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<blockquote data-quote="DisabledVet" data-source="post: 166225" data-attributes="member: 53726">First, I apologize if this thread is somewhere else in the forum...I am trying to find a solution for a Veteran's Hospital to schedule and play videos on an internally broadcast TV channel...I've found a free (closed source) broadcast automation system, but it's difficult to use (and not open source).MediaPortal has a much cleaner and easier to use interface...and could be an open source contender for this type of solution...Here's how my system is set up...I have WinXP on a Dell GX620 with integrated video (Intel 82945G Express Chipset), and a PCI nVidia GeForce MX 4000 with TV out as a second card.&nbsp; I would like to set up MediaPortal to do the following:Schedule and Play VideosSchedule and Show Still Images (with background music)Schedule and Display Weather InformationKeep the menu, controls, and a preview screen on the integrated video card and pipe the full-screen video/image display to the nVidia display...For sample functionality, you can look at <a href="http://www.deltatrax.com" target="_blank">www.deltatrax.com</a>.We have a seperate video editing system and a Lacie 1TB NAS for the videos, and all of the broadcast equipment to run 2 more channels.I've downloaded the SVN, and I already had Visual C# Express, but I have to admit I am not a programmer...Can this be done?I shot this over to MythTV as well, and they pointed out some things.&nbsp; I don't really need broadcast automation - I am not going to control video decks through RS232, I just want to play digital videos/audio/images...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DisabledVet, post: 166225, member: 53726"] First, I apologize if this thread is somewhere else in the forum... I am trying to find a solution for a Veteran's Hospital to schedule and play videos on an internally broadcast TV channel...I've found a free (closed source) broadcast automation system, but it's difficult to use (and not open source). MediaPortal has a much cleaner and easier to use interface...and could be an open source contender for this type of solution... Here's how my system is set up...I have WinXP on a Dell GX620 with integrated video (Intel 82945G Express Chipset), and a PCI nVidia GeForce MX 4000 with TV out as a second card. I would like to set up MediaPortal to do the following: Schedule and Play Videos Schedule and Show Still Images (with background music) Schedule and Display Weather Information Keep the menu, controls, and a preview screen on the integrated video card and pipe the full-screen video/image display to the nVidia display... For sample functionality, you can look at [url]www.deltatrax.com[/url]. We have a seperate video editing system and a Lacie 1TB NAS for the videos, and all of the broadcast equipment to run 2 more channels. I've downloaded the SVN, and I already had Visual C# Express, but I have to admit I am not a programmer... Can this be done? I shot this over to MythTV as well, and they pointed out some things. I don't really need broadcast automation - I am not going to control video decks through RS232, I just want to play digital videos/audio/images... [/QUOTE]

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