General Format
The format and syntax below will be used to create the slideshow file (simple ascii text) with the extension .alb (.ALB)
Examples: slshow1.alb, summer_holiday_2004.ALB, test.alb, …
The following syntax should be used to create the text file:
<?xml version="1.0"
<title>Title of the slideshow</title> <audio>audio_url</audio>
<slide>slide_1_url</slide> <slide>slide_2_url</slide> <slide>slide_3_url</slide> <slide>slide_4_url</slide> <slide>slide_5_url</slide> <slide>slide_6_url</slide>
...
</slides>
Supported XML-tags
The following table gives a description of the XML syntax.
Tag Name | Use | Description |
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mandatory | Philips slideshow signature including the version. | |
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title | optional | The title of the playlist. |
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audio | optional | The |
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| in the background during the slideshow. |
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| A single song or playlist (.m3u & .pls) are the only valid audio |
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| references. Other reference will not result in any audio |
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| playback. If a single song is referenced the song will be |
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| repeated forever. If a playlist is referenced the playlist will be |
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| played in sequence with a repeat at the end of the playlist. |
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| optional | The default display time (in 0,1 second) of a slide. The TV |
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| application isn’t obliged to support this tag. The TV application |
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| can force the use of one or multiple predefined display times. |
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| (Not supported by the 32PF9956/12 TV set) |
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slides | mandatory | Identifies the slides to show. |
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slide | optional | Identifies the URL of the individual slide. |
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