Some of Scala Features - General
At the heart of our digital signage solution is the Scala™ (www.scala.com) software which brings your digital signage to life. With the overflow of information from every direction dealt with daily in most corporate environments, using the right delivery tool is indeed crucial to get the RIGHT message to the RIGHT audience at the RIGHT time, with minimal effort and cost.
Scala’s product suite offers that solution with its advanced features that facilitate the rapid creation, deployment and monitoring of digital information across broadband transmission networks to dynamic displays, which are ideal for in diverse environments.
- Scala InfoChannel™ Family of software has 3 main components and few additional modules that meets custom needs. The three main components are:
- Scala have proven scalability from single deployment to 1000's.
- Playback Support for both PC and non-PC based platforms.
- Support Wireless Photo Frames.
- Provide a tool to export Photoshop files to digital signage authoring tool.
- Offers the same software functionality via a customer-hosted implementation or via Software as a Service (SaaS)
Some of Scala Designer Freatures
Some Scala InfoChannel™ Designer Features
- Supports designing in any resolution.
- Able to play, synchronize and layer a multitude of media formats including but not limited to JPEG, MPEG1, MPEG2, H.264, AVI, WMV, Flash, GIF, AnimGIF, PNG (with transparency), WMA, MP3, etc. with an easy to use graphical user interface.
- Uses Storyboard Graphical User Interface that allows easy shuffling of slides
- Supports Streaming and Live Video
- Projects created using the Designer/Authoring saved in Text format for easy editing
- Has a scripting language & support for system variables and creation of new variables for developing more complex projects Supports other Window Host Programming Languages such as VBScript, Python, Javascript, XML and FlashVars to extend its functionality
- Supports built-in real-time image processing and video processing Supports the creation of Interactive Applications
- Has real-time transitions including Fades, 3D, Zoom.
- Supports unlimited layering of dynamic elements
- Supports XML/RSS feeds with the ability to cache feed in local hard drive when there is no Internet connection.
- Supports dynamic manipulation of RSS/XML feeds including and not limited to replacing, dropping, and adding values
- Supports integration with databases, forums and blogs. Integration with SMS Portal Engines.
- Supports template creation where any element within the template can be replaced, including background video, images, text, and numeric values using a web based interface.
- Supports scheduling for entire script, slides within scripts, or elements within slides
- Supports direct publishing scripts to different Content Management, and workgroups
- Supports integration with other devices such as Queuing Systems, VCR Control and others.
Some of Scala Content Manager 5 Features
Some Scala Content Manager 5 Features
- Supports the creation of workgroups, Users and User Roles
- Supports the creation of assets & media master categorization and sub-categorization.
- Supports filtering assets according to formats, category or workgroup
- Supports assigning assets & media to workgroups
- Supports playlists within playlists with each playlist has its own parameters including scheduling and where to play
- Supports channels with single, dual or multiple zones/framesets with each zone can be updated independently and remotely
- Supports the playback of non-scheduled content that is not included in the playlist based on Event Trigger or Time Trigger
- Supports web based JAVA GUI for uploading content that included media formats, scripts and text files directly, editing template messages, managing playlists, schedules, metadata, triggers, health monitoring, user roles and accounts.
- Supports ability for multiple simultaneous users and roles to log into the web based GU
- Supports IP Multicast Support
- Supports IPv6 protocol.
- Supports have APIs to allow integration of digital signage system to third party systems by third parties (that don't have access to the source code)
- Supports software features for planning advertising campaign Must have network monitoring features
- Supports Play Audit support that generate what played, where and how many times it played.
- Must support of generating of Log files.
- Must support for Audio only channels with ad management insertion and audio ducking.
- Offers software features for planning advertising campaign
- Supports network monitoring features
Some of Scala Player Features
Some Scala Player 5 Features
- Supports the playback of all channels and scripts created using InfoChannel™ Designer and Scala content Manager
- Automatically scale playback to any screen size using sub-pixel sampling with either filling the screen exactly or cropping or letter box as desired.
- Able to rotate playback 90, 180, or 270 degrees
- Able to play, synchronize and layer a multitude of media formats including but not limited to JPEG, MPEG1, MPEG2, H.264, AVI, WMV, Flash, GIF, AnimGIF, PNG (with transparency), WMA, MP3, etc. with an easy to use graphical user interface
- Supports at least two independent channels of output from a single player (with dual channel video card) with separate audio control for each channel
- Supports double buffering of elements on screen, no tearing in animations, synchronized with vertical blanking interval Supports unlimited layering of dynamic elements
- Supports XML/RSS feeds with the ability to cache feed in local hard drive to be used instead when there is no Internet connection.
- Supports dynamic manipulation of RSS/XML feeds including and not limited to replacing, dropping, and adding values
- Supports multi-zone playback
- Supports playback of streaming and live video
- Supports playback of interactive applications.
- Integration with SMS Portal Engines.
- Able to support up to six wide monitor configuration.
- Complete preconfigured image for Samsung "n-series" LCDs.
