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Display Monkey digital signage solution
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Link to a picture from media library #123

Open EssBee278 opened 5 years ago

EssBee278 commented 5 years ago

I'm having great success with this product, but have one major issue. I'm trying to create a HTML frame that has some text and picture in it. When doing HTML it allows you to insert a picture from a link only, not from the media library. The text and the picture must be together in the one frame as they're related and must be in perfect sync. Can I link to a picture from the media library?

psined1 commented 5 years ago

Hi, unfortunately media library is reserved as a source for DM frames only. It is not intended to be used in a different way.

You can try getImage.aspx hack, but, mind you, that it expects frame id query parameter, which must correspond to an existing picture type frame. The reason for that is because picture content gets processed and served according to picture frame and the associated panel settings (dimensions, crop mode, etc.).

Alternatively, you could embed your text into your picture with a suitable image processing software.

Another alternative would be to create 2 different panels - one for text, another for your image - then stack/arrange them up to your liking; there might be, however, time synchronization issues between frames, as frames are all rendered independently.

There might be more ways to do the same depending on your specific use case.

Hope it helps!

EssBee278 commented 5 years ago

OK,thanks for the reply. I would be using the picture in a DM frame; the HTML frame. Then you could load up pictures to the media library and simply drop them on the frame. Seems like a worthwhile wish list item. I appreciate the time taken to respond though and I'll think about the other approaches.