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Chapter 2 Using DMPDM
Selecting the Content to Show
Showing or Stopping Video Content from an HTTP URL
To show on your DMP display the video content from an HTTP URL, or to stop showing that video
content, do the following:
Step 1 In the Display Actions list, click Video UR L.
Step 2 Enter or edit the required values, as described in Tabl e 2-9.
Step 3 Do one of the following:
• To start showing the video content immediately, click Start.
• To stop showing the video content immediately, click Stop.
There might be a delay of as long as 3 seconds.
Showing or Stopping Video Content from a File Stored on Your DMP
To show on your DMP display the video content from a file that you stored locally on your
DMP — whether it is stored on the internal SD card or on an external USB flash drive or USB hard drive
that you mounted — or to stop showing that video content, do the following:
Step 1 In the Display Actions list, click Play Video File Stored Locally.
Step 2 Enter or edit the required values, as described in Tabl e 2-10.
Tab l e 2-8 GUI Elements on the Video Multicast Page
Element Description
Video Multicast
Multicast Group IP
Address
The IP address:
• To which the encoder or streaming server must send content.
• From which all client systems will receive the UDP multicast stream.
Port Number The logical port on your DMP that receives the stream.
Tab l e 2-9 GUI Elements on the Video URL Page
Element Description
Video URL
URL The HTTP URL. You can enter either an IP address or a routable DNS name for the server and must
also enter the full pathname that points exactly to the video file on that server. The URL cannot
contain any more than 254 characters, cannot contain any spaces, and must use
ISO/IEC-8859 (Latin-1) character encoding. If the HTTP service runs on a nonstandard logical
port, use the typical method (:80, for example) to include a port number in the URL.