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What's New: Download full source code for Project Hornet, a Windows-based management console for SMIL media players, written in C# language. SMIL Supported by Most Leading Digital Signage Systems. Read more... Thank you for your support. A-SMIL.org now ranks #7 site on Google Search for SMIL. This website is an "Advocacy for SMIL" (hence A-SMIL) as an open standard for digital signage. SMIL as an Open Standard for Digital Signage SMIL (pronounced "smile") stands for "Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language" and defines scheduling ("Synchronized"), video, audio, images, text ("Multimedia"), multi-zone screen layout ("Integration") in an XML-based text file format ("Language"). It is an open specification (royalty-free to use) created by the World-Wide Web Consortium, the same organization responsible for defining the HTML language, an open standard for the Internet. Products that utilize SMIL are available from leading companies such as Adobe, Apple, Microsoft, and Real Networks. Digital signage deals with scheduling multimedia files for playback on digital displays connected on an IP network. The industry has roots tracing back for a few decades, but has recently expanded rapidly due to the proliferation of low-cost flat panel displays that are easy to install and maintain in public space. As the market expands out of the "emerging" status, mainstream customers demand compatibility and interoperability among products from different vendors. SMIL appears to be an ideal technology to answer the needs of the industry. A SMIL playlist that plays 2 videos repeatedly looks as simple as this: <seq repeatCount="indefinite"> <video src="ad1_15s.mpg" /> <video src="ad2_30s.mpg" /> </seq>

Contents Guided navigation SMIL Tutorial SMIL Media Objects: video, image, smilText, and audio objects SMIL Playlists: seq, par, and excl playlists SMIL Scheduling: daily, weekly, or play at specific times SMIL Screen Layout: multi-zone, multi-layer layout, scaling Conditional play: per-media item playback conditions Connectivity Sending SMIL to Player: network management protocol for media players Security: security options in network transport Prefetch: pre-loading media files into the player before playback starts Player ID: identifying the requesting player from HTTP header Reporting: A-SMIL extension for reporting player status Media RSS Bridge: connecting a media RSS content feed to SMIL SMIL Reference Best Practice Smooth Updates