Connecting a Digital Signage Player to Garlic-Hub

This guide walks you through connecting SMIL Media Players to Garlic-Hub. The process requires only configuring the content URL.

1. Prerequisites

2. Determining Your Content URL

Players require an index file to enable content playback. This index provides:

• Location of media files
• Destination for log data
• Other configuration details

Our indexes use the standardized SMIL multimedia language.

Example: If Garlic-Hub is hosted at http://localhost:8090, your content URL will be: http://localhost:8090/smil-index

3. Connecting Your Player

3.1. Garlic-Player

⚠️ Warning: If you need to specify a port, use the latest dev-release of Garlic-Player, not the stable v0.6.0.

1. Connect a keyboard to your device and start Garlic-Player
2. Press Ctrl+S to open the settings dialog
3. In the configuration screen that appears:
4. Enter your content URL (http://<your-domain>:<port>/smil-index) in the Content-URL field
5. Press Enter or click OK to save

3.2. Garlic-Player with Android Launcher

If you use Android, it is recommended to also use the Android Launcher. Ctrl+S will not work in this case, as the settings are managed by the launcher.

Open Settings & Configuration in the launcher to enter the content URL as described above.

3.3. IAdea-Player

1. When the player starts, you’ll see this opening screen for approximately 15 seconds:
2. Press “Set content” to access the configuration options
3. In the content URL configuration screen:
4. Enter your content URL (http://<your-domain>:<port>/smil-index) in the content-url field
5. Press Set to save your configuration

Once the player is recognized, Garlic-Hub stores its information in the player database, and it will appear in the player- overview.

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