friendlyway composer 9 friendlyway composer 9 is an all-in-one software for generating multimedia and digital signage content and managing it on kiosks and public displays. The software is made of three basic components: friendlyway composer 9 (allows managing and scheduling content), friendlyway player 9 (displays the ready content), and friendlyway network services server (monitors player network and distributes content to the player stations). The Content Toolkit is a free additional component that allows designers and meadia agencies to create broadcast quality animated templates. friendlyway @caster is a web-based tool that allows creating high quality advertising spots and managing playlists of spots immediately at the point of sale.
friendlyway composer 9: allows inserting different media fi les to screen segments; allows day time scheduling and dynamic playlist management; provides a preview of the display content; uploads content to the server for further deployment. friendlyway player 9: seamlessly displays content made of different media formats; plays back the playlists according to the schedules; allows playback if the network connection is not available. friendlyway client manager: maintains connections and sends the heart beats to the server; downloads and validates content; maintains security of the player stations. friendlyway network services: has a web-based console for network operators; allows monitoring the player network and sends the alerts; deploys content to the player stations; provides proof-of-play reports. friendlyway Content Toolkit: 2 provides master template for Adobe Flash CS3, CS4, which is used for creation of composer or @caster templates; encrypts Adobe Flash fl ies to prevent unauthorized access and decompilation; puts all required fi les into one template fi le. friendlyway @caster: is accessed through a web browser without the need to install additional software; creates animated content spots based on templates; searches for tags in templates, text, and picture libraries; manages sequence of spots and allows defi ning date range when content will be displayed.
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System Requirements The friendlyway composer 9 software is designed to be run on Windows platform and requires.net Framework. The server software requires IIS and Microsoft SQL server (Express edition will be preinstalled) running on the computer. composer workstation: commercially available computer Windows XP SP3 32-bit, Windows Vista SP2 or Windows 7 32-bit; 1GB RAM; graphics card with DirectX 9 support; network card. network services server: up to 10 players: Windows XP Professional 32-bit or Windows 2003/2008 Server Web, Standard, Enterprise Edition 32-bit or Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate Edition 32-bit. from 10 displays: Windows 2003 or 2008 Server Standard Edition 32-bit; 2 GB RAM; 100 GB free space. 4 friendlyway @caster friendlyway @caster allows creating high quality digital signage content from Adobe Flash-based templates and managing playlists from a web browser, therefore making it possible to create and manage local advertising spots without the need to install any software. How it works: friendlyway composer 9 is required as digital signage software; the users have a web-based application for creating spots from content templates and composing playlists. Installation of composer 9 is not required; @caster spots are inserted into composer sequences as placeholders; as soon as the spot is removed from the playlist by @caster user, it disappears in the rendering sequence.
5 System Requirements friendlyway @caster server: supported Windows versions: Windows Server 2003 32/64 bit and Windows Server 2008 32/64 bit. Note: Windows Server 2008 R2 is currently not supported; supported IIS versions: 6.0 and 7.0. Note: IIS 7.5 is currently not supported; supported MySQL Server versions: 5.0 and above; supported PHP version: 5.2 (build 5.2.12 or higher is recommended).note: PHP installation must be non-thread-safe.