Occasionally, you want to avoid controlling or maintenance your Digital Signage Player remote. There is also the opportunity to do this locally with a USB-Stick or external hard disk. The USB storage must be formatted with FAT32 file format.
The following functionalities are possible via USB:
You can configure the WiFi-Settings, the global volume and the Content-Url with a config.xml. Place a file named config.xml in the root-directory of a USB stick and insert it into your Android device.
The config.xml should look like this:
<configuration>
<userPref>
<prop name="net.wifi.enabled" value="true"/>
<prop name="net.wifi.ssid" value="YOUR_SSID"/>
<prop name="net.wifi.authentication" value="OPEN|WEP|WPAPSK|WPA2PSK"/>
<prop name="net.wifi.password" value="YOUR_PASSWORDD"/>
<prop name="content.serverUrl" value="YOUR_PATH_OR_URI_TO_SMIL_INDEX"/>
</userPref>
</configuration>
The digital signage CMS provides a comfortable tool which creates the config.xml for you on https://admin.smil-control.com/index.php?site=smil_player_usb. You can register free.
When you insert the USB drive, files were copied into the player. They will be not played from the inserted storage directly.
Download the latest garlic-player version.
Copy the file to root directory of your USB storage and name it garlic-player.apk.
After installation, the player will reboot. Remove the USB storage while booting. Otherwise, the installation repeats.