This is a really nice new screen we’ve got in school – this video was taken while the builders were working….
In order to make this magical screen work we ran two CAT 6 cables to behind the screen from a Coms Cab about 80 meters away.
I setup an Acer Veriton in the coms cab and wired everything together using CAT5 to HDMI Converters.
The converter that plugs into the screen needed 5V DC. It came with a very chunky transformer. That screen is mounted flat against the wall so we used the USB ports on the TV to squirt the 5 Volts needed into the converter – a rare moment of genius I must say!
I created this little script to run on startup on the PC:
@echo off
cd %1
If Exist *.wma Goto :M3U
If Exist *.mp3 Goto :M3U
If Exist *.wav Goto :M3U
If Exist *.gif Goto :M3U
If Exist *.bmp Goto :M3U
If Exist *.jpg Goto :M3U
If Exist *.avi Goto :M3U
If Exist *.mpg Goto :M3U
If Exist *.mpeg Goto :M3U
If Exist *.wmv Goto :M3U
If Exist *.mp2v Goto :M3U
If Exist *.m1v Goto :M3U
If Exist *.mp2 Goto :M3U
If Exist *.mpa Goto :M3U
If Exist *.mpe Goto :M3U
If Exist *.mpv2 Goto :M3U
If Exist *.asf Goto :M3U
If Exist *.asx Goto :M3U
If Exist *.wav Goto :M3U
If Exist *.wax Goto :M3U
If Exist *.wm Goto :M3U
If Exist *.qt Goto :M3U
If Exist *.mp4 Goto :M3U
Goto :EOF
:M3U
REM Create the playlist
echo %~f1
dir /o:n/a/b/s *.wma *.mp3 *.wav *.gif *.bmp *.jpg *.avi *.mpg *.mpeg *.wmv *.mp2v *.m1v *.mp2 *.mpa *.mpe *.mpv2 *.asf *.asx *.wav *.wax *.wm *.qt *.mp4 > “playlist.m3u”
REM VLC Didn’t seem to perform very well, but this might do it…
REM start VLCPortable\VLCPortable.exe –fullscreen –random –quiet playlist.m3u
REM let’s use Windows Media Player instead
REM Note that the playlist has to already exist in WMP, called playlist…
REM “C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe” /fullscreen /Playlist playlist
“C:\Program Files\Media Player Classic – Home Cinema\mpc-hc64.exe” /play “c:\video\playlist.m3u” /fullscreen
