A player/script which can show Image video and TV

Question

I am looking for a script/player which can display Images, Videos, output of a TV, and some sort of ticker (text going from left to right or right to left).

All this components should be displayed within one window.

Answer 1

What is it you're trying to do? I kind of doubt there's a ready-made tool to do this, but there are a few frameworks that possibly enable you to create what you're looking for (with a little learning, a little work and hopefully some fun).

Depending on your preferences and prior knowledge, one or the other of these might be useful for you:

Processing, "an open source programming language and environment for people who want to create images, animations, and interactions"; Java-like.

If you prefer C++, have a look at openFrameworks, "an open source C++ toolkit for creative coding" (which can embed Lua).

And there is Pure Data, "a real-time graphical programming environment for audio, video, and graphical processing", which with GEM also allows for graphical output (see this flossmanual part).

There's also Cinder, "a community-developed, free and open source library for professional-quality creative coding in C++", which doesn't seem to have Linux support, though (boo hoo)

There're a lot more projects like these (e.g. if Python's your thing, I doubt there hasn't been done something similar with Python), just have a look in this niche.

Edit

From your comment, I'd advise another way to tackle the problem: Use a stripped down X11 desktop, with a simple window manager (or none at all, using geometry settings) and tools for the various tasks, e.g.

• VLC (or MPlayer, Xine, ...) to display the TV card output and/or videos
• some image viewer to cycle (if that's what you want) trough your images
• (something for the marquee... hmm... no idea, sorry)

And have a close look at Webconverger. If you've got money to spend, look at Webconverger's Neon. (There might be a lot more to say about digital signage solutions, but I only know of this one.)