NovaStudio User Manual-V3.3.0

User's Manual
Display Control Software NovaStudio
Rev 3.3.0 NS130100004

Display Control Software NovaStudio User's Manual
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Content
1 OVERVIEW............................................................................................................................................................. 1
1.1 FUNCTIONS ....................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.2 RUN ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................................................................ 6
1.3 MEDIA TYPES SUPPORTED..................................................................................................................................... 9
2 INSTALLATION OF NOVASTUDIO.......................................................................................................................... 14
3 PLAY PROGRAM................................................................................................................................................... 15
3.1 EDIT MODE SETTING ......................................................................................................................................... 15
3.2 SIMPLE PLAYER PROGRAM.................................................................................................................................. 16
3.2.1 Edit Player Program..................................................................................................................................18
3.2.2 Preview and play...................................................................................................................................... 23
3.3 PROFESSIONAL BROADCAST PROGRAM................................................................................................................... 23
3.3.1 Play Program Dispatch Rule......................................................................................................................29
3.3.2 Edit Play Program.....................................................................................................................................33
3.3.3 Preview and Play of Play Program............................................................................................................ 60
3.4 PRIORITY PROGRAM OF THE PAGE......................................................................................................................... 64
3.4.1 Edit play program.....................................................................................................................................64
3.4.2 Preview and Play...................................................................................................................................... 72
4 IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION.................................................................................................................................. 72
5 EMERGENCY INSERTED PLAY................................................................................................................................76
6 MONITORING.......................................................................................................................................................79
7 REMOTE DISPLAY SCREEN MANAGEMENT...........................................................................................................80
7.1 PREPARATIONS................................................................................................................................................. 80
7.2 ADD DISPLAY SCREEN........................................................................................................................................ 81
7.3 SEND PROGRAMS/FILES..................................................................................................................................... 82
7.4 SEND THE ORDER..............................................................................................................................................89
7.5 TIMING ...........................................................................................................................................................89
7.6 ACQUIRE SCREENSHOT....................................................................................................................................... 90
7.7 SEND NOTICE...................................................................................................................................................90
7.8 SEND EMERGENT INSERTED PLAY..........................................................................................................................91

8 SETTINGS............................................................................................................................................................. 93
8.1 DISPLAY WINDOW SETTING ................................................................................................................................ 93
8.2 START SETTING ................................................................................................................................................. 95
8.3 POWER SETTINGS..............................................................................................................................................96
8.4 PLAY SETTING.................................................................................................................................................. 97
8.4.1 Log Setting............................................................................................................................................... 98
8.4.2 Play Setting.............................................................................................................................................. 98
8.4.3 Preview Setting of Media..........................................................................................................................99
8.5 LOAD SETTINGS.............................................................................................................................................. 100
9 COMPUTER LOCKING......................................................................................................................................... 101
10 DISK PLAY...........................................................................................................................................................104
11 BACKUP..............................................................................................................................................................106
12 SYNCHRONAL PLAYING FUNCTION.....................................................................................................................109
13 DISPLAY TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY............................................................................................................ 111
14 WEATHER INFORMATION SETTING WINDOW....................................................................................................113
15 SCREEN PARAMETERS SETTINGS........................................................................................................................ 113
16 LED SCREEN ZOOM SETTINGS............................................................................................................................ 114
17 RECORD CONTROL..............................................................................................................................................115
17.1 ADD MEDIA................................................................................................................................................... 116
17.2 RECORD CONTROL........................................................................................................................................... 117
17.3 ASYNCHRONOUS MODE OF PLAY......................................................................................................................... 120
18 PLAY STREAMING MEDIA................................................................................................................................... 120
19 OTHER FUNCTIONS............................................................................................................................................ 121
19.1 RESUME FROM FAULT...................................................................................................................................... 121
19.2 PPT SHOWING...............................................................................................................................................121
19.3 TOOL MANAGEMENT....................................................................................................................................... 123
19.4 LOG PLAT......................................................................................................................................................125

19.5 BACKGROUND PLAY.........................................................................................................................................128
19.5.1 Background Play.................................................................................................................................128
19.5.2 Cancel Background Play......................................................................................................................129
20 NOTES AND FAQ................................................................................................................................................. 130
20.1 SOME CONFLICTS BETWEEN DECODERS MAY CAUSE MEDIA PLAY ERROR........................................................................130
20.2 DO NOT USE LOW PERFORMANCE COMPUTERS FOR RUNNING NOVASTUDIO................................................................. 130
20.3 NOVASTUDIO LAUNCH ERROR DUE TO THE LANGUAGE SUPPORT OF THE OPERATION SYSTEM.............................................130
20.4 UNABLE TO PLAY FILES OF MICROSOFT WORD AND EXCEL........................................................................................131
20.5 WHAT TO DO IF CHARACTERS IN A TABLE OF A MICROSOFT WORD FILE ARE SLIT?.......................................................... 131
20.6 WHY NOVASTUDIO DOES NOT RUN?................................................................................................................... 131
20.7 WHY FLASH FILES CANNOT BE ADDED?................................................................................................................ 132
20.8 ERROR MESSAGE AS BELOW IS SHOWN WHEN RUNNING NOVASTUDIO........................................................................ 132
20.9 WHY NOVASTUDIO CAN'T LOAD MEDIA SOURCES WHICH IT CAN BEFORE?....................................................................133
20.10 IN IE6 ENVIRONMENT, USE THE KEYBOARD ARROW KEYS TO MOVE THE DISPLAY POSITION OF THE WEB MEDIA (DO NOT USE
THE MOUSE WHEEL).....................................................................................................................................................134
20.11 VIDEO CAPTURE CARD PLAYED INSTABILITY IN WIN7, PLEASE USE WINDOWS XP....................................................... 134
20.12 PLEASE SET THE GRAPHIC CARD WORK UNDER EXTEND MONITOR MODE IF THE PLAY WINDOW OF THE LED SCREEN IS BIG IN
SIZE. AND PLEASE USE ADVANCED RENDERING MODE FOR VIDEO PLAYBACK. PART OF THE PLAY WINDOW MAY BE BLACK IF NORMAL
RENDERING MODE IS USE.............................................................................................................................................. 134
20.13 PLEASE USE ADVANCED RENDERING MODE IF TEXT IS BE PUT ON TOP OF VIDEO. THERE COULD BE FLASHING ON THE TEXT IF
NORMAL RENDERING MODE IS USED................................................................................................................................ 134
20.14 TURN OFF VERTICAL REFRESH SYNC OF THE GRAPHIC CARD WHEN USE NOVASTUDIO FOR PICTURES PLAYBACK. VERTICAL
REFRESH SYNC MAY CAUSE INFLUENT PICTURE PLAYBACK EFFECTS UNDER WIN7 AND WIN8.........................................................134
20.15 FOR VIDEOS OF FORMAT OF .RMVB AND THOSE CAN NOT BE LOADED BY NOVASTUDIO, PLEASE CONVERT THE VIDEO FORMAT
TO MPEG4. FORMAT CONVERTING TOOL CAN BE DOWNLOAD FROM WWW.NOVASTAR-LED.COM ................................................... 135
21 DOCUMENT VERSION STATEMENT..................................................................................................................... 136

1 Overview
Released in 2011, NovaStudio is powerful software, professionally designed for the LED display
media play application. Features of NovaStudio are as follow.
Capable of mulTIPSle LED displays application
NovaStudio is capable of feeding media data (video/text) for mulTIPSle LED displays at the
same time with each of the these LED displays has its own play program and mapping area
(area for showing the media data)
Remote display screen management
Operate the remote control and release playing programs to the display screen via NovaStudio
on a computer;
Multi-date multi-period scheduling function
Play different content at different date and time segment
MulTIPSle page
A play segment can have mulTIPSle pages on which the layouts of the windows for media
display are different from each other. Refer to 2.1 Play Program Structure for the concept of
the term page.
Pages with mulTIPSle windows
Each page of a play segment can have mulTIPSle windows for media display. The positions and
sizes of these windows can be set individually.
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Rich in the types of media supported
Media types supported include videos, audios, pictures, Flashes, text, analog clocks, digital
clocks, countdown timers, weather info, video devices, web pages, humiture, streaming media ,
RSS, digital count timer, vista clock...
Complete media properties setting
The media properties can be set include the background color, background picture,
transparency, volume of sound, display scale, animation for entrance/exit(in/out), animation
speed and color, effects, font, style, transparency for texts.
Rich in effects for text/picture displaying
Altogether, there are over 40 different effects for text/pictures displaying. With special data
processing design, they are efficient and smooth.
Stuck prevention
Due to problems from decoders or computers, video could be stuck during being played. Stuck
prevention function is designed for NovaStudio to escape from that kind of situation.
NovaStuio2012 can recover by itself and begin to play next media when the video or sound
being played is suck for certain time (normally 10 seconds).
Fluently switching between pages
No black screen will appear during switching between two program pages with different
layouts;
The effect of transparency
Media sources of the types of clock, countdown timer, text, office file, weather info can be
shown with transparency effect.
Web page supported
Real-time display of designated area of the web page;
Quick preview function
Do quick preview of play program in different rate.
Timing and cycle inserted segment
Play program may include the timing and cycle inserted segments, which can play alone or
play with the current common segment;
Synchronal playing
Realize the synchronal playing of mulTIPSle remote display screens;
PPT files supported
Emergency inserted play and notification function
Security measure computer locking
NovaStudio can lock the computer for security. The key board and the mouse will not work
after locking.
Self-recover from severe error
Software auto run and media play auto start
High efficient video format support with embedded decoder
The embedded decoder is capable of long term working. And the decoder can be updated for
better performance.
Easy log management
Play log can be recorded, check, statistic and exported to Microsoft Excel files, which makes log
management become very easy and flexible.
Play program backup
By creating a copy of the play program files, together with all the media files involved and
storing the copy in the hard disk, play program backup can be achieved for security.
USB disk plug and play function
Monitoring the insertion of the USB disk, and automatically play the play program file on USB
disk.
Programs exported to USB flash disk; Bind MAC address
Programs exported to USB flash disk can only be safely and reliably plugged and played on
computers with the MAC address being bound.
1.1 Functions
Includes time frame priority program and page priority program.
Setting of screen count, location and size.
Play program creation, opening, saving, saving as, backup and application.
Play, pause and stop of play program.
Add, delete and set properties of common segment.
Add, delete and set properties of inserted segment.
Add, delete, edit, move up or move down of the pages, windows and media sources of a
play program.
Pages properties setting. The properties include the background color, background picture,
showing modes (show the picture periodically, according to time duration or by times),
displaying scale, transparency, color and effects for text and so on.
Detailed dispatching time can be checked as per time or window;
Properties setting and previewing of media sources.
Drag previewing of videos and flash files.
Super impose transparent words on videos and flashes;
Play streaming media files;
Display temperature and humidity.
Media sources finding, moving and properties setting for all.
Quick preview or normal preview of page or segment.
View the scheduling information of play program.
Opening of the newly accessed play program files.
NovaStudio auto run after the computer startup.
Set the play program to be launched when the software starts.
Play notification.
Play emergency inserted content.
Backstage media playing.
Restart on time.
Set the days for play log storage.
Delete the out of date play log files automatically.
Viewstatistic and export to Excel file of play log.
Computer locking
Convert PPT files to pictures.
Tool management.
MulTIPSle languages supported.
USB export and instant plug and play;
Remote display screen management: send file, video playing scheme, order, time tick,
screenshot, remote inserted play and notice;
Media synchronization broadcast;
1.2 Run Environment
Tests passed on the OSs of Windows XP \ Windows2000\ Windows7(32-bit)\
Windows7(64-bit)\ Windows8(32-bit);
CPU Frequency >= 1.6GHZHost Memory >= 1G, Graphic Card Memory >512M
TIPS:
With a computer not match the requirements, NovaStudio may work
abnormally. The problems could be shift playing or low loading speed.
The shown text could be jittering if the graphic card memory is less than
512M.
To open and show .doc or excel files, Microsoft Office should be installed first.
TIPS:
.doc or excel files could not be loaded if Microsoft Office is not installed.
To open and show flash files, Flash OCX should be installed first.
To open and play video files, it is required that
DirectX9 is supported by the graphic card.
TIPS:
NovaStudio cannot play videos without a graphic card supporting
DirectX9.
DirectX features are activated
To activate DirectX features, open DirectX Diagnostic Tool (type in dxdiag in the Run dialog
and click OK, as shown in Fig.1-1) and enable all DirectX features on the Display page, as
shown in Fig.1-2.
Fig.1- 1Run dialog
Fig.1- 2 Display page
Attention:
Do not install the universal decoders or decoder packages similar to the
universal decoder. Conflicts between the decoders within these packages
may cause failure in media playing.
Please contact us for special media formats supporting.
1.3 Media Types Supported
Media Format or Definition Display Properties
background color, background
picture, background music,
transparency, entrance/exit
Picture bmp, jpeg, ico, png, gif
animation, animation speed,
displaying scale, displaying
duration
wmv, asx, asf, mpeg1, mpeg2,

mpeg4, h.264, DVD, VCD, xvid,
Video picture, sound volume, displaying
divx, mov, mp4, rmvbavc1
scaleoverlay Text
QTRLE
Flash swf picture, transparency, displaying
scale, overlay Text
displaying scale, displaying
duration, transparency, color

Office files docx, doc, xls, xlsx, txt
inversion, duration for each screen
content
Audio mp3, wma background color, background
picture, sound volume,
transparency
Text with customized content,

font, color and style. Size,
picture, transparency, entrance/exit
Complex Text background color, foreground
animation, animation speed,
color and style for each
duration for one screen of content
character are settable.
picture, transparency, font, font
Static Text Text for static display color, line spacing, character
spacing, font style, align, display
duration
Text that is arranged in one line background color, background
and can be de divided into parts picture, transparency, font, font

Single Line
to shown on the display at color, font style, entrance/exit
Text
different frames with specified effects, duration for one screen of
effects. content

Scrolling Text Text that is shown repeatedly.
color, font style, repeating speed,
duration
Clock with panel and hands of picture, transparency, time mark

Analog Clock
hour, minute and second. style and color, date, weekday,
lunar calendar, label, duration

Clock that gives time
information of year, month, date,
Digital Clock color, font style, year, month, date,
hour, minute and second in
am/pm, lunar calendar, hour,
digital number.
minute, second, weekday, duration
Transparent display, background
color, background picture, font,
Keep time or countdown font color, font style, keeping time,
Countdown according to the time duration countdown, starting date and time,
Timer being set; display day, hour, time duration, displaying day,
minute and second. displaying hour, displaying minute,
displaying second
Decrease or accumulate Transparent display, background
Digital count according to the starting time color, background picture,
Timer or target time being set; display transparency, seconds counter
hour, minute and second. type, color of the number, starting
time, target time
color, background picture,
transparency, style of the clock,
time duration, styles of hour hand,
minute hand and second hand,

Display a clock with dial plate,
border colors of hour hand, minute
hour hand, minute hand and
hand and second hand, blending
second hand, with the style and
Vista clock modes of hour hand, minute hand
color of the dial plate, hour
and second hand, internal and
hand, minute hand and second
external border colors of the clock
hand being editable.
center, blending mode of the plate
surface, glass style, angle of glass
style, background picture, internal
and external border color, blending
mode of border
color, background picture, city,

Display weather information of
updating time, time duration, basic
the designated city, including
Weather Info display (font, font color, text effect,
weather, temperature, wind
multi-line, static or rolling,
force, humidity, air, UV
displaying weather, temperature,
wind force, humidity and current
temperature, setting of words)
user-defined display layout (new
style, imported style )
Web pages at world wide web of Website address, area of a web
Web Pages given website address or local page to be shown, transparency,
web pages of given path. duration
External Standard steam media devices Video device, audio device, video
Devices such as USB camera, TV boxes in, channel, display scale, duration
Display the windows, background

External All .exe executable programs in
color, background image,
program the local computer
coordinate and duration of view
Streaming All major formats supported Volume, playing duration
Current ambient temperature

Temperature Background, font, text effect, unit,
and humidity acquired by
and Humidity duration, period
temperature and humidity probe
Background, transparency, play

Network information (.xml) and
RSS duration, update cycle, display
Rss files ( .xml) on local disk
mode, and display style
Table.1- 1 Media Types
2 Installation of NovaStudio
The installation of NovaStudio is the same as other common software applications.
TIPSs: If the installation process is blocked by any anti-virus or firewall application, please select
the option that allows the installation operation to do what it needs to do. Because what is
blocked is usually the installation or update operation of the serial ports driver.
NovaStudio supports three edit modes in play program (see details in the next chapter). There
is an option called Select software editing interface mode during the installation of
NovaStudio. The mode can be selected specifically or randomly for the feasibility of mode
switching after installation (see 3.1 Edit Mode Setting for the operating steps).
Fig. 2- 1 Select software editing interface mode
3 Play Program
In NovaStudio, the display is playing in programs. Each program can be applied to only one
display.
The program includes three edit modes, which are simple player program, professional
broadcast player and priority programs of the page.
There are many pages in simple player program, and they can be played on loops from top to
bottom.
The professional broadcast is edited according to segments. The segment in the program can
be added into pages.
There are many pages in priority programs, and they should be set respectively about the play
time and play frequency.
3.1 Edit Mode Setting
Click Settings Edit Mode Setting to select the mode, then click OK.
Fig. 3- 1 Edit mode setting
3.2 Simple Player Program
The playlist contains many pages, and the windows can be added into each page.
Notice (instant message) and emergent playing are not supported in this program.
Fig. 3- 2 Simple Player Mode Setting
Page
A page is an area on the computer display screen that is mapped to a LED display for showing
visible media sources (such as videos, pictures and text) on the LED display.
Multiple windows can be added into a page, and each page could have its own window layout.
Pages can be played on loops from top to bottom.
Window
A window, also named a play window, is an area of a page in which visible media sources will be
show. Note that any window must be affiliated to a page.
Common Window
A common window could have its own media sources list and thus different types of media
sources can be played in it in the list order.
Scroll Text Window
A window that is only for showing scrolling text.
Clock Window
A window that is only for analog or digital clocks.
Countdown Timer Window
A window that is only for showing information from a time meter.
Video Device Window
A window that is used only for showing videos from an external video device.
Weather Window
A window that is only for showing weather information.
Temperature and Humidity Window
A window that is only for showing ambient temperature and humidity.
3.2.1 Edit Player Program
The simple player program has a new play program by itself, and with a page which contains a
scrolling text window and a common window, user can edit the program on this basis.
The main operating steps which include the editing of pages, windows and media are basically
the same with the professional broadcast program. So brief introductions are given in this
section. See more details in 3.3.2.3 Page Editing , 3.3.2.4 Window Editing , 3.3.2.5 Media Editing.
1) Page editing: add page and set the window layout, then edit the page properties.
Fig. 3- 3 Page Editing
2) Window editing: add media window to the page and edit the properties.
Fig. 3- 4 Window Editing
3) Media Editing
Multiple media can be added and edited through window.
Fig. 3- 5 Media Editing
3.2.2 Preview and play
After editing, choose one page to preview the effect in the play window.
Click to play it on a loop from top to bottom. Click to quit playing.
3.3 Professional broadcast program
Play program can save as the file which extension is .plym, it is composed by several common
segments, otherwise, it can also contain one or more inserted segments. The common
segment and inserted segment is composed by one or more pages, and each page is
composed by one or more windows. The window can be divided into Common Window,
Clock Window, Scroll Text Window, Countdown Timer Window, Weather Window and
Video Device Window. The Common Window can contain one or more different types of
media. One example of play program structure is shown as Fig.3-6
Fig.3- 6 Example of play program
Common Segment
The segment has these time properties: Effective Date, Effective Days of the Week, Effective
Time of the Day.
For Example: The common segment Segment1, from Oct. 16, 2015 to Oct. 20, 2015, every
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, played from 8:00 to 12:00, as shown in Fig.3-7
Fig.3- 7 Common segmentSegment1
Timing Inserted Segment
The segment is started to play for specific times or duration at a specific time point in effective
days of effective date. It has these time properties: Effective Date, Effective Days of the Week
and several Specific Time Points.
For Example: Timing inserted segment Segment2, from Oct. 16, 2015 to Oct. 20, 2015, every
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, played at 8:30 for 1 times, as shown in Fig.3-8.
Fig.3- 8 Timing inserted segment Inserted Segment2
Cycle Inserted Segment
The segment is played for specific times or duration at regular intervals in effective time of
effective days of effective date. It has these time properties: Effective Date, Effective Days of
the Week, Effective Time of the Day and Play Intervals.
For Example: Cycle inserted segment Segment3, from Oct. 16, 2015 to Oct. 20, 2015, every
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, from 12:00 to 18:00, played one time every 30 minutes, shown as
Fig.3-9.
Fig.3- 9 Cycle inserted segment Inserted Segment3
Page
A page is an area on the computer display screen that is mapped to a LED display for showing
visible media sources (such as videos, pictures and text) on the LED display.
Global page
Global page is a special the basic program page that it always stays on the front of all other the
basic program pages. In the case that the basic program pages of different window layout are
needed while a window at a fix position is also required (such like that for clock, weather info or
scrolling text), putting the fix position window in a global page is the best way for the window
layout design. But if only one the basic program page is needed, a global page may not be
necessary as the fix position window can be set directly to the position required.
The basic Program Page
A the basic program page can have mulTIPSle windows and the layout of the windows can be
customized. A segment can have mulTIPSle pages. And of course, the window layouts of these
the basic program pages can be different from each other. The the basic program pages will be
shown in the order they are listed in the segment. Normally, one the basic program page is
enough for a segment.
Window
A window, also named a play window, is an area of a page in which visible media sources will be
show. Note that any window must be affiliated to a page.
Common Window
A common window could have its own media sources list and thus different types of media
sources can be played in it in the list order.
Scroll Text Window
A window that is only for showing scrolling text.
Clock Window
A window that is only for analog or digital clocks.
Countdown Timer Window
A window that is only for showing information from a time meter.
Video Device Window
A window that is used only for showing videos from an external video device.
Weather Window
A window that is only for showing weather information.
Temperature and Humidity Window
A window that is only for showing ambient temperature and humidity.
3.3.1 Play Program Dispatch Rule
If there are conflicts between the playing times of segments, follow the below rules:
1) The back one has the higher priority for the same type segments.
2) If the timing inserted segment has the same playing time point as the cycle
inserted segment, play the timing inserted segment.
You can view the dispatching result between different dates in the Play Program Editing Area.
For example:
Common Segment
Suppose time properties of segment A and segment B are set as follow:
A B
From Oct. 19, 2015 to Oct. 25, 2015 From Oct. 19, 2015 to Oct. 25, 2015
Every day in a week Every day in a week
From 8:00:00 to 15:00:00 in each day From 8:00:00 to 12:00:00 in each day
If B is at the back of A in the play program, then B has the priority to be played on time
confliction. The dispatching results will be shown as Fig3-10 (In Oct 19, 2015).
Fig.3- 10 B has higher priority than A
Otherwise, if A is at the back of B in the play program, then A has the priority to be
played on time confliction. The dispatching results will be shown as Fig3-11 (In Oct 19,
2015).
Fig.3- 11 A has higher priority than B
Timing Inserted Segment
Suppose time properties of timing inserted segment C and timing inserted segment D are set
as follow:
C D
From Oct 19, 2015 to Oct 25, 2015 From Oct 19, 2015 to Oct 25, 2015
At 8:00, 15:00 At 9:00, 15:00
If D is at the back of C in the play program, then D has the priority to be played at the
same time point (15:00). The dispatching results will be shown as Fig3-12 (In Oct 19,
2015).
Fig.3- 12 D has higher priority than C
Otherwise, if C is at the back of D in the play program, then C has the priority to be
played at the same time point(15:00). The dispatching results will be shown as Fig2-8
(In June 24, 2012).
Fig.3- 13 C has higher priority than D
Cycle Inserted Segment
Suppose time properties of cycle inserted segment E and cycle inserted segment Fare set as
follow:
E F
Play Interval: 30 minutes Play Interval: 30 minutes
If F is at the back of E in the play program, then F has the priority to be played on time
confliction. The dispatching results will be shown as Fig3-14.
Fig.3- 14 F has higher priority than E
Otherwise, if E is at the back of F in the play program, then E has the priority to be
played on time confliction. The dispatching results will be shown as Fig3-15.
Fig.3- 15 E has higher priority than F
Note: If there is no confliction between two cycle inserted segments, but they has the same
playing time point, still follow the same dispatch rule(the back one has higher priority).
For Example, suppose time properties of G and H are set as follow:
G H
Play Interval: 20 minutes Play Interval: 10 minutes
If H is at the back of G, H will be played at 00, 20, 40 minutes of every hour. Otherwise, play G.
If one time point of timing inserted segment is the same as one playing time of cycle inserted
segment, play timing inserted segment.
For example, suppose time properties of cycle inserted segment I and timing inserted segment
L are set as follow, it would play L when arrived at 10:30.
I L
Play Interval: 30 minutes At 10:30
3.3.2 Edit Play Program
3.3.2.1Display Window Setting
Before editing a play program,, the mapping area of the current physical LED display on the
computer display should be specified first. The position and size of the mapping area can be
set through the Display Window Setting dialog shown in Fig.3-16. To open the Display Window
Setting dialog, select Settings ->Display Setting form the main menu.
Fig.3- 16 the Display Setting dialog
Note
The width and height of publishing window can be set over the size of the current
display screen. The widthheight should be simply meet the requirement of lower than
nine million pixels.
3.3.2.2Edit Segment
1) Create
Click the button on the toolbar of Play Program Editing Area, or right-click on the Play
Program Node, or right-click on the screen, a menu pops up shown as Fig.3-17 for adding new
segment.
Fig.3- 17 Add segment
2) Editing Properties of Segment
You can edit the properties at the Segment Editing Area after adding the common segment or
inserted segment. Shown in Fig.3-18, Fig.3-19, and Fig.3-20 is the corresponding property
page.
Fig.3- 18 Properties page of common segment
Fig.3- 19 Properties page of timing inserted segment
Fig.3- 20 Properties page of cycle inserted segment
You can add one or more playing time point for the timing inserted segment.
For inserted segment, if Pause current play when playing inserted segment is selected, the
current common segment play (If has) would be paused and hide if begin to play inserted
segment, otherwise, the inserted segment and the current common segment would be played
together.
Use the toolbar on the right or right-click menu, you can copy, paste, move or delete the
selected segment. The toolbar and menu is shown as Fig3-21.
Fig.3- 21 Menu of segment
3) Statistics of the time duration
Select the time frame of the playing scheme; click to check time-consuming by
the pages.
Fig.3- 22 Page statistical information of time-consuming
3.3.2.3Page Editing
1) Create a new page
Click the button on the toolbar at Segment Editing Area to add a The basic program page or
Global Page, as shown in Fig.3-23.
Fig.3- 23 Add page
2) Properties Setting
The properties of the added page can be set through the property panel. Shown in Fig.3-24 is
the property panel.
Fig.3- 24 Properties of page
There are three options for Play Type, Loop, Specific number of times and Specific Duration.
If Play Type is set to be Loop, this page will be shown repeatedly; if Specific Duration,
NovaStudio will shift to the next page after showing this page for the time specified by Play
Duration; if Specific number of times, NovaStudio will shift to the next page after all the play
windows finish playing their media sources repeatedly for N times (N is specified by Play
Times).
Area of the page that is not covered by windows will show the background picture or color, as
shown in Fig.3-25.
Fig.3- 25 Background with background picture
The play type is only Loop for global page. The global page will be always playing during the
segment playing.
Use the toolbar on the right or right-click menu, you can copy, paste, move or delete the
selected page. The toolbar and menu is shown as Fig3-26.
Fig.3- 26 Menu of page
3.3.2.4Window Editing
1) Create a new window
After adding a page, you should add windows to the page. For example, click the button shown
in Fig.3-27 to add a common window to the page.
Fig.3- 27 Add window to page
The newly added window will be on focus and also shown on the computer display after the
add operation, as shown in Fig.3-28.
Fig.3- 28 Added window
2) Window position and size setting
The position and size of a newly added window may need to be reset as the default values are
unlikely to meet the requirements. These values can be reset directly by using the tool provided
in NovaStudio, as shown in Fig.3-29. A more intuitive way to reset these values is to use the
mouse. Click on the window to put focus on it and then set its position and size by drawing,
pulling and squeezing, as shown in Fig.3-30. The arrow keys and their combination with Shift
keys can also be used for the position and size setting of a window.
Fig.3- 29 Tools for window position and size setting
Fig.3- 30 A focused common window
To show all the windows of a page, just select the page from the page list. This could be very
helpful for windows layout adjustment.
Fig.3- 31 Showing all windows of a page
3) Border setting
The newly added window defaults to single line border. Check frame to set frame type, as
shown below.
Fig.3- 32 Frame Setting
4) Delete a window
To delete a specified window, click the circled Delete button, as shown in Fig.3-33.
Fig.3- 33 Delete window
5) Move a window
For overlapped windows in the same page, the one at front will cover those under it.
Suppose a common window and a clock window is added to a page at the same position of (0,
0, 200, 200). The common window will cover the clock window when this page is on shown if
the common window is in front of the clock window in the window list. To avoid the clock
window being covered by the common window, move it to the front of the common window or
move the common window to the back of it. The circled arrow buttons in Fig.3-34 are use to
move a window forward or backward.
Fig.3- 34 Move window
The result of a transparent clock window on top of a common window (showing a picture) is as
Fig.3-35.
Fig.3- 35 Result of a overlapping transparent clock window on a common window
6) Duplicate a window
To duplicate a window, select the source window, click the Copy button and then click the Paste.
Circled in Fig.3-36 are the Copy button and the Paste button.
Fig.3- 36 The Copy button and the Paste button
The right-click menus on the window node and on the window zone in the screen are also
supported to edit the window, as shown in Fig.3-37.
Fig.3- 37Right-click menu of window
7) Total time of the media
Select the general window; and select all medias in the media list, click to check the
detailed dispatching table and theoretical playing time of the media.
Fig.3- 38 Total playing time of the media
3.3.2.5Media Editing
Media editing will be illustrated with a common window as an example.
1) Add a media
Media sources of a media type that is supported by NovaStudio can be added to a common
window for showing. Click the circled button in Fig.3-39 to access the drop-down menu of
media types. Select the corresponding item to add a media source of that type to the common
window.
Fig.3- 39 Add media
2) Media properties setting
Properties of a media source can be set is related to the type of the media source. Refer to 1.3
Media Types Supported for information about the settable properties of a certain type of
media. Settable properties of the selected media item in the media source list will be shown on
the property panel, as shown in Fig.3-40. Modify the property settings of a media item through
the property panel if required.
Fig.3- 40 Properties page of media
3) Set play times of media
Select the media in the list, then double click the Play Times Grid to change the play times: You
can manually enter a new number or select the existing number in the drop-down, as shown in
Fig.3-41.
Fig.3- 41Change play times of media
The media scheduling is related with the play type of current page, described as follows.
If there is three media A, B and C of one common window, the corresponding play time is 1,
2 and Any Times, the play order is as follows:
The play type of page is Cycle A B C B C CC C
The play type of page is Specific Times as 2A B C B | A B C B
The play type of page is Specific DurationA B C B C CC C
If there is three media A, B and C of one common window, the corresponding play time is 1,
2 and 3, the play order is as follows:
The play type of page is Cycle A B C B C C | A B C B C C | A B C B C C ||
The play type of page is Specific Times as 2A B C B C C | A B C B C C
The play type of page is Specific DurationA B C B C C | A B C B C C ||
4) Preview a media
Click a media item in the media list to preview it in the current window (in this case, the current
window is a common window). New property settings will take effect immediately even they
are set during the previewing. The first media source in the media list of a window will be
automatically previewed when the window is selected.
Users can set and click media preview modes in the following manner. The operating steps are
as follows:
Click Setting"Preview setting of media on the toolbar to enter the interface shown
below:
Fig.3- 42 Media Setting
The user can set media clicking preview at only play one time or loop play according to
the practical demands. If only play one time is chosen, black screen or keep the last
frame may be selected upon the completion of media preview setting with the options
below.
5) Move a media item
Use the buttons to move a media item in the media list forward or backward and thus
change the play order of the media sources. Mouse can also be used to move media items. The
red line in Fig.3-43 indicates the new position of the mouse item dragged by the mouse.
Fig.3- 43 Move a media item by mouse
6) The copy and paste of media
Click button to copy the selected media, and click button to insert the copied
media after the selected media.
7) Apply the media properties to others
Select a media, and then click right button of mouseand click choose the media to apply to in
the pop up dialog.
Fig.3- 44 Apply properties to media
Otherwise, the media operation also provides the corresponding right-click menu, as shown in
Fig.3-43 and Fig.3-44.
Fig.3- 45 Right-click menu of selected media
Fig.3- 46 Right-click menu of blank zone
3.3.2.6User-defined weather forecast
This software supports user-defined layout of the weather forecast. Users can make weather
forecast style more worth-seeing according to their likes.
After a weather forecast media is added in the window, enter "Display attribute""Custom
display""layout editing", as shown in the following figure:
Fig.3- 47 Weather style editing
Text, weather text, Picture, weather picture, weather date can be added.
Text: Explanatory note, generally words of location, weather, temperature, humidity and wind
force;
Weather text: Description of weather, weather texts of today, tomorrow, the day after
tomorrow and three days from today can be selected and added;
Picture: Illustration pictures, any picture can be imported from the local;
Weather picture: Weather conditions indicated by pictures, weather pictures of today,
tomorrow, the day after tomorrow and three days from today can be selected and added;
Weather date: Today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow and three days from today can be
shown in the format of date, time or week according to the time of the local system, and the
format of the date can be adjusted into the form of Month Day Year, Month Day and others.
Fig. 3-48 shows a weather forecast sample that has been made.
Fig.3- 48 Weather forecast style that has been made
3.3.3 Preview and Play of Play Program
3.3.3.1Preview
NovaStudio provides preview function of segment and page of play program. Select the
segment or page you want to preview, and click the or button to start preview.
The interface will show the preview information after preview started, as shown in Fig.3-49. The
preview information is including playing page information, playing window information, the
current playing media and the next media of every window.
Select Accelerated Preview, you can preview at different play rate.
Click button to pause preview, and click button to stop preview, return to editing
interface.
Otherwise, you can right-click on the screen, use the right-click menu to pause or stop preview,
as shown in Fig.3-50.
Fig.3- 49Preview Page
Fig.3- 50 Right-click menu of preview
3.3.3.2Play
After loading or editing over the play program, click the button to start play the
current play program. As shown in Fig.3-51.
Fig.3- 51 The button for starting play
After play started, the software can show the current common segment information (If has),
the next common segment information (If has), the current inserted segment information (If
has) and the next inserted segment information (If has), as shown in Fig.3-52 the fault
information of play will show in the Play Error List in red font.
Fig.3- 52 Play page
Use and button on the toolbar to pause or stop play. You also can use the
right-click menu on the screen as shown in Fig.3-53.
Fig.3- 53 Right-click menu of play
3.4 Priority program of the page
The program is composed of mulTIPSle pages, in which mulTIPSle image-text windows,
including text, images, videos, clock, timer, temperature & humidity and weather forecast, can
be added.
Fig.3- 54 Priority program of the page
3.4.1 Edit play program
The edit homepage of Program is divided into mulTIPSle windows, and each window is named
according to its function, as shown in the following figure.
Fig.3- 55 Page function distribution
1) Display Setting
ClickControlDisplay Settingto set play window.
Fig.3- 56 Display Setting
Note
2) Page adding and deleting, copy and paste, windows sorting.
3- 1
: add a page
: copy the selected page
: paste, the pasted page is in the bottom
: delete the selected page
: clear all pages
: move the selected page to a upper layer
: move the selected page to a lower layer
3) Page adding media window
Select one window of the page, and then click button on the toolbar to add media to the
window.
Click to simulate the real display screen to view the distribution situation of pixels.
Add countdown
Add text Add analog clock Add weather report
clock
Add media file Add digital clock Add temperature and Amplify the screen to view
(pic./video/text/word etc) humidity display pixels
Fig.3- 57 Page adding media window
Fig.3- 58 Screen after 3 times of amplification
4) Play and media attribute edit window
When adding the media, simultaneously set attribute of the media and the play effect at the
window.
5) Page layout window
Choose the page layout in the drop-down, and modify the layout proportions from top and
bottom, left and right.
6) Scheduled window
Set a schedule of the selected page, which are the play time, date, week day and views.
Note: when the schedules of the pages are the same, they will be played in sequence from the
first ranking one to the last one.
a) Check "Specific date" to set play date of list, and click to increase or decrease the
time.
Fig.3- 59 Set Scheduled date
b) Click "Time" to set the play time of List, available options are All day, point-in-point or
Time slot.
When "time point" play is selected, click to select the point-in-time, double click to cancel; the
default is to play for one hour from the selected point in time; for example, three
points-in-time are selected in the following figure - 12 AM, 3 AM and 8 AM; then the play
scheduled dates are:
Play from 12 AM to 1 AM; Play from 3 AM to 4 AM; Play from 8 AM to 9 AM.
Fig.3- 60 Set Point-in-time
When "Time segment" play is selected, click to increase or decrease the time segments.
Fig.3- 61 Set Time slot
c) Click "Week day" to set the day in the week to play List.
Fig.3- 62 Set weekday
d) View Scheduled date
Click to view the Scheduled date.
Fig.3- 63 View Scheduled date by day
Fig.3- 64 View Scheduled date by week
Fig.3- 65 View Scheduled date by time segment
3.4.2 Preview and Play
After editing, choose one page to preview the effect in the play window.
Click to play it on a loop from top to bottom. Click to quit playing.
4 Immediate Notification
The Immediate Notification is for publishing notifications during the play process of a play
program. Click menu item Notification under Control menu, the Immediate Notification
control window will show as in Fig.4-1.
Fig.4- 1 Notification control window
Add a notification
A notification needs to be added to the notification list before it is played. Click Add button to
access the Add Notification dialog as shown in Fig.4-2.
Fig.4- 2 Add Notification dialog
Properties of a notification such as display screen, position, play type, media type and content
can be set through this Add Notification page. Click Add to add the edited notification to the
list. Shown in Fig.4-3 is a notification in the notification list.
Fig.4- 3 the notification list
Show Notifications
To show a notification on the LED display, select it form the notification list and click Play
button. The play status of this notification will became green from gray. And the play
information of this notification will also be shown in the Notification List panel. Shown in
Fig.4-4 and Fig.4-5 is an example for notifications being played.
Fig.4- 4 notifications in the list
Fig.4- 5 notifications shown on the LED display
Use the Stop button to stop showing the selected notification. The Stop All button is for
stopping all the notifications being shown.
To modify a notification in the list, select it and click Modify. Note that notifications being
shown are not modifiable.
Use the Delete button to delete a selected modification.
Messages will be shown in the Notification Error panel if any error occurs during the play
process of the notifications.
5 Emergency Inserted Play
In the situation that certain media or play program needs to be shown or play urgently, use the
Emergency Inserted Play to pause the current playing and start the urgent play. Click menu
item Emergency Inserted Play under Control menu, the Emergency Inserted Play Control
window will show as in Fig.5-1.
Fig.5- 1 Emergency inserted play control window
1) Emergency play of media files
Select File from the Emergency Play interface as shown in Fig.5-1 and click . On the pup
up dialog, as shown in Fig.5-2, select the media file to be played. It could be a file of media type
of video, Flash, audio, picture or any other type supported by NovaStudio. Properties of
playing that is how the selected files are to be played should be set as well, such as background
color, background picture, transparency, scale, volume, position and duration. After all these
settings, click Ok to finish setting.
Fig.5- 2 file setting dialog for Emergency Inserted Play
Before begins the emergency play, Methods of playing need to be specified. Select Immediate
to start emergency play immediately. And emergency play will be postponed for the time set
for duration if Delay is selected. Click Start to active emergency play.
2) Emergency of play program
Select Play Program from the Emergency Play page and click button , on the pup up dialog,
as shown in Fig.5-5, select the play program file to be played. If the play program has mulTIPSle
segments, you must choose one of them to play.
Fig.5- 3 choose play segment of play program
6 Monitoring
When display screen is in display state, real-time playing of play window of the display screen
can be monitored through this function. The specific operation is shown in the following:
Click "view" >"monitoring" to open the monitoring window.
Attention: only by monitoring the check box can the display window be monitored, otherwise,
the frames in monitoring window will be in stillness. Also, the monitoring pictures would turn
black in non-playing state.
Fig. 6- 1 Monitoring window
7 Remote Display Screen Management
Remote control of one or more display screens is realized through a control computer. This
computer is collectively referred to as control computer in the context.
7.1 Preparations
1) Run NovaStudio on the playing computer corresponding to the display screen;
2) Click menuSettingsNetwork Settings. Remote Real-time Managementmust be
ticked off first.
3) Select the IP being monitored currently, i.e. the corresponding IP on the local computer,
and set communication port, which can be set within the scope of 1025~65535 and can
not conflict with other communication ports.
4) Connection password is optional. In case of connection password, the same password
must be input when adding display screens to let MCC control such display screens
remotely. Or failure.
5) After setting, click OK.
Fig.7- 1 Network Setting
7.2 Add Display Screen
Run NovaStudio on the control computer.
1) Click the menu bar ControlRemote Screen Management to enter the interface
below:
Fig.7- 2 Remote Display Screen Management
2) Click to add remote display screen, fill the name, number, IP (IP on the playing
computer corresponding to the display screen) and port (must conform to the
communication port of the network set on the playing computer previously) of the display
screen to be added in the interface below, in case of connection password to remote
display screen, input the same connection password, and click OK upon completion.
Fig.7- 3 Add Remote Display Screen
3) MulTIPSle display screens can be added as per the steps above.
7.3 Send Programs/Files
Send programs or files to display screens in long range via control computer.
1) Send programs
a) Click to enter the send schedule interface. Click to skim through the
path where the playing programs are and open it.
Fig.7- 4 Send Schedule
Advanced Setting set the local storage location of files on the playing computer
corresponding to the display screen, or the programs will be saved at the default path. Users
can fill in the suitable storage path at discretion.
Fig.7- 5 Program Saving Path
b) Click Next, tick off the target display screen in the page and send programs to it.
Fig.7- 6 Select Target Display Screen
c) Click Next to view the list of display screens to which programs to be sent. Go back
to Last in case of changes.
Fig.7- 7 Display Screen Sending List
d) Click Send, and the software will pop out prompts. Click OK to start sending.
Upon the completion of sending, and select sending at background during the sending
process.
Fig.7- 8 Sending Completed
As shown in interfaces of Fig.7-9 playing programs can be resent to display screen either by
clicking the button corresponding to the display screen or by clicking theResend
beneath the interface.
2) Send files
Click to enter file sending interface:
Fig.7- 9 Send Files
Add files
Delete files
: Empty the listed files
Advance Settingset the local storage location of files on the playing computer corresponding
to the display screen, or the programs will be saved at the default path. Users can fill in the
suitable storage path at discretion.
Fig.7- 10 Send File Advanced Setting
Click Next to send files. The following steps are the same with those of program sending.
TIPS:
If a media playback program involves many media files or those media files
are large in size, it may take a long time to send out the playback program.
For that kind of cases, the following steps are recommended.
1. Send the media files to the target computer in advance. Make sure in the
target computer, the saving path of the media files is the same as that
they are saved in the computer from which they are sent out.
2. Make the media playback program in advance.
3. Send the playback program to the target computer and save it to the
folder where the media files are in. As the media files are already there,
the playback program is ready to work once the sending process is
finished.
7.4 Send the Order
Click to enter order control interface. One or more display screens can be ticked off
to send control orders for it.
Fig.7- 11 Order Control
Timing: network timing, time synchronization
Play: start playing
Pause: a pause in current playing
Stop: stop current playing
7.5 Timing
Network timing can be performed to all the display screens in a long range. Immediate timing
and periodical timing can be set. Refer to2) network timing of Chapter 10 for the specific
operations.
7.6 Acquire Screenshot
Refresh and acquire desktop screenshot of displaying computer corresponding to remote
display screen.
Fig.7- 12 Get Screenshot
7.7 Send Notice
Send instant notice to remote display screen. Location, play mode, play duration, media type
and attributes of notices are settable on display screen.
Fig.7- 13 Send Notice
7.8 Send Emergent Inserted Play
Send emergent inserted play file to remote display screen and play the inserted play file
immediately upon completion.
Fig.7- 14 Send Emergent Inserted play
8 Settings
8.1 Display Window Setting
Display window setting is used to set the mapping relation between the control computer
(display) and the LED displays that is managed by NovaStudio. Select Setting ->Display
Setting from the main menu of NovaStudio to access the Display Window Setting dialog which
is as in Fig.8-1. Display window showing/locking can also be enable/disabled through this
dialog.
Fig.8- 1 the Display Window Setting dialog
Note
To add or delete LED displays to/from NovaStudio, enter the new LED display count and then
click the Update button. NovaStudio will regenerate the display windows according to the new
count. (Note that the physical relation between the control computer and the LED displays are
set by NovaLCT or other similar software applications.) Set the parameters for the display
windows according to the LED displays parameters and then click OK to complete display
window setting.
8.2 Start Setting
Start setting is for NovaStudio to start up automatically and begin playing certain playlist or
activate certain schedule after the computer starts up. To access the Start Setting dialog, Select
Setting ->Start Setting from the main menu of NovaStudio. The Start Setting dialog is as
shown in Fig.8-2.
Fig.8- 2 The Start Setting dialog
If Auto Run is selected, NovaStudio will start automatically after the computer starts up.
If Restart Software on Time is selected and time for restart is set, NovaStudio will restart
automatically when the computer time reaches the set restart time. And NovaStudio will also
recover the status what it was in before the restart. The restart function is useful in helping
NovaStudio to run stably for long time. In some cases, the computers are not allow to shut
down, thus NovaStudio may become less stable due to problems from the OS, decoders or
others in long term running. Restarting NovaStudo2012 when it is idle can keep NovaStudio in
good status.
If Auto Play is selected, NovaStudio will activate the specified play program file automatically
after it starts up.
Note that OK should be clicked after setting to activate all settings.
8.3 Power Settings
Fig. 8- 3 Power Settings
8.4 Play Setting
Select Setting ->Play Setting form the main menu of NovaStudio to open the Play Setting
dialog. The Play Setting dialog is as shown in Fig.8-4.
Fig.8- 4 the Play Setting dialog (Log Setting page)
8.4.1 Log Setting
NovaStudio saves the play information of each media source in play log. And the play log files
are saved in My Documents\ NovaStudio\Log\PlayLog of the current computer user. Each
LED display has its own folder. The folder name for the Nth LED display in the LED display list is
ScreenN.
Note that NovaStudio deletes log files that are stored in the hard disk longer the number of
days specified by Log Duration(Days).
8.4.2 Play Setting
The Play Setting page in the Play Setting dialog is as shown in Fig.8-5.
Fig.8- 5 the Play Setting page
Enable Preventing Stuck Function for Video
Due to problems from decoders or computers, video could be stuck during being played.
NovaStudio monitors the video when it is being played. If a frame is being shown for too long,
NovaStudio will stop playing this video and switch to the next media source.
Normal Video Rendering Mode
NovaStudio adopts the advanced rendering mode for video rendering as default. If the
computer is relatively low in performance, enable the Normal Video Rending Mode. Normal
video rending mode also helps to prevent the problem of slit and dislocation in quick motion
pictures
Synchronization play media by time
After this option is ticked off, the software will enable the synchronic playing of playing
programs according to the computer time. Please refer to 12 Synchronic Playing Function for
the specific operating steps.
Scroll drawing mode
A better effect with the advanced drawing mode.
8.4.3 Preview Setting of Media
Click SettingsPreview Setting of Media on the toolbar to enter the media setting
interface shown as below:
Fig.8- 6 Preview setting of media
The user can set media clicking preview at only play one time or loop play according to
the practical demands. If only play one time is chosen, black screen or keep the last
frame may be selected upon the completion of media preview setting with the options
below.
8.5 Load Settings
Text can adapt itself to current screen. Click Settings Load Settings and users can log
into the interface as shown in the following picture.
9 Computer Locking
To prevent unauthorized operations on NovaStudio, NovaStudio is capable of locking the
computer by disable the keyboard and the mouse.
Set/Reset the password
Select Set ->Password Setting from the main menu of NovaStudio to access the dialog for
password setting, as shown in Fig.9-1.
Fig.9- 1 Password Setting dialog
TIPS:
The initial password is NULL. That is there is no initial password!
Lock the computer
Select Lock(O) at the main menu of NovaStudio to open the confirm dialog for computer
locking, as shown in Fig.9-2 and Fig.9-3.
Fig.9- 2 Lock(O) in the main menu
Fig.9- 3 confirm dialog for computer locking
Read the messages in the confirm dialog for computer locking carefully before lock
the computer.
Click OK to lock the computer. All keys except for the ESC key will be disabled.
Press ESC to access the unlock dialog. Password is required for unlocking the
computer.
A message as shown in Fig.9-4 will be shown when the mouse is moved.
Fig.9- 4 Message shown when the computer is locked
The Lock(O) item at the main menu of NovaStudio is red when the computer is locked.
TIPS:
The computer will always be in the lock status after it is locked, even
NovaStudio is restarted (auto starts or by double clicking the .exe) by computer
restarting by force. Password is the only way to unlock it!
Unlock the computer
Press ESC to open the Unlock Window for unlocking. The Unlock Window is as shown in
Fig.9-5.
Fig.9- 5 the dialog for unlocking
Type in the password and press Enter to unlock the computer. Press ESC to exit unlock process.
TIPS:
If the password is never set or is set to be NULL, press Enter key directly to
unlock the computer.
Please contact us if the password is lost.
10 Disk Play
1) Export Play Program to USB Disk
The playing programs on control computer must be exported to USB flash disk. The playing
programs and the media involved can be exported to the designated folder on USB flash disk
through the export to USB flash disk function of playing programs.
Click the menu item export to USB flash disk under the menu playing programs, as
shown in Fig.10-1. Select USB flash disk in the dialog box popped out, and set the name of
backup folder, at where the media to be saved after being exported to USB flash disk. For the
avoidance of repetition, a prefix to be attached in case of name duplication shall be set.
Fig.10- 1 Export to USB Flash Disk
Click to add the MAC address of the computer where the program will be played. More
than one MACs can be added.
Click OK upon the completion of setting. Then, the interface below will pop out:
Fig.10- 2 Export USB Flash Disk Successfully
2) Enable USB Disk Play
NovaStudio in the play computer needs to enable USB Disk Play function. Click Start Setting
under Setting menu, as shown in Fig.10-3. Select USB Disk Play, and then click OK, as shown in
Fig.10-4.
Fig.10- 3 Start Setting menu item
Fig.10- 4 Enable USB Disk Play
After enable USB Disk Play, if the USB disk which has backup content is inserted, NovaStudio
will detect it real time and play the play program on it at once; If the USB disk is removed, the
play will be stopped.
If USB Disk Play is selected, and the auto play file when NovaStudio started is not set,
NovaStudio would detect the USB disk of the current computer and play the play program file
on it (If has) when started.
11 Backup
NovaStudio provides backup functions, and users can backup programs to hard disk or mobile
storage device in time.
Click Backup under Play Program menu, as shown in Fig11-1. In the pop up dialog, set the
backup path as the root path of USB disk (here must be the root disk) , set the backup folder
name arbitrarily, as shown in Fig.11-2. After click OK, the backup process will be shown as
Fig.11-3. A message will be shown as Fig.11-4 when backup finished.
Fig.11- 1 Backup menu item
Fig.11- 2 Backup setting
Fig.11- 3 Backup process
Fig.11- 4 Backup finished
12 Synchronal Playing Function
Synchronal playing function is provided in this edition to solve the requirements for synchronal
playing of mulTIPSle display screens in some occasions.
1) Enable synchronal playing function
Run NovaStudio on the playing computer, click menuSettingsPlay Setting on the main
interface to enter the play setting interface, tick off Synchronize play media by time and
then click OK. The synchronal playing function will be enabled successfully.
Fig.12- 1 Play Setting
Caution:
As synchronal media function calculates the media playing time by time,
so as to achieve the synchronal playing of mulTIPSle display screens, the
time on mulTIPSle playing computers must be the same. This software
achieves time synchronization by network timing. See the operating
steps in 2) Network Timing of this section.
2) Network timing
There are two methods for network timing. Method 1 is to operate on each playing computer
respectively, and perform network timing by acquiring time from network. It takes too much
time. Therefore, method 2 is recommended (under the premise that remote control is built), as
it is convenient and more accurate.
Method 1:
Set the NovaStudio on the playing computer corresponding to each display screen.
a) Click SettingsGet Time From Internet on the menu bar, and then click Set Time
Now in the dialog box popped out. The system will acquire network time immediately.
Fig.12- 2 Immediate Timing
b) Tick off Auto Get to set the timing cycle and then click OK. The playing computer
will conduct timing regularly according to the cycle after that.
Fig.12- 3 Periodic Timing
Method 2:
If remote control is set up on mulTIPSle computers, just operate on NovaStudio on the master
computer.
Click (timing) on the toolbar, the interface shown as Figure11-3 will pop out. The
operating steps of method 1 must be repeated.
TIPS:
Uniform timing will be performed to all the playing computers connected to all
the master computers.
13 Display temperature and humidity
If the system is equipped with temperature and humidity probe, temperature-humidity media
widow can be added on the display screen to display real-time temperature and humidity.
Click Setting Setting of temperature and humidity sensor on the main menu to
enter the window below, where temperature and humidity sensor can be set according to
physical circumstances and then click Ok.
Fig.13- 1 Setting of temperature and Humidity Probe
Note
Communication port on the Multi-Function Card located in the cable
can also support USB and Ethernet port.
Then the temperature-humidity display can be added on the general window; see 3.3.2.5
Media Editing.
Fig.13- 2 Temperature and Humidity Window
14 Weather information setting window
The editable of weather forecast icons and international languages.
Fig. 14- 1 Weather information setting window
15 Screen Parameters Settings
Click Settings Screen Parameters Settings to set the screen parameters in LCT
client.
16 LED Screen zoom settings
Set the start positions and the size of display region of the selected screen.
Check Enable scaling display to set the display width and height.
Click Send to hardware after setting to send the parameters to hardware.
Fig. 16- 1 Set Screen Area
17 Record Control
This function coordinates with the media recorder of MT300/MT310 under the mode without
sending card and the mode of asynchronous card; it only supports time priority program.
Under the mode without sending card, reticule is used to directly connect the Gigabit internet
access of the computer and Gigabit internet access of MT300/MT310; and computer can be
used to control MT300/MT310 for synchronous display.
Under the mode of asynchronous card, the content which needs to be displayed will be
recorded into the memory of MT300/MT310 under the mode without sending card; when the
reticule between the computer and MT300/MT310 is disconnected, MT300/MT310 can
automatically play the recorded content.
See the following chapters for detailed operation instruction.
17.1 Add media
On the main interface of the software Novastudio, click "Setting""Display setting" to set start
position, and width and height of the screen.
Fig.17- 1 Display setting
In the common window, add the media to be recorded; after that, play or preview it; then, the
content played can be seen on the on-load screen of MT300/MT310.
Fig.17- 2 Add media
17.2 Record Control
Click "Control""Record Control" to set screen, time frame, control system, frame frequency
of sending card and recording time length, then click "Record".
Fig.17- 3 Record Control
17.3 Asynchronous mode of play
After the recording is completed, unplug one end of the cable between MT300/MT310 and the
computer; usually directly unplug the cable at the computer end, the screen will start to play
the recorded media repeatedly.
18 Play Streaming Media
Steaming media are the media that transmit audio, video and multimedia file by steam mode.
The typical characteristic of steaming media is that the continuous audio and video
information are compacted in the steaming medial players, so that they can be seen as well as
unloaded, with no need to wait for the downloading.
Steaming media server is mainly to transmit video files to client by steam protocol (RTP/RTSP/,
MMS, RTMP, etc.). The software supports steaming media of RTSP, MMS protocols (that is,
mms://..., rtsp://) to search websites on Internet.
As shown below, adding a steaming medium on the general window only needs to fill the
Internet site in the Url, when the software will immediately load and play the medium.
Fig.18- 1 Add Steaming Media
19 Other Functions
19.1 Resume from fault
NovaStudio can restart when serious fault happened. Sometime, NovaStudio would not work
normally because of decoder unstable, if error happened, NovaStudio would restart itself and
resume the play status.
19.2 PPT Showing
NovaStudio does not support adding Microsoft PPT files as media sources into playlist, but it
does provide a tool to convert PPT files into pictures and thus the pictures can be added into
playlists for showing.
Select Plug Tool ->PPT To Bitmap to open the PPT to Bitmap dialog for converting, as shown
in Fig.19-1. The PPT to Bitmap dialog is as shown in Fig.19-2. Select the PPT file to be converted,
set the path for the result bitmaps and click Convert button to perform conversion.
Fig.19- 1 PPT to Bitmap menu item
Fig.19- 2 the PPT to Bitmap conversion dialog
If the size of the play window does not match that of the converted pictures, there would be
compression and distortion when showing the pictures in the play window. NovaStudio can
create PPT files of which the page size can be customized. By setting the page size the same as
that of the play window, compression and distortion can be avoid. To open the dialog for page
size setting and PPT file creating, select Tool ->PPT from the main menu, as shown in Fig.19-3.
Shown in Fig.15-4 is the dialog. The page size can be set the same as a play window (select
Same as the display window size and then specify a display window) or directly (select
Custom Size and enter the values for Width and Height). Microsoft PPT will be started when
Click OK. Opened in Microsoft PPT is a PPT file with page size the same as the set values.
Fig.19- 3 the PPT item in Tool drop-down menu
Fig.19- 4 dialog for PPT page size setting and PPT file creating
Microsoft Word files of certain page size can also be generated in this way. Select Tool->Word
to open the dialog for Word files.
19.3 Tool Management
The function of tool management is provided is NovaStudio. Users can link their usually used
tools to NovaStudio and thus open the tools through NovaStudio.
Select Tool ->Tool Management to open the Add Tool dialog, as shown in Fig 19-5. Shown in
Fig.19-6 is the Add Tool dialog.
Fig.19- 5 the Tool Management item in the Tool drop-down menu
Fig.19- 6 the Tool Management dialog
Click Add on the Add Tool dialog and in the pup up Tool Operation dialog, specify the tool to
be added (set the path of the .exe file) and set its name for shown in NovaStudio. After that,
click Add to perform adding operation.
Fig.19- 7 the Tool Operation dialog
After added, the name of the new added tool will be in the drop-down menu of Tool, as shown
in Fig.19-8. Select this item to open the tool when needed.
Fig.19- 8 tools added
19.4 Log Plat
Select View ->PlayLog to open the LogPlat for media play log, as shown in Fig.19-9. The
LogPlat dialog is as shown in Fig.19-10.
Fig.19- 9 the Play Log menu item
Fig.19- 10 the Log Plat dialog
Select a date from the calendar and the media play log of that day will be shown. You can also
choose to view the play log of specific media or at certain time zone.
Click Export to export the viewing content to Excel file, as shown in Fig.19-11
Fig.19- 11 Play log form
In the log statistics page, you can do statistics of the play times and failure times of media, as
shown in Fig.19-12.
Fig.19- 12 Play log statistics
Click Export to export the statistics information to Excel file, as shown in Fig.19-13.
Fig.19- 13 Play log statistics form
19.5 Background Play
19.5.1Background Play
Following will take the OS of Windows XP as an example to illustrate how to active backstage
media playing.
Connect the computer video card DVI output interface with the DVI input interface of the LED
display control system. Right click on the desktop and select Properties form the pup up menu,
as shown in Fig.19-14
Fig.19- 14 desktop properties
Select Setting page form the Display Properties dialog, as shown in Fig.19-15.
Fig.19- 15 the Setting page
Select Monitor 2 and Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor, as shown in
Fig.19-16. Click OK when finish.
Fig.19- 16 activate Monitor 2
After the settings for Monitor 2, select Setting ->Background Play from the main menu of
NovaStudio to apply backstage media playing. Note that media playing can not be seen from
the computer display when backstage media playing is applied. To check media playing, select
Setting ->Front Play of NovaStudio. Reapply backstage playing after checking.
19.5.2Cancel Background Play
Cancel the selection of Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor on the Setting
page of Display Properties dialog, and select Setting ->Front Play of NovaStudio.
20 Notes and FAQ
20.1 Some conflicts between decoders may cause media

play error.
Do not install decoders or media players arbitrary. They may conflict with each other and
thus cause errors when NovaStudio is playing videos. NovaStudio V2.3 and later will check if
there is any known decoder that may cause conflict on the computer. And will delete the
decoder if allowed.
Please contact Nova if problems of decoder conflict are encountered.
20.2 Do not use low performance computers for running

NovaStudio.
Please use a computer meeting the requirements listed in the section of 1.2 Run Environment
of NovaStudio User Manual. The computer should have a higher performance CPU and larger
memory if NovaStudio is going to run on it with mulTIPSle display windows. Note that the
higher the computer performance is, the better the media play results will be.
20.3 NovaStudio launch error due to the language

support of the operation system.
If the path of the NovaStudio.exe contains characters that are not belonged to the default
language of the operation system, it may not be able to launch. Messages as follow may be
shown.
To solve this problem, please change the path and run again.
Fig.20- 1 error message
20.4 Unable to play files of Microsoft Word and Excel
Make sure Microsoft Word and Excel have been installed correctly, otherwise, NovaStudio is
not able to support files for Microsoft Word and Excel.
Please allow the operation if any firewall blocks the operation of adding Excel file. There no
virus risk as it is just Excel starting a library.
20.5 What to do if characters in a table of a Microsoft

Word file are slit?
Try a Microsoft Excel table.
20.6 Why NovaStudio does not run?
Please make sure that Microsoft.NET Framework 2.0 has been installed in the computer if the
error message in Fig.20-2 shows up when running NovaStudio. Microsoft.NET Framework 2.0 is
required for running NovaStudio.
Note that for Win8, Microsoft.NET Framework 3.5 is required. You can download it from
website www.novastar-led.com and then install. Or you can select corresponding option when
installing NovaStudio, Microsoft.NET Framework 3.5will be automatically downloaded and
installed after that.
20.7 Why Flash files cannot be added?
Make sure Flash OCX plug-in has been correctly installed. Copy install_flash_player_ax.exe to
the same folder of NovaStudio.exe and when performing installation.
20.8 Error message as below is shown when running

NovaStudio.
Please contact us for technique support. And please click Send Error Report if internet is
available for the computer. If internet is not available, please click View Error Data and copy all
the data to a .txt file.
20.9 Why NovaStudio can't load media sources which it

can before?
Select Help ->Reregister Decoder from the main menu of NovaStudio. Allow all operations if
they are blocked by OS or firewall.
20.10 In IE6 environment, use the keyboard arrow keys

to move the display position of the web media (do not
use the mouse wheel).
20.11 Video Capture Card played instability in Win7,

please use Windows XP.
20.12 Please set the graphic card work under extend

monitor mode if the play window of the LED screen is
big in size. And please use advanced rendering mode
for video playback. Part of the play window may be
black if normal rendering mode is use.
20.13 Please use advanced rendering mode if text is be

put on top of video. There could be flashing on the
text if normal rendering mode is used.
20.14 Turn off Vertical Refresh Sync of the graphic card

when use NovaStudio for pictures playback. Vertical
Refresh Sync may cause influent picture playback
effects under Win7 and Win8.
Fig.20- 4 Turn off Vertical Refresh Sync of the graphic card
20.15 For videos of format of .rmvb and those can not

be loaded by NovaStudio, please convert the video
format to mpeg4. Format converting tool can be
download from www.novastar-led.com .
21 Document version statement
Version Date Update description
V2.2 2013-2-28 NovaStudio-V2.2.0
V2.4 2013-6-9 NovaStudio-V2.4.0
V2.6 2013-9-11 NovaStudio-V2.6.0
V2.7 2014-1-23 NovaStudio-V2.7.0
V3.0.0 2014-8-11 NovaStudio-V3.0.0
V3.1.0 2014-12-2 NovaStudio-V3.1.0
V3.2.0 2015-12-30 NovaStudio-V3.2.0
V3.3.0 2016-3-31 NovaStudio-V3.3.0

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Display Control Software NovaStudio

Rev 3.3.0 NS130100004

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ATTENTION:Identifies information that requires special attention.

TIPS:Identifies advice or hints for the user.

1.1 FUNCTIONS ....................................................................................................................................................... 4

1.2 RUN ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................................................................ 6

1.3 MEDIA TYPES SUPPORTED..................................................................................................................................... 9

3.1 EDIT MODE SETTING ......................................................................................................................................... 15

3.2 SIMPLE PLAYER PROGRAM.................................................................................................................................. 16

3.2.1 Edit Player Program..................................................................................................................................18

3.2.2 Preview and play...................................................................................................................................... 23

3.3 PROFESSIONAL BROADCAST PROGRAM................................................................................................................... 23

3.3.1 Play Program Dispatch Rule......................................................................................................................29

3.3.2 Edit Play Program.....................................................................................................................................33

3.3.3 Preview and Play of Play Program............................................................................................................ 60

3.4 PRIORITY PROGRAM OF THE PAGE......................................................................................................................... 64

3.4.1 Edit play program.....................................................................................................................................64

3.4.2 Preview and Play...................................................................................................................................... 72

5 EMERGENCY INSERTED PLAY................................................................................................................................76

7 REMOTE DISPLAY SCREEN MANAGEMENT...........................................................................................................80

7.2 ADD DISPLAY SCREEN........................................................................................................................................ 81

7.3 SEND PROGRAMS/FILES..................................................................................................................................... 82

7.4 SEND THE ORDER..............................................................................................................................................89

7.5 TIMING ...........................................................................................................................................................89

7.6 ACQUIRE SCREENSHOT....................................................................................................................................... 90

7.7 SEND NOTICE...................................................................................................................................................90

7.8 SEND EMERGENT INSERTED PLAY..........................................................................................................................91

8.1 DISPLAY WINDOW SETTING ................................................................................................................................ 93

8.2 START SETTING ................................................................................................................................................. 95

8.3 POWER SETTINGS..............................................................................................................................................96

8.4 PLAY SETTING.................................................................................................................................................. 97

8.4.1 Log Setting............................................................................................................................................... 98

8.4.2 Play Setting.............................................................................................................................................. 98

8.4.3 Preview Setting of Media..........................................................................................................................99

8.5 LOAD SETTINGS.............................................................................................................................................. 100

9 COMPUTER LOCKING......................................................................................................................................... 101

12 SYNCHRONAL PLAYING FUNCTION.....................................................................................................................109

13 DISPLAY TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY............................................................................................................ 111

14 WEATHER INFORMATION SETTING WINDOW....................................................................................................113

15 SCREEN PARAMETERS SETTINGS........................................................................................................................ 113

16 LED SCREEN ZOOM SETTINGS............................................................................................................................ 114

17.1 ADD MEDIA................................................................................................................................................... 116

17.2 RECORD CONTROL........................................................................................................................................... 117

17.3 ASYNCHRONOUS MODE OF PLAY......................................................................................................................... 120

18 PLAY STREAMING MEDIA................................................................................................................................... 120

19 OTHER FUNCTIONS............................................................................................................................................ 121

19.1 RESUME FROM FAULT...................................................................................................................................... 121

19.2 PPT SHOWING...............................................................................................................................................121

19.3 TOOL MANAGEMENT....................................................................................................................................... 123

19.4 LOG PLAT......................................................................................................................................................125

19.5.1 Background Play.................................................................................................................................128

19.5.2 Cancel Background Play......................................................................................................................129

20 NOTES AND FAQ................................................................................................................................................. 130

20.4 UNABLE TO PLAY FILES OF MICROSOFT WORD AND EXCEL........................................................................................131

20.6 WHY NOVASTUDIO DOES NOT RUN?................................................................................................................... 131

20.7 WHY FLASH FILES CANNOT BE ADDED?................................................................................................................ 132