits, leave feedback and signup for newsletters etc. My gut suggestion is that the easiest thing to do will be to buy some workstations and set it up on a Web platform. It seems that it would be the easiest way to have the flexibility they're looking for. My main concern is the security of this setup, and I'm wondering if there are simplified kiosk operating systems available that limit functionality and access. By default these would be iMacs, because they're a mac based organization and I think the new iMacs would give a nice look and feel. My main concern is how to secure them from an OS/software perspective, not so much a physical perspective. We're certainly not tied to the Mac platform, and if anyone has any good suggestions for other kiosk setups I'm open to hearing about them, perhaps a stripped down Web/based OS? Everything I've looked at so far was both expensive and not particularly likely to meet all their needs. Any recommendations appreciated. --- -Original Message- From: quigley [mailto:squi...@panix.com] Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 8:59 PM To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Subject: Re: Photo services? Richard, Check with Mikki Carpenter at MoMA NYC. She has recently begin using a service to manage requests. Suzanne Quigley Head Registrar, Collections Exhibitions Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10021 v: 212 570 7795 f: 212 570 7784 E: suzanne_quig...@whitney.org On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 09:53 PM, Richard Urban wrote: Hello, The Colorado Digitization Program is interested in hearing from cultural heritage institutions who are using a photo service to handle reproduction requests. We are particularly interested in projects who are sharing the service among several institutions and who are providing prints from digital surrogates (rather than film). Thanks, Richard Urban Operations Coordinator Colorado Digitization Program rur...@du.edu http://www.cdpheritage.org --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: b...@bethkanter.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
