Powerpoint in a folder

[James_Eaton]

Hi all

is there a way i can have a power point in a network folder that our staff can update and have it auto upload to xibo.

thanks

James

[DanBW]

Powerpoint presentations cannot be automatically updated/uploaded once added to your Layout.

There are 2 methods for adding a presentation to your layout, I have included a link below to the Documentation that explains how to do this. The first option of exporting the presentation as a video is recommended, as this does not require a copy of Powerpoint to be installed on all players that will be using that layout, which is much more cost effective.

Xibo | Open Source Digital Signage Software

If you would like to update the presentation in your layout, you will need to modify the presentation, export as a video or prepare a new PPT file, then add this new version to the layout, remembering to remove the old version.

Depending on how often you will be updating the layout, you may wish to create a script for our API, to automate the file upload and add it to the Layout. I have included links to our introduction and manual for our API and a link to the API documentation:

https://xibo.org.uk/manual/fr/cms_api.html

API Introduction with Postman

Introduction This guide is applicable for CMS 1.8 and later versions and assumes that you already have a working CMS. Players need to be version 1.8.0-rc1 or later and XMR also needs to be configured. As a first step, you will need to decide what application you will want to use to connect to the API. In this guide we will use Postman as an example application. The API documentation can be found in the Developer manual under the Integration section. CMS Application No matter what applicatio…

https://xibo.org.uk/manual/api/#/library

Many Thanks.