SKP queue idea
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2019 3:31 pm
ok, i don't know if i have voiced this before...i lose track of my ideas after a while.
the queue screen on the kiosk could be used for other tv's at venues.
here is what i mean....
a simple $25 android dongle can make any hdmi tv into a simple web enabled pc.
so, we could plug it into a tv in another room, out on the smoking patio, or even right in the main room.
navigate to a special hidden page (for example... 192.168.0.200/queue_display) and have it show the queue on a single big screen.
have that special page (which is NOT shown on the regular kiosk display) refresh every 5 or 10 seconds so it is always up to date (the current one in the kiosk display does not automatically refresh so if people leave it open on a kiosk computer it shows inaccurate rotation information).
using a separate hidden queue page allows for several things....
1) allowing a different number of singers to be shown than the standard queue settings (example... show the next 10 singers on the standard kiosk queue, but only show 4 on the external display)
2) allow for variations in singer name size (example... have the current singer showing at top in black, the next singer in the same large font, second singer slightly smaller, then the rest in a small font. showing priority and "pay attention, you're next" kind of feeling with the larger font)
3) allow to use the countdown timer color coding for next singer (example... i have my countdown timer color set to hit yellow at 1:00 remaining, and red at 30 seconds remaining. have the next singer on the display turn yellow showing 1:00 left and red at 30 seconds left as an extra "get your butt over here" attention grabber type of thing without actually saying it in as many words.)
4) it would allow to add a "show queue only for logged in singers" option (this would let the kiosk show everything but the queue EXCEPT for people that log in themselves, who WOULD be able to see the entire (as much as we want to show) queue instead of the 4 or whatever we decide to show on the big screen for the masses) being a checkbox leaves it up to the host as to how they run their show.
this would essentially create a third display screen without the process overhead and hardware requirements of an actual third display, but something that right now, only one other software offers (and only shows the next 3 singers). something really different.
the queue screen on the kiosk could be used for other tv's at venues.
here is what i mean....
a simple $25 android dongle can make any hdmi tv into a simple web enabled pc.
so, we could plug it into a tv in another room, out on the smoking patio, or even right in the main room.
navigate to a special hidden page (for example... 192.168.0.200/queue_display) and have it show the queue on a single big screen.
have that special page (which is NOT shown on the regular kiosk display) refresh every 5 or 10 seconds so it is always up to date (the current one in the kiosk display does not automatically refresh so if people leave it open on a kiosk computer it shows inaccurate rotation information).
using a separate hidden queue page allows for several things....
1) allowing a different number of singers to be shown than the standard queue settings (example... show the next 10 singers on the standard kiosk queue, but only show 4 on the external display)
2) allow for variations in singer name size (example... have the current singer showing at top in black, the next singer in the same large font, second singer slightly smaller, then the rest in a small font. showing priority and "pay attention, you're next" kind of feeling with the larger font)
3) allow to use the countdown timer color coding for next singer (example... i have my countdown timer color set to hit yellow at 1:00 remaining, and red at 30 seconds remaining. have the next singer on the display turn yellow showing 1:00 left and red at 30 seconds left as an extra "get your butt over here" attention grabber type of thing without actually saying it in as many words.)
4) it would allow to add a "show queue only for logged in singers" option (this would let the kiosk show everything but the queue EXCEPT for people that log in themselves, who WOULD be able to see the entire (as much as we want to show) queue instead of the 4 or whatever we decide to show on the big screen for the masses) being a checkbox leaves it up to the host as to how they run their show.
this would essentially create a third display screen without the process overhead and hardware requirements of an actual third display, but something that right now, only one other software offers (and only shows the next 3 singers). something really different.