Daktronics Show Control System - Manual (Page 9)

2 Daktronics Show Control System Getting to know SCS
Your control rack holds the “brains” of your digital sign system. Here is where you can find your digital
media player(s), video/image processor(s), scoring/timing machines, and other components involved in
connecting all the pieces of your system together.
Digital Media Players
A digital media player (sometimes referred to simply as a “player”) is a device used to store and deliver
content files to a display. In other words, think of your digital media players like how you think of a DVD
player. If you want your television to play a DVD, without a DVD player your TV simply does not know
what the disc is or what to do with it. With a DVD player, however, your TV now knows what the disc is,
how to retrieve the content from that disc, and the proper way to display that content.
Like many pieces of your Show Control System, different digital media players have different features and
capabilities. In various sections of this handbook, features and functionality are discussed which are only
available for systems with certain types of players. These sections are identified by the below icons:
Identifies features which are available for systems containing a DMP-7000 display
Identifies features which are available for systems containing a DMP-8000 display
Identifies features which are available for systems containing a DMP-1500 display
Note: Sections which have no icon(s) preceding it are available for all Show Control Systems.
Video/Image Processors
A video/image processor is a device used to accept and process live video and/or computer graphics
feeds before sending them to a display. This allows your display to communicate with video production
equipment such as video switchers, character generators, and/or cameras, and other devices which output
video feeds to display high quality video content clearly, smoothly and vibrantly.