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NovaStudio User Manual

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Content

1 Overview ..................................................................................................................................................... 1

1.1 Functions............................................................................................................................................... 5

1.2 Run Environment ............................................................................................................................... 7

1.3 Media Types Supported .................................................................................................................. 9

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Play Program ...........................................................................................................................................15

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2.1 Priority Program of the time segment .....................................................................................15
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Play Program Dispatch Rule ......................................................................................21

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Edit Play Program..........................................................................................................27

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2.1.3 Preview and Play of Play Program ..........................................................................53

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2.2 Priority program of the page .......................................................................................................57

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Toolbar ..............................................................................................................................58

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Edit play program .........................................................................................................58

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Immediate Notification ........................................................................................................................67

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Emergency Inserted Play .....................................................................................................................71

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5 Remote Display Screen Management ............................................................................................75

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5.1 Preparations .......................................................................................................................................75

5.2 Add Display Screen .........................................................................................................................76

5.3 Send Programs/Files .......................................................................................................................78

5.4 Send the Order .................................................................................................................................84

5.5 Timing ..................................................................................................................................................85

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5.6 Acquire Screenshot .........................................................................................................................85

5.7 Send Notice .......................................................................................................................................86

5.8 Send Emergent Inserted Play ......................................................................................................86

6 Settings ......................................................................................................................................................88

6.1 Display Window Setting ................................................................................................................88

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Log Setting ......................................................................................................................91

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6.3.3 Preview Setting of Media ...........................................................................................93

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Disk Play ....................................................................................................................................................98

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Backup..................................................................................................................................................... 101

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12.1 Add media................................................................................................................................. 107

12.2 Record Control......................................................................................................................... 110

12.3 Asynchronous mode of play ............................................................................................... 111

13 Play Streaming Media ............................................................................................................... 111

14 Other Functions ........................................................................................................................... 112

14.1 Resume from fault .................................................................................................................. 112

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14.2 PPT Showing............................................................................................................................. 113

14.3 Tool Management .................................................................................................................. 115

14.4 Log Plat ...................................................................................................................................... 116

14.5 Backstage Media Playing ..................................................................................................... 119

14.5.1 Activate Backstage Media Playing ....................................................................... 119

14.5.2 Cancel Backstage Media Playing .......................................................................... 121

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15 Notes and FAQ............................................................................................................................. 122

15.1 Some conflicts between decoders may cause media play error............................ 122

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15.2 Do not use low performance computers for running NovaStudio. ...................... 122

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15.3 NovaStudio launch error due to the language support of the operation system.

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15.4 Unable to play files of Microsoft Word and Excel ....................................................... 123

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15.5 What to do if characters in a table of a Microsoft Word file are slit? .................. 123

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15.6 Why NovaStudio does not run? ........................................................................................ 123

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15.7 Why Flash files cannot be added? .................................................................................... 124

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15.8 Error message as below is shown when running NovaStudio................................ 124

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15.9 Why NovaStudio can't load media sources which it can before? ......................... 125

15.10 In IE6 environment, use the keyboard arrow keys to move the display position of

the web media (do not use the mouse wheel). ........................................................................ 126

15.11 Video Capture Card played instability in Win7, please use Windows XP. .......... 126

15.12 Please set the graphic card work under extend monitor mode if the play window

of the LED screen is big in size. And please use advanced rendering mode for video

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playback. Part of the play window may be black if normal rendering mode is use. .. 126

15.13 Please use advanced rendering mode if text is be put on top of video. There

could be flashing on the text if normal rendering mode is used. ..................................... 126

15.14 Turn off Vertical Refresh Sync of the graphic card when use NovaStudio for

pictures playback. Vertical Refresh Sync may cause influent picture playback effects

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under Win7 and Win8. ...................................................................................................................... 126

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15.15 For videos of format of .rmvb and those can not be loaded by NovaStudio,

please convert the video format to mpeg4. Format converting tool can be download

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from www.novastar-led.com . ......................................................................................................... 127

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15.16 Can not support URL including http://www.iqiyi.com/............................................. 127

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1 Overview

Released in 2011, NovaStudio is powerful software, professionally designed for the LED

display media play application. Features of NovaStudio are as follow.

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 Capable of multiple LED displays application

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NovaStudio is capable of feeding media data (video/text) for multiple LED displays at the

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same time with each of the these LED displays has its own play program and mapping area

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 Remote display screen management

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Operate the remote control and release playing programs to the display screen via

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Multi-date multi-period scheduling function

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Play different content at different date and time segment；

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A play segment can have multiple pages on which the layouts of the windows for media

display are different from each other. Refer to 2.1 Play Program Structure for the concept

of the term page.

 Pages with multiple windows

Each page of a play segment can have multiple windows for media display. The positions

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and sizes of these windows can be set individually.

 Rich in the types of media supported

Media types supported include videos, audios, pictures, Flashes, text, analog clocks, digital

clocks, countdown timers, weather info, video devices, web pages, humiture, streaming

media , RSS, digital count timer, vista clock...

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Complete media properties setting
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The media properties can be set include the background color, background picture,

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transparency, volume of sound, display scale, animation for entrance/exit(in/out),

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animation speed and color, effects, font, style, transparency for texts.

 Rich in effects for text/picture displaying

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Altogether, there are over 40 different effects for text/pictures displaying. With special data

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processing design, they are efficient and smooth.

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 Stuck prevention

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Due to problems from decoders or computers, video could be stuck during being played.

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Stuck prevention function is designed for NovaStudio to escape from that kind of situation.

NovaStuio2012 can recover by itself and begin to play next media when the video or sound

being played is suck for certain time (normally 10 seconds).

 Fluently switching between pages

No black screen will appear during switching between two program pages with different

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layouts;

 The effect of transparency

Media sources of the types of clock, countdown timer, text, office file, weather info can be

shown with transparency effect.

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Real-time display of designated area of the web page;

Quick preview function

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Do quick preview of play program in different rate.

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Play program may include the timing and cycle inserted segments, which can play alone or

play with the current common segment;

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Realize the synchronal playing of multiple remote display screens;

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 PPT files supported

 Emergency inserted play and notification function

 Security measure – computer locking

NovaStudio can lock the computer for security. The key board and the mouse will not work

after locking.

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 Self-recover from severe error

 Software auto run and media play auto start

 High efficient video format support with embedded decoder

The embedded decoder is capable of long term working. And the decoder can be updated

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 Easy log management

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Play log can be recorded, check, statistic and exported to Microsoft Excel files, which makes

log management become very easy and flexible.

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 Play program backup
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By creating a copy of the play program files, together with all the media files involved and

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storing the copy in the hard disk, play program backup can be achieved for security.

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 USB disk plug and play function

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Monitoring the insertion of the USB disk, and automatically play the play program file on

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Programs exported to USB flash disk; Bind MAC address

Programs exported to USB flash disk can only be safely and reliably plugged and played on

computers with the MAC address being bound.

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1.1 Functions

 Includes time frame priority program and page priority program.

 Setting of screen count, location and size.

 Play program creation, opening, saving, saving as, backup and application.

 Play, pause and stop of play program.

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Add, delete, edit, move up or move down of the pages, windows and media sources of

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a play program.

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 Pages properties setting. The properties include the background color, background

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picture, showing modes (show the picture periodically, according to time duration or

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by times), displaying scale, transparency, color and effects for text and so on.

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Properties setting and previewing of media sources.

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 Super impose transparent words on videos and flashes;

 Play streaming media files;

 Display temperature and humidity.

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 Media sources finding, moving and properties setting for all.

 Quick preview or normal preview of page or segment.

 View the scheduling information of play program.

 Opening of the newly accessed play program files.

 NovaStudio auto run after the computer startup.

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 Set the play program to be launched when the software starts.
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Restart on time.
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View，statistic and export to Excel file of play log.

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Computer locking

 Convert PPT files to pictures.

 Tool management.

 Multiple languages supported.

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 USB export and instant plug and play;

 Remote display screen management: send file, video playing scheme, order, time tick,

screenshot, remote inserted play and notice;

 Media synchronization broadcast;

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1.2 Run Environment

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 Tests passed on the OSs of Windows XP \ Windows2000\ Windows7(32-bit)\

Windows7(64-bit)\ Windows8(32-bit);

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CPU Frequency >= 1.6GHZ，Host Memory >= 1G, Graphic Card Memory >512M

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With a computer not match the requirements, NovaStudio may work

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 To open and show .doc or excel files, Microsoft Office should be installed first.

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.doc or excel files could not be loaded if Microsoft Office is not installed.

 To open and show flash files, Flash OCX should be installed first.

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 To open and play video files, it is required that

 DirectX9 is supported by the graphic card.

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NovaStudio cannot play videos without a graphic card supporting

DirectX9.

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dialog and click OK, as shown in Fig.1-1) and enable all DirectX features on the Display

page, as shown in Fig.1-2.

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Fig.1-2 Display page

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Do not install the universal decoders or decoder packages similar to the

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1.3 Media Types Supported

Media Format or Definition Display Properties

background color, background

Picture bmp, jpeg, ico, png, gif
picture, background music,

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transparency, entrance/exit

animation, animation speed,

displaying scale, displaying

duration

wmv, asx, asf, mpeg1, mpeg2,

background color, background

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mpeg4, h.264, DVD, VCD, xvid,

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Video picture, sound volume, displaying
divx, mov, mp4, rmvb、avc1、

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background color, background

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duration, transparency, color
Office files docx, doc, xls, xlsx, txt

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inversion, duration for each screen

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Audio mp3, wma picture, sound volume,

transparency

Complex Text Text with customized content, background color, background

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font, color and style. Size, picture, transparency, entrance/exit

background color, foreground animation, animation speed,

color and style for each duration for one screen of content

character are settable.

background color, background

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picture, transparency, font, font

Static Text Text for static display

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spacing, font style, align, display

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Text that is arranged in one line background color, background

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to shown on the display at color, font style, entrance/exit

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picture, transparency, font, font

Scrolling Text Text that is shown repeatedly.
color, font style, repeating speed,

duration

Analog Clock Clock with panel and hands of background color, background

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hour, minute and second. picture, transparency, time mark

style and color, date, weekday,

lunar calendar, label, duration

background color, background

Clock that gives time
picture, transparency, font, font
information of year, month, date,

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Digital Clock color, font style, year, month, date,

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minute, second, weekday, duration

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Transparent display, background

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color, background picture, font,

Keep time or countdown

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Countdown
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according to the time duration countdown, starting date and time,

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Timer being set; display day, hour, time duration, displaying day,

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minute and second. displaying hour, displaying minute,

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Decrease or accumulate Transparent display, background

Digital count according to the starting time color, background picture,

Timer or target time being set; display transparency, seconds counter

hour, minute and second. type, color of the number, starting

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time, target time

Transparent display, background

color, background picture,

transparency, style of the clock,

time duration, styles of hour hand,

minute hand and second hand,

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Display a clock with dial plate,

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hour hand, minute hand and

second hand, with the style and

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hand and second hand, blending

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color of the dial plate, hour

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and second hand, internal and
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style, background picture, internal

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Transparent display, background

color, background picture, city,

the designated city, including
Weather Info updating time, time duration, basic
weather, temperature, wind
display (font, font color, text effect,
force, humidity, air, UV
multi-line, static or rolling,

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displaying weather, temperature,

wind force, humidity and current

temperature, setting of words)

user-defined display layout (new

style, imported style )

Web pages at world wide web of Website address, area of a web

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Web Pages given website address or local
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External Standard steam media devices Video device, audio device, video

Devices such as USB camera, TV boxes in, channel, display scale, duration

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External All .exe executable programs in

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program the local computer

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Transmit to client’s media

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Streaming A through steaming media server Volume, playing duration

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Current ambient temperature

Temperature Background, font, text effect, unit,
and humidity acquired by
and Humidity duration, period
temperature and humidity probe

RSS Network information (.xml) and Background, transparency, play

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Rss files ( .xml) on local disk duration, update cycle, display

mode, and display style

Table.1-1 Media Types

2 Play Program

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Play program includes time frame priority program and page priority program. Time frame

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priority program means that program is edited according to time frame; the program

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includes multiple time frames, and pages will be added in the time frames; page priority

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program includes multiple pages, the play time of which is set separately.

2.1 Priority Program of theA

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Play program can save as the file which extension is .plym, it is composed by several

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common segment and inserted segment is composed by one or more pages, and each

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Window, Clock Window, Scroll Text Window, Countdown Timer Window, Weather

Window and Video Device Window. The Common Window can contain one or more

different types of media. One example of play program structure is shown as Fig.2-1.

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Fig.2-1 Example of play program

 Common Segment

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The segment has these time properties: Effective Date, Effective Days of the Week,

Effective Time of the Day.

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Monday,

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Wednesday, Friday, played from 8:00 to 12:00, as shown in Fig.2-2.

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Fig.2-2 Common segmentSegment1

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The segment is started to play for specific times or duration at a specific time point in

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effective date. It has these time properties: Effective Date, Effective Days of the Week and

several Specific Time Points.

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every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, played at 8:30 for 1 times, as shown in Fig.2-3.

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Fig.2-3 Timing inserted segment Inserted Segment2

 Cycle Inserted Segment

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The segment is played for specific times or duration at regular intervals in effective time of

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effective days of effective date. It has these time properties: Effective Date, Effective Days

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of the Week, Effective Time of the Day and Play Intervals.

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Wednesday, Friday, from 8:00 to 12:00, played one time every 30 minutes, shown as Fig.2-4.

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Fig.2-4 Cycle inserted segment Inserted Segment3

 Page
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Global page is a special common page that it always stays on the front of all other common

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pages. In the case that common pages of different window layout are needed while a

window at a fix position is also required (such like that for clock, weather info or scrolling

text), putting the fix position window in a global page is the best way for the window layout

design. But if only one common page is needed, a global page may not be necessary as the

fix position window can be set directly to the position required.

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 Common Page

A common page can have multiple windows and the layout of the windows can be

customized. A segment can have multiple pages. And of course, the window layouts of

these common pages can be different from each other. The common pages will be shown

in the order they are listed in the segment. Normally, one common page is enough for a

segment.
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 Window
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A window, also named a play window, is an area of a page in which visible media sources

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 Common Window

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A common window could have its own media sources list and thus different types of media

A S
sources can be played in it in the list order.

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Scroll Text Window

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A window that is only for showing scrolling text.

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 Clock Window

A window that is only for analog or digital clocks.

 Countdown Timer Window

A window that is only for showing information from a time meter.

 Video Device Window

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A window that is used only for showing videos from an external video device.

 Weather Window

A window that is only for showing weather information.

 Temperature and Humidity Window

A window that is only for showing ambient temperature and humidity.

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If there are conflicts between the playing times of segments, follow the below rules:

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A. The back one has the higher priority for the same type segments.

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B. If the timing inserted segment has the same playing time point as the cycle

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inserted segment, play the timing inserted segment.R
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You can view the dispatching result between different dates in the Play Program Editing

Area.
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For example:
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Suppose time properties of segment A and segment B are set as follow:

A B

From June24, 2012 to June 30, 2012 From June24, 2012 to June 30, 2012

Every day in a week Every day in a week

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From 8:00:00 to 15:00:00 in each day From 8:00:00 to 12:00:00 in each day

 If B is at the back of A in the play program, then B has the priority to be played on

time confliction. The dispatching results will be shown as Fig2-5 (In June 24, 2012).

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Fig.2-5B has higher priority than A
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Otherwise, if A is at the back of B in the play program, then A has the priority to be

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played on time confliction. The dispatching results will be shown as Fig2-6(In June

24, 2012).
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 Timing Inserted Segment

Suppose time properties of timing inserted segment C and timing inserted segment D are

set as follow:

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C D

From June24, 2012 to June 30, 2012 From June24, 2012 to June 30, 2012

Every day in a week Every day in a week

At 8:00, 15:00 At 9:00, 15:00

 If D is at the back of C in the play program, then D has the priority to be played at
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the same time point (15:00). The dispatching results will be shown as Fig2-7(In
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June 24, 2012).
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Fig.2-7D has higher priority than C

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played at the same time point(15:00). The dispatching results will be shown as

Fig2-8 (In June 24, 2012).

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D
Fig.2-8C has higher priority than D

Cycle Inserted Segment

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Suppose time properties of cycle inserted segment E and cycle inserted segment Fare set

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From June24, 2012 to June 25, 2012

A R From June25, 2012 to June 26, 2012

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Every day in a week Every day in a week

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Play Interval: 30 minutes Play Interval: 30 minutes

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 If F is at the back of E in the play program, then F has the priority to be played on

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time confliction. The dispatching results will be shown as Fig2-9

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Fig.2-9F has higher priority than E

 C
Otherwise, if E is at the back of F in the play program, then E has the priority to be

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played on time confliction. The dispatching results will be shown as Fig2-10

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Note: If there is no confliction between two cycle inserted segments, but they has the same

playing time point, still follow the same dispatch rule(the back one has higher priority).

For Example, suppose time properties of G and H are set as follow:

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G H

From June24, 2012 to June 25, 2012 From June24, 2012 to June 25, 2012

Every day in a week Every day in a week

Play Interval: 20 minutes Play Interval: 10 minutes

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If H is at the back of G, H will be played at 00, 20, 40 minutes of every hour. Otherwise, play D
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G.
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If one time point of timing inserted segment is the same as one playing time of cycle

inserted segment, play timing inserted segment.

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For example, suppose time properties of cycle inserted segment I and timing inserted

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segment L are set as follow, it would play L when arrived at 10:30.

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From June24, 2012 to June 25, 2012 From June24, 2012 to June 25, 2012

A N Every day in a week Every day in a week

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X Play Interval: 30 minutes At 10:30

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2.1.2 Edit Play Program

2.1.2.1Display Window Setting

Before editing a play program,, the mapping area of the current physical LED display on the

computer display should be specified first. The position and size of the mapping area can

be set through the Display Window Setting dialog shown in Fig.2-11. To open the Display

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Window Setting dialog, select Settings ->Display Setting form the main menu.

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2.1.2.2Edit Segment

1) Create

Click the button on the toolbar of Play Program Editing Area, or right-click on the Play

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Program Node, or right-click on the screen, a menu pops up shown as Fig.2-12 for adding

new segment.

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Fig.2-12 Add segment

2) Editing Properties of Segment

You can edit the properties at the Segment Editing Area after adding the common

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segment or inserted segment. Shown in Fig.2-13, Fig.2-14, and Fig.2-15 is the

corresponding property page.

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Fig.2-13 Properties page of common segment

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Fig.2-14 Properties page of timing inserted segment

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Fig.2-15 Properties page of cycle inserted segment

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You can add one or more playing time point for the timing inserted segment.

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For inserted segment, if Pause current play when playing inserted segment is selected,

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the current common segment play (If has) would be paused and hide if begin to play

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inserted segment, otherwise, the inserted segment and the current common segment

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would be played together.

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Use the toolbar on the right or right-click menu, you can copy, paste, move or delete the

selected segment. The toolbar and menu is shown as Fig2-16.

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Fig.2-16 Menu of segment

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3) Statistics of the time duration

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Select the time frame of the playing scheme; click to check time-consuming by the

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pages.

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Fig.2-17 Page statistical information of time-consuming

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2.1.2.3Page Editing

1) Create a new page

Click the button on the toolbar at Segment Editing Area to add a Common Page or

Global Page, as shown in Fig.2-18.

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Fig.2-18Add page

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2) Properties Setting

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The properties of the added page can be set through the property panel. Shown in Fig.2-19

is the property panel.

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Fig.2-19 Properties of page

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There are three options for Play Type, Cycle, Specific Times and Specific Duration. If Play

Type is set to be Cycle, this page will be shown repeatedly; if Specific Duration,

NovaStudio will shift to the next page after showing this page for the time specified by

Play Duration; if Specific Times, NovaStudio will shift to the next page after all the play

windows finish playing their media sources repeatedly for N times (N is specified by Play

Times).

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Area of the page that is not covered by windows will show the background picture or color,

as shown in Fig.2-20.
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The play type is only Cycle for global page. The global page will be always playing during

the segment playing.

Use the toolbar on the right or right-click menu, you can copy, paste, move or delete the

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selected page. The toolbar and menu is shown as Fig2-21.

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Fig.2-21 Menu of page

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2.1.2.4Window Editing

1) Create a new window

After adding a page, you should add windows to the page. For example, click the button

shown in Fig.2-22 to add a common window to the page.

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Fig.2-22Add window to page

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The newly added window will be on focus and also shown on the computer display after

the add operation, as shown in Fig.2-23.

A S
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Fig.2-23Added window

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2) Window position and size setting

The position and size of a newly added window may need to be reset as the default values

are unlikely to meet the requirements. These values can be reset directly by using the tool

provided in NovaStudio, as shown in Fig.2-24. A more intuitive way to reset these values is

to use the mouse. Click on the window to put focus on it and then set its position and size

by drawing, pulling and squeezing, as shown in Fig.2-25. The arrow keys and their
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combination with Shift keys can also be used for the position and size setting of a window.

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Fig.2-24tools for window position and size setting

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N
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To show all the windows of a page, just select the page from the page list. This could be

very helpful for windows layout adjustment.

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Fig.2-26showing all windows of a page

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3) Border setting

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The newly added window defaults to single line border. Click “Border Setting” to set

R
border thickness and set window border as double-lined, as shown below.

A
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Fig.2-27 Frame Setting

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4) Delete a window

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To delete a specified window, click the circled Delete button, as shown in Fig.2-28.

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Fig.2-28Delete window

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5) Move a window

A N
For overlapped windows in the same page, the one at front will cover those under it.

I '
X
Suppose a common window and a clock window is added to a page at the same position of

(0, 0, 200, 200). The common window will cover the clock window when this page is on

shown if the common window is in front of the clock window in the window list. To avoid

the clock window being covered by the common window, move it to the front of the

common window or move the common window to the back of it. The circled arrow buttons

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in Fig.2-29 are use to move a window forward or backward.

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Fig.2-29Move window

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The result of a transparent clock window on top of a common window (showing a picture)

C
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is as Fig.2-30.

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6) Duplicate a window

To duplicate a window, select the source window, click the Copy button and then click the

Paste. Circled in Fig.2-31 are the Copy button and the Paste button.

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Fig.2-31the Copy button and the Paste button

The right-click menus on the window node and on the window zone in the screen are also

supported to edit the window, as shown in Fig.2-32.

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7) Total time of the media

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Select the general window; and select all medias in the media list, click to check

the detailed dispatching table and theoretical playing time of the media.

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Fig.2-33 Total playing time of the media

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2.1.2.5Media Editing

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Media editing will be illustrated with a common window as an example.

1) X IAdd a media

Media sources of a media type that is supported by NovaStudio can be added to a

common window for showing. Refer to 1.3 Media Types Supported for information about

the supported media types. Click the circled button in Fig.2-34 to access the drop-down

menu of media types. Select the corresponding item to add a media source of that type to

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the common window.

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2)
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Media properties setting

N
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Properties of a media source can be set is related to the type of the media source. Refer to

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1.3 Media Types Supported for information about the settable properties of a certain type

X
of media. Settable properties of the selected media item in the media source list will be

shown on the property panel, as shown in Fig.2-35. Modify the property settings of a

media item through the property panel if required.

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Fig.2-35Properties page of media

3) Set play times of media

A R
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Select the media in the list, then double click the Play Times Grid to change the play times:

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You can manually enter a new number or select the existing number in the drop-down, as

O
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shown in Fig.2-36.

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（2）

Fig.2-36Change play times of media

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The media scheduling is related with the play type of current page, described as follows.

 If there is three media A, B and C of one common window, the corresponding play time

is 1, 2 and Any Times, the play order is as follows:

 The play type of page is Cycle： A B C B C CC C……

D
 The play type of page is Specific Times as 2：A B C B | A B C B

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 The play type of page is Specific Duration：A B C B C CC C……


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If there is three media A, B and C of one common window, the corresponding play time

is 1, 2 and 3, the play order is as follows:

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
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The play type of page is Cycle： A B C B C C | A B C B C C | A B C B C C |……|……


A R
The play type of page is Specific Times as 2：A B C B C C | A B C B C C

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 The play type of page is Specific Duration：A B C B C C | A B C B C C |……|……

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4) Preview a media
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Click a media item in the media list to preview it in the current window (in this case, the

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current window is a common window). New property settings will take effect immediately

X
even they are set during the previewing. The first media source in the media list of a

window will be automatically previewed when the window is selected.

Users can set and click media preview modes in the following manner. The operating steps

are as follows:

Click “Setting”→”Preview setting of media” on the toolbar to enter the interface

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shown below:

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Fig.2-37Media Setting

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The user can set media clicking preview at “only play one time” or “loop play”

A R
according to the practical demands. If “only play one time” is chosen, “black screen” or

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“keep the last frame” may be selected upon the completion of media preview setting

with the options below.

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5) Move a media item

Use the
A N buttons to move a media item in the media list forward or backward and

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thus change the play order of the media sources. Mouse can also be used to move media

items. The red line in Fig.2-38 indicates the new position of the mouse item dragged by the

mouse.

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Fig.2-38move a media item by mouse

6) The copy and paste of media

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Click button to copy the selected media, and click button to insert the copied

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media after the selected media.

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7) Apply the media properties to others

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Select a media, and then click button ，choose the media to apply to in the pop up

dialog.

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Fig.2-39Apply properties to media

Otherwise, the media operation also provides the corresponding right-click menu, as

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shown in Fig.2-40 and Fig.2-41.

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2.1.2.6User-defined weather forecast

This software supports user-defined layout of the weather forecast. Users can make

weather forecast style more worth-seeing according to their likes.

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After a weather forecast media is added in the window, enter "edit attribute" →

"user-defined display" → "layout editing", as shown in the following figure:

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Fig.2-42 Weather style editing

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Fixed text, fixed picture, weather text, weather picture, weather date can be added.

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Fixed text: Explanatory note, generally words of location, weather, temperature, humidity

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and wind force;

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Fixed picture: Illustration pictures, any picture can be imported from the local;

Weather text: Description of weather, weather texts of today, tomorrow, the day after

tomorrow and three days from today can be selected and added;

Weather picture: Weather conditions indicated by pictures, weather pictures of today,

tomorrow, the day after tomorrow and three days from today can be selected and added;

Weather date: Today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow and three days from today can be

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shown in the format of date, time or week according to the time of the local system, and

the format of the date can be adjusted into the form of Month Day Year, Month Day and

others.

Fig. 2-43 shows a weather forecast sample that has been made.

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Fig.2-43 Weather forecast style that has been made

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2.1.3 Preview and Play of Play Program

2.1.3.1Preview

NovaStudio provides preview function of segment and page of play program. Select the

segment or page you want to preview, and click the or button to start preview.

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The interface will show the preview information after preview started, as shown in Fig.2-44.

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The preview information is including playing page information, playing window

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information, the current playing media and the next media of every window.

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Select Accelerated Preview, you can preview at different play rate.

Click button
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to pause preview, and click button to stop preview, return to

editing interface.
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Otherwise, you can right-click on the screen, use the right-click menu to pause or stop

V
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preview, as shown in Fig.2-45.

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After loading or editing over the play program, click the button to start play the

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current play program. As shown in Fig.2-46.

Fig.2-46The button for starting play

After play started, the interface will switch to play page from editing page. The play page

will show the current common segment information (If has), the next common segment

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Use and button on the toolbar to pause or stop play. You also can use the

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right-click menu on the screen as shown in Fig.2-48.

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2.2 Priority program of the page

The program is composed of multiple pages, in which multiple image-text windows,

including text, images, videos, clock, timer, temperature & humidity and weather forecast,

can be added.

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2.2.1 Toolbar

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Fig.2-50Page function distribution

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1) Display Setting

Click“Control”→“Display Setting”to set play window.

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4) Play and media attribute edit window

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6) Scheduled window

a) Check "Scheduled date" to set play date of list, and click to increase or

decrease the time.

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c) Click "Week day" to set the day in the week to play List.

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d) View Scheduled date

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3 Immediate Notification
The Immediate Notification is for publishing notifications during the play process of a play

program. Click menu item Notification under Control menu, the Immediate Notification

control window will show as in Fig.3-1.

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 Show Notifications

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To show a notification on the LED display, select it form the notification list and click Play

button. The play status of this notification will became green from gray. And the play

information of this notification will also be shown in the Notification List panel. Shown in

Fig.3-4 and Fig.3-5 is an example for notifications being played.

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Use the Stop button to stop showing the selected notification. The Stop All button is for

stopping all the notifications being shown.

To modify a notification in the list, select it and click Modify. Note that notifications being

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shown are not modifiable.

Use the Delete button to delete a selected modification.

Messages will be shown in the Notification Error panel if any error occurs during the play

process of the notifications.

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4 Emergency Inserted Play

In the situation that certain media or play program needs to be shown or play urgently, use

the Emergency Inserted Play to pause the current playing and start the urgent play. Click

menu item Emergency Inserted Play under Control menu, the Emergency Inserted Play

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1) Emergency play of media files

Select File from the Emergency Play interface as shown in Fig.4-1 and click Browse. On the

pup up dialog, as shown in Fig.4-2, select the media file to be played. It could be a file of

media type of video, Flash, audio, picture or any other type supported by NovaStudio.

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Properties of playing that is how the selected files are to be played should be set as well,

such as background color, background picture, transparency, scale, volume, position and

duration. After all these settings, click Ok to finish setting.

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2) Emergency of play program

Select Play Program from the Emergency Play page and click button , on the pup up

dialog, as shown in Fig.4-5, select the play program file to be played. If the play program

has multiple segments, you must choose one of them to play.

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5 Remote Display Screen Management

Remote control of one or more display screens is realized through a control computer. This

computer is collectively referred to as “control computer” in the context.

5.1 Preparations

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Fig.5-1Network Setting

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5.2 Add Display Screen

Run NovaStudio on the control computer.

1) Click the menu bar “Control”→“Remote Screen Management” to enter the interface

below:

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display screen to be added in the interface below, in case of connection password to

remote display screen, input the same connection password, and click “OK” upon

completion.

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4) Multiple display screens can be added as per the steps above.

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5.3 Send Programs/Files

Send programs or files to display screens in long range via control computer.

1) Send programs

a) Click “ ”to enter the “send programs” interface. Click “ ”to skim through

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Advanced Setting ： set the local storage location of files on the playing computer

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Users can fill in the suitable storage path at discretion.

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Fig.5-6Program Saving Path

b) Click “Next”, tick off the target display screen in the page and send programs to it.
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target computer, the saving path of the media files is the same as that

they are saved in the computer from which they are sent out.

2. Make the media playback program in advance.

3. Send the playback program to the target computer and save it to the

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folder where the media files are in. As the media files are already there,

the playback program is ready to work once the sending process is

finished.

5.4 Send the Order

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Timing: network timing, time synchronization

Play: start playing

Pause: a pause in current playing

Stop: stop current playing

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5.5 Timing

Network timing can be performed to all the display screens in a long range. Immediate

timing and periodical timing can be set. Refer to2) network timing of Chapter 10 for the

specific operations.

5.6 Acquire Screenshot

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5.7 Send Notice

Send instant notice to remote display screen. Location, play mode, play duration, media

type and attributes of notices are settable on display screen.

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Send emergent inserted play file to remote display screen and play the inserted play file

immediately upon completion.

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6 Settings A R
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6.1 Display Window Setting V A
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Setting from the main menu of NovaStudio to access the Display Window Setting dialog

which is as in Fig.6-1. Display window showing/locking can also be enable/disabled

through this dialog.

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Start setting is for NovaStudio to start up automatically and begin playing certain playlist

or activate certain schedule after the computer starts up. To access the Start Setting dialog,

Select Setting ->Start Setting from the main menu of NovaStudio. The Start Setting dialog

is as shown in Fig.6-2.

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If Auto Run is selected, NovaStudio will start automatically after the computer starts up.

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decoders or others in long term running. Restarting NovaStudo2012 when it is idle can

keep NovaStudio in good status.

If Auto Play is selected, NovaStudio will activate the specified play program file

automatically after it starts up.

Note that OK should be clicked after setting to activate all settings.

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6.3 Play Setting

Select Setting ->Play Setting form the main menu of NovaStudio to open the Play Setting

dialog. The Play Setting dialog is as shown in Fig.6-3.

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Note that NovaStudio deletes log files that are stored in the hard disk longer the number of

days specified by Count of Effective Days of Log.

6.3.2 Play Setting

The Play Setting page in the Play Setting dialog is as shown in Fig.6-4.

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 Video Stuck Prevention

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left), may encounter the problem of slit and dislocation when they are applied on large

pictures, as shown in Fig.6-5. The function of Draw Effects in Vertical Refresh

Synchronization helps to prevent slit and dislocation and also smooth the vertical effects.

However, this function increases the CPU utilization. Choice of whether to enable this

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function or not should be made based of the situation. Normally, this function need not to

be enabled if the picture is not large or the effect does not involve vertical synchronization,

such as wiping in vertical and fading.

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6.3.3 Preview Setting of Media

Click “Settings”→“Preview Setting of Media” on the toolbar to enter the media setting

interface shown as below:

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 Set/Reset the password

Select Set ->Password Setting from the main menu of NovaStudio to access the dialog for

password setting, as shown in Fig.7-1.

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Fig.7-3 confirm dialog for computer locking

 Read the messages in the confirm dialog for computer locking carefully before

lock the computer.

 Click OK to lock the computer. All keys except for the ESC key will be disabled.

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 Press ESC to access the unlock dialog. Password is required for unlocking the

computer.

 A message as shown in Fig.7-4 will be shown when the mouse is moved.

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Fig.7-5 the dialog for unlocking

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Type in the password and press Enter to unlock the computer. Press ESC to exit unlock

process.

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backup folder, at where the media to be saved after being exported to USB flash disk. For

the avoidance of repetition, a prefix to be attached in case of name duplication shall be set.

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2) Enable USB Disk Play

NovaStudio in the play computer needs to enable USB Disk Play function. Click Start

Setting under Setting menu, as shown in Fig.8-3. Select USB Disk Play, and then click OK,

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as shown in Fig.8-4.

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NovaStudio will detect it real time and play the play program on it at once; If the USB disk is

removed, the play will be stopped.

If USB Disk Play is selected, and the auto play file when NovaStudio started is not set,

NovaStudio would detect the USB disk of the current computer and play the play program

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file on it (If has) when started.

9 Backup

NovaStudio provides backup functions, and users can backup programs to hard disk or

mobile storage device in time.

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Fig.9-2backup setting

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10 Synchronal Playing Function

Synchronal playing function is provided in this edition to solve the requirements for

synchronal playing of multiple display screens in some occasions.

1) Enable synchronal playing function

Run NovaStudio on the playing computer, click menu“Settings”→“Play Setting” on the

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Caution:

As synchronal media function calculates the media playing time by time,

so as to achieve the synchronal playing of multiple display screens, the

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time on multiple playing computers must be the same. This software

achieves time synchronization by network timing. See the operating

steps in 2) Network Timing of this section.

2) Network timing

There are two methods for network timing. Method 1 is to operate on each playing

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b) Tick off “Auto Get” to set the timing cycle and then click “OK”. The playing

computer will conduct timing regularly according to the cycle after that.

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operating steps of method 1 must be repeated.

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11 Display temperature and humidity

If the system is equipped with temperature and humidity probe, temperature-humidity

media widow can be added on the display screen to display real-time temperature and

humidity.

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Click “Setting” → “Setting of temperature and humidity sensor” on the main menu to

enter the window below, where temperature and humidity sensor can be set according to

physical circumstances and then click “Ok”.

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Fig.11-2 Temperature and Humidity Window

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12 Record Control

This function coordinates with the media recorder of PMM300 under the mode without

sending card and the mode of asynchronous card; it only supports time priority program.

Under the mode without sending card, reticule is used to directly connect the Gigabit

internet access of the computer and Gigabit internet access of the sending card of

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12.2 Record Control

Click "Control" → "Record Control" to set screen, time frame, control system, frame

frequency of sending card and recording time length, then click "Record".

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13 Play Streaming Media

Steaming media are the media that transmit audio, video and multimedia file by steam

mode. The typical characteristic of steaming media is that the continuous audio and video

information are compacted in the steaming medial players, so that they can be seen as well

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as unloaded, with no need to wait for the downloading.

Steaming media server is mainly to transmit video files to client by steam protocol

(RTP/RTSP/, MMS, RTMP, etc.). The software supports steaming media of RTSP, MMS

protocols (that is, mms://..., rtsp://…) to search websites on Internet.

As shown below, adding a steaming medium on the general window only needs to fill the

Internet site in the Url, when the software will immediately load and play the medium.

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14 Other Functions

14.1 Resume from fault

NovaStudio can restart when serious fault happened. Sometime, NovaStudio would not

work normally because of decoder unstable, if error happened, NovaStudio would restart

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itself and resume the play status.

14.2 PPT Showing

NovaStudio does not support adding Microsoft PPT files as media sources into playlist, but

it does provide a tool to convert PPT files into pictures and thus the pictures can be added

into playlists for showing.

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conversion.
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Fig.14-2the PPT to Bitmap conversion dialog

If the size of the play window does not match that of the converted pictures, there would

be compression and distortion when showing the pictures in the play window. NovaStudio

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can create PPT files of which the page size can be customized. By setting the page size the

same as that of the play window, compression and distortion can be avoid. To open the

dialog for page size setting and PPT file creating, select Tool ->PPT from the main menu,

as shown in Fig.14-3. Shown in Fig.14-4 is the dialog. The page size can be set the same as

a play window (select Same as the display window size and then specify a display window)

or directly (select Custom Size and enter the values for Width and Height). Microsoft PPT

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as the set values.

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Fig.14-4dialog for PPT page size setting and PPT file creating

Microsoft Word files of certain page size can also be generated in this way. Select

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Tool->Word to open the dialog for Word files.

14.3 Tool Management

The function of tool management is provided is NovaStudio. Users can link their usually

used tools to NovaStudio and thus open the tools through NovaStudio.

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in Fig.14-6 is the Add Tool dialog.

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Fig.14-6the Tool Management dialog

Click Add on the Add Tool dialog and in the pup up Tool Operation dialog, specify the

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tool to be added (set the path of the .exe file) and set its name for shown in NovaStudio.

After that, click Add to perform adding operation.

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shown in Fig.14-8. Select this item to open the tool when needed.

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14.4 Log Plat

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Select View ->PlayLog to open the LogPlat for media play log, as shown in Fig.14-9. The

LogPlat dialog is as shown in Fig.14-10.

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Fig.14-9the Play Log menu item

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Select a date from the calendar and the media play log of that day will be shown. You can

also choose to view the play log of specific media or at certain time zone.

Click “Export” to export the viewing content to Excel file, as shown in Fig.14-11

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Fig.14-11Play log form

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Fig.14-12Play log statistics

Click “Export” to export the statistics information to Excel file, as shown in Fig.14-13.

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14.5 Backstage Media Playing

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Select Setting page form the Display Properties dialog, as shown in Fig.14-15.

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Fig.14-16activate Monitor 2

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After the settings for Monitor 2, select Setting ->Backstage Playing from the main menu

of NovaStudio to apply backstage media playing. Note that media playing can not be seen

from the computer display when backstage media playing is applied. To check media

playing, select Setting ->Forestage Playing of NovaStudio. Reapply backstage playing

after checking.

14.5.2 Cancel Backstage Media Playing

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15 Notes and FAQ

15.1 Some conflicts between decoders may cause

media play error.

Do not install decoders or media players arbitrary. They may conflict with each other and

thus cause errors when NovaStudio is playing videos. NovaStudio V2.3 and later will check

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decoder if allowed.

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If the path of the NovaStudio.exe contains characters that are not belonged to the default

language of the operation system, it may not be able to launch. Messages as follow may be

shown.

To solve this problem, please change the path and run again.

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Fig.15-1 error message

15.4 Unable to play files of Microsoft Word and Excel

Make sure Microsoft Word and Excel have been installed correctly, otherwise, NovaStudio

is not able to support files for Microsoft Word and Excel.

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virus risk as it is just Excel starting a library.

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Note that for Win8, Microsoft.NET Framework 3.5 is required. You can download it from

website www.novastar-led.com and then install. Or you can select corresponding option

when installing NovaStudio, Microsoft.NET Framework 3.5will be automatically

downloaded and installed after that.

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Fig.15-2 error message

15.7 Why Flash files cannot be added?

Make sure Flash OCX plug-in has been correctly installed. Copy install_flash_player_ax.exe
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Please contact us for technique support. And please click Send Error Report if internet is

available for the computer. If internet is not available, please click View Error Data and copy

all the data to a .txt file.

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15.9 Why NovaStudio can't load media sources which

it can before?

Select Help ->Reregister Decoder from the main menu of NovaStudio. Allow all

operations if they are blocked by OS or firewall.

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15.10 In IE6 environment, use the keyboard arrow

keys to move the display position of the web media
(do not use the mouse wheel).

15.11 Video Capture Card played instability in Win7,

please use Windows XP.

15.12 Please set the graphic card work under extend

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16 Document version statement

Version Date Update description

Software Version:
V2.2 2013-2-28
NovaStudio-V2.2.0

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