These video tutorials will explain how to use some of the features of Video Kiosk – Android.
Create Content to Play
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Video Kiosk: Create a 720p JPG image for use as Video Kiosk media
This video shows you how to create a JPG file with the correct frame size of 1280×720 for use on an HD TV running Video Kiosk – Android. Images are frequently used as titles between videos, to display event schedules or display event details.
Controlling Playback: Controlling Playback Order
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Video Kiosk: Selecting a media folder to play in a loop on an Android device
This video shows you how to select the media file that Video Kiosk will play in a loop. In this case, the target folder is the one being updated on the Android device using Dropsync. Since the device is rooted, you’ll need to give the requested permission for Video Kiosk to perform operations that require root. If your device is not rooted, skip that step.
Controlling Playback: Scheduling
You can control playback using the Android Calendar on the device, using a Google Calendar or using a local XML schedule file.
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Video Kiosk: How to Create a local XML Schedule File.
This video shows you how to create a local XML Schedule file to control playback of a video kiosk using Video Kiosk – Android.
Controlling the Display: Overlays
An overlay is frequently used to display a company logo in the corner of the screen of a video kiosk. An overlay with hotspots is used to allow users of an interactive video kiosk to touch the screen and go to the web pages you’ve specified. These tutorials will show you how to set these up.
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Video Kiosk: How to create an overlay PNG file
This video shows you how to create an overlay PNG file to overlay an image over video with Video Kiosk – Android.
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Video Kiosk: Create hotspot overlay xml file
This video shows you how to create an overlay xml file that defines hotspots and URLs destinations for use with an overlay PNG file in Video Kiosk – Android running an interactive kiosk. A hotspot links to a URL and, when the hotspot is touched, the URL will be displayed in a web view.
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Video Kiosk: Select overlay with hotspots and test hotspots
This video shows you how to configure Video Kiosk – Android with the location of the overlay file and then verify the hotspots.
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Video Kiosk: Upload an overlay PNG and overlay XML file to Dropbox
This video shows you how to upload an overlay and a hotspot XML file using Dropbox to turn a remote device into an interactive kiosk using Video Kiosk – Android
Remote Update
You can remotely update both your content and the Video Kiosk files (scheduling, overlays, etc) of your Android kiosk device using a cloud service such as Google Docs, built in to every Android device, or DropBox. These tutorials will show you how to set this up using Dropbox and Dropsync.
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Video Kiosk: Set up Dropbox for use with Video Kiosk
You can remotely update your video kiosk using a cloud service such as Dropbox. This video demonstrates how to set up a Dropbox account so you can remotely update Video Kiosk – Android
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Video Kiosk: Install Dropsync on Android device for use with Video Kiosk
This video shows how to setup the Dropsync App on your Android device to automatically sync Video Kiosk with your Dropbox account.
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Video Kiosk: Link Dropsync to Dropbox for use with Video Kiosk
This video shows how to link the Dropsync App with your Dropbox account so you can automatically sync Video Kiosk files with your Dropbox account files.
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Video Kiosk: Update your video kiosk media remotely using Dropbox
This video shows how to update the videos and images displayed on your video kiosk remotely, using Dropbox with Video Kiosk – Android.
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