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HOW THE HI-DEF DIGITAL SIGNAGE MEDIA PLAYER WORKS
Renaming Files and Directories
As mentioned earlier, three (3) directories must reside in the root directory of the
USB drive at all times: /media, /playlists, and /schedules.
The settings.xml file must always reside in the root directory.
The names given to each of the files and directories are provided as a guide
and are by no means static. However, each of the files will reference a specific
directory name. Therefore, if a directory name is changed, then the file which
references that directory must also be changed to reflect the new information.
Example 1:
The settings.xml file references the active schedule file, like so:
<activeSchedule value=”/schedules/schedule.gsh” />
If the /schedules directory is renamed to /foo, then the activeSchedule
value within the settings.xml file, must be changed to:
<activeSchedule value=”/foo/schedule.gsh” />
Example 2:
The schedule.gsh file may reference a playlist (or playlists), as follows:
<FileName>/playlists/playlist2.gpl</FileName>
If the /playlists directory is renamed to /foo2, then the schedule.gsh
file must be edited to reference the correct playlist directory name:
<FileName>/foo2/playlist2.gpl</FileName>
The flexibility of renaming directories and files allows you to provide more
meaningful names to the directory structure. The only exception is the
settings.xml file.
IMPORTANT: The settings.xml file must never be renamed,
moved, or deleted.