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Destination

Digital Video Play is a reliable mpeg2 player, specially designed as optimal solution for full screen presentations, for TV channels, shops and hotels. DVPlay software can make a list of mpeg files and rearrange them continuously.

Program DVPTitle can create simple titles ONLINE that are mixed (overlapped) with video picture from the player. You don’t need to acquire ANY specialized PC hardware or mixer! For more info, please read the article bellow.

With DVPlay and a middle-class PC you can build-up mpeg2 Play station and make titles of high quality at incredibly low price, in comparison to other similar systems! As CPU power grows, now DVPlay 5 doesn't need a specialized hardware - all you need is CPU 3.00 GHz FSB800, 1 GB RAM and a video card that has interleaved signal - such as Matrox P650, Matrox Parhelia APVe or BlackMagic DeckLink for SDI output.

With MyCommand module you can group some commands to be executed at once and create a template command for the operator. You can set these commands to be executed in a schedule.

For special future available for music TV channels, you can see here.

Properties of DVPlay software

• Reliability is 24 hours, 7 days a week, playing non-stop
• Use one computer for playing and showing titles, without video mixer
• Rearrangement of the files in playlist, continuously
• Creating of titles – the software allows showing crawl, roll, static text, logo, picture and clock
• Ability to control everything with commands - start at particular time, by the same way, as if you are giving commands via keyboard or mouse
• Overlay animated logo using per-pixel alpha with 256 level transparency
• Ability to use up to 4 animated logos (with TitlePlayer)
• Record in a log file starting time of each played file. Detailed information, which shows a list with played files and groups them – it shows how much times every file was played
• Preview Module - for output signal on a computer display
• Make you own layout with DVPlay modules that you can observe on you PC monitor
• You can start DVPlay module, which is able to connect to other computers, using DVPlay software. For example, you can set Events module on control computer to watch what happened with player on other computer.
• Use different type of files - mpeg2, AVI (DV25) and WMV
• Work with DTMF tones. Includes DTMF tones simulator (generator) for easily tuning and test.

Future development

• HD ready
• Multi channel

Components and versions

DVPlay software is offered in tree kinds - Light, Pro and TV. DVPTitles is a separate program. Below is a list of the modules and kinds of versions:

* In TV license you have the right to use Playlist Editor on another computer, besides of the one with the Video player

Light - This version of DVPlay software is useful for making a simple list and to start playing it. The version does not support any automation and needs human intervention, in order to load files, start and stop playing. It is the best solution for shops or hotels, which need it only to load advertisements and to play them with a loop.

Pro - This version of DVPlay software has more features than LIGHT Version. It consist of a Playlist module, which includes features like creation of playlist, viewer log with played files and other. With this version you can create playlist without the need to arrange files every time, when playing starts. It exports a list with played files to Excel. This version is the best solution for shops or hotels, which want to manage their activities in a better way and want to prepare statistics of played files (advertisements).

TV - This version of DVPlay software is a product, which has no restrictions and is designed specifically for the uses of TV channels. For your comfortable work, you can use Playlist Editor on two other computers.

DVPTitle

DVPTitle - This program allows you EASY and QUICKLY to create and show titles ONLINE. It can be used in TV channels to create titles and show additional logos. In shops or hotels it can be used to show some offers or messages.

DVPTitle consist of two modules - TitleDesign and TitlePlayer. These modules can work on one computer or on different computers. They are connected via LAN to one database, so when you create and save title with TitleDesgin and you save this title, it is visible in TitlePlayer, as well as available for playing.

With DVPTitle you can show up to FOUR animated logos.

DVPTitle uses a regular desktop computer to design titles and execute them on Video player. TitlePlayer uses video player hardware, so you do not need any hardware or mixer costs to be made, in order to show your titles!

You can download free trial of DVPTitle DEMOs from here. It can be started in order to see how it works on every computer (without necessary specialized hardware).

Properties of the DVPTitle

• Overlay titles directly on video output without external video mixer, using the best method- 256 level per pixel alpha
• Prepare interlaced or progressive output.
• Titles based on templates, for fast setting of all settings. Only text/picture has to be changed
• Show crawl, roll, static text, picture, digital clock, logo, multi text and multi pictures objects
• Every object has background - rectangle or circle - that can be filled with color, hatch, texture or gradient. Show/hide effect include fade in/out fly from/to left, right, down and top
• Text can be shown/hiden using fade in/out fly from/to left, right, down and top
• Dynamic textures allows you to make good looking titles
• Change speed of crawl and roll objects, while showing
• Change z-order of object while showing
• Change position (left, top) of object while showing
• For music TV channels automatically start title with the same name, as the current played file.  New from 5.1.0