[GRLUG] Ideas

[Casey DuBois]

Hey GRLUG,

I've been asked for the following:

We are looking for a small box that has an analog video out port and a
port for plugging in flash memory, either SD, or CF memory card.
The memory card would hold either jpeg images which the box would play
as a slide show with sound, or it would play video files (mpeg-1 or
mpeg-2).
Either of these options needs to loop and play continuously without
any on-screen interruption or user interaction.
This is for a retail display which will be in the field for approximately 2yrs

My original thought would be a bunch of used computers loaded with
linux, the question is how easy would it be to have it set to run the
SD/CF card on a continuous loop showing slideshow/mpeg without any
user interaction?

I'm also thinking a live CD would be an option??

What am I missing??

Casey DuBois
616-808-6942
casey at grlug.org