AMX IS-SPX-1000/1300 manual Importing Multi-Media Files, Importing Images, Importing Video

Inspired Signage XPress Programming

FIG. 9 Set Type menu

Changing the type of a Collection modifies the behavior of XPress when opening the Collection.

The browsing panel allows the user to copy files and folders with intuitive drag and drop operations. For example copying a file from its position to a new destination can be done as follows:

1.Open a browsing view where your original file is located. To locate the original file, you can navigate the directory path from an existing view or directly type the URL in the address area of the browsing panel.

2.Open a new browsing view where your copy destination is located.

3.Drag and drop the file from the original position to the new view. Pressing shift during the copy will move the element instead of copying it.

The same mechanism applies for collections and groups of files and collections.

Importing Multi-Media Files

XPress lets the user import many types of media files into an XPress project (or other folders) from a standard Microsoft

Windows Explorer window. The operation is as simple as a drag-and-drop from the Explorer window to the target XPress browsing area. You can also use the special upload... command, accessible by right-clicking the browsing area of

XPress.

The advantage of importing media using the above procedures is that XPress can modify or transform the media automatically so as to guarantee its content will be easily displayed easily displayed within the boundaries of the IS-SPX-1000 or IS-SPX-1300 Player. Whenever possible, use the above procedures when building your XPress project.

Importing Images

Importing images into XPress will ensure that they can be properly displayed by the IS-SPX Player. Images too large will be resized.

Images in formats not supported by the IS-SPX Player (such as .bmp) will automatically be converted to PNG images. If an image called example.bmp is uploaded, it will be renamed to example.bmp.png.

Importing Video

Video can be imported into XPress. During the import process, XPress will check that the imported video can be played by the IS-SPX-1000 or IS-SPX-1300 Player. Otherwise, XPress will not import the video, and a message will be displayed to inform the user. In this case, check that the CODEC used to encode your video are supported by the IS-SPX Player, and that the video resolution is within the IS-SPX Player specification.

Please see the IS-SPX-1000 & IS-SPX-1300 Operation Reference Guide for information on encoding videos.

Once the video has been imported, you can preview it directly using XPress, by double-clicking on the video. By default,

the preview of the video corresponds to the first frame of the imported video. You can change the preview of the video in the browsing area by using the Capture Snapshot button (see FIG. 4 on page 3).

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