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4. Working with SMIL

The EP1020r/EP1021r use open communications protocols for highly flexible content presentation and

playback control. SMIL-compliance means predictable results across multiple devices, and SMIL’s non-

proprietary nature means that your investments are never obsolete.

4.1. Introduction

Using SMIL (pronounced “smile”), the language created by W3C for multimedia communications, the

media player understands the language “spoken” by professional tools from companies such as Adobe,

Apple, Microsoft, and Real Networks. What this means is quicker, easier, and better integration of your

players into your digital signage networks, opening up avenues of software controls and realizing the full

potential of your player hardware down the road.

4.2. Playing a SMIL demo

The demonstration files can be found in the Software and Documentation CD.

Step 1: Prepare contents using a PC

Prepare a formatted USB drive (using the “FAT32” file system option).

Copy the entire sample SMIL directory with all its content files from

Software and Documentation CD to the USB drive. Make sure the SMIL

directory shows up in the root directory of the USB drive.

Step 2: Upload contents to player

Power up the EP1020r. Booting takes about 90 seconds. When

the orange boot indicator lamp goes out, insert USB drive into

the USB port to begin upload. All files under the SMIL directory

will be copied to the player and the sample contents will begin to

play.

4.3. www.a-smil.org for Developers

The media player utilizes W3C SMIL open standard, making it easier to customize to your project

management needs. For resources, downloads, and community support, please visit www.a-smil.org

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