Digital Generation is the official system integrator and content provider of PlayBox DS. DS is a brand new digital signage platform from Playbox, the company that provides automation and playout technology to more television channels than anyone else. Complete content delivery, multi-screen and streaming solutions from a single company.
Playbox DS fills in the gaps left by other software solutions. Synchronised multi-screen presentations, immersive video environments, alpha keyed video in the foreground, with real-time data in the background. Rotate any screen object in 3D space. Import 3D objects, animate and rotate them in real-time.
Every DS player can show incoming video streams, or live input from a capture device. Using other Playbox modules, a digital signage installation can include TV Channel delivery, in a window or full-screen.
In Summary the product's capabilities are:
* One computer can power several screens - all showing different material
* Built-in synchronisation for multiple screen presentations with one or multiple players
* Alpha channel in videos for superimposing live action over background layers
* Can interface with anything from Excel spreadsheets to Oracle.
* Anything that can be done, can be done in real time
* Broadcast-quality output
* Input from a video stream or a capture card
* Any player can output as a stream
* Can deliver to set-top boxes (for anyone that doesn't like Windows players)
* All objects can rotate in 3D space