Hello, can someone help me build something. I have 6 fullHD videos and a 30" display. I also have 5 buttons which means I want to play a video on the screen when someone pushes a button. Video 1 for button 1, video 2 for button 2 etc. And if someone does not push any buttons like for 2 minutes, it will play video 6 as a default video. Videos must loop. How? I never used Arduino but I know it should be possible with that. Videos on SD card or Brightsign or how?
an arduino will have a challenge directly playing a fullHD on a 30" display... Is it right to suppose that the 30" display is actually connected to a computer and the arduino would be connected to the computer through USB ?
I have implemented a similar project for a museum using a Raspberry Pi 3B+
videos on system SD card, selected with a keypad and displayed on system monitor
code implemented in Java but C++, Python, etc could be used
I have done it, years ago, with an lg tv and videos on an usb stick, lg tv had rs232 to comunicate with external microcontroller
actually the one solution I saw years ago was made with arduino, some leonardo board and brightsign and it could handle well 1080P videos on a 50" screen, but how was it done, how to code it.. no idea
can you help me build it? I can get all the things nessesary, but don't know how and what to connect and what code to write so it would work
Lg still have tv with rs232 connection/control see this lg document whith old db9 connector or also with usb supporting pl2303 converters.
Naturally not all lg tv have this feature, you need to search which has, also which is easily available in your zone.
Googling found LV300C series should have this feature, but are now obsolete
Sorry, but you made me laugh.
What you saw did not mean that this arduino plays video on the 50'' screen.
Arduino only receives a signal from the button and transmits it to the computer or player. That is, the arduino in this project is nothing more than a TV remote. Without the TV and player itself, the remote cannot play movies... so you need a player to show your videos. You could also make a "remote" with buttons, controlling by arduino... if you want
well brightsign does all the heavy lifting then.
they even sell a PCB with 4 to 11 capacitive tactile buttons and a USB connection to hook it up to the module. No arduino needed...
brightsign playd the videos from SD card I think, but there were 5 physical LED bottons (3 wires) connected to arduino which was connected to brightsign.. but I don't know what code I would need to make this happen as I described, with that I would need some help..
but why do you want an arduino ? just buy the brightsign and their button module and you are done.....
The main question is not about buttons - this extremely easy, you could use any beginner example "arduino + button".
The main problem is interface of the arduino to your video player. It depends on the player model and can be very difficult and even impossible.
Tell me, what is the point of doing this on an Arduino? Isn't a simple player remote control better?
sure, what ever other solutioon works, I just have seen one with arduino and brightsign, so I thought it would be one that works, but if there is some other way to do it, that also works, then why not?
Because you do no work. You dismiss ideas, postulate broad guesses and want anyone but yourself to build it. Get an idea and follow through with it, or use any remote you can find, free or cheap.
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