MEDIASHOW 5.5
10-04-18

MEDIASHOW is a media display software application that uses a button-box interface to enable the user to show images and video in a display window, and even launch other applications.

INSTALLATION
The application and required resources are installed into "programs"
  MAC: HD:Applications:MediaShow:
  WIN: C:\Program Files\MediaShow\
NOTE: 64bit WIN OS installs into "Program Files (x86)"

The config settings files (mediashow_config.ini and display.cfg) are installed into "local app data"
  MAC: HD:Users:USERNAME:Library:Application Support:MediaShow:
  WIN: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\MediaShow\

The data directory containing "buttonsets" and "media" is installed into "shared data"
  MAC: HD:Users:Shared:MediaShow:
  WIN: C:\ProgramData\MediaShow\

UPGRADING
After installing new version, move the contents of your previous "MediaShow/resources/buttonsets" and "MediaShow/resources/media" folders into the new MediaShow 5 data directory created during the installation.  Any custom "/resources/splash.jpg" file (see below), should also be copied to the new install.

QUICK START
Launch the MediaShow PRO or MediaShow MIRROR application.
Configure the target display window via the "SETUP" button.
Load or create a new button set and begin editing buttons.
Configure the display of the media files via the many CONFIG options for each media type (PRO version only).

NOTE: Please be sure to SAVE changes to your buttons and SAVE changes to your button set as you edit.

SUPPORTED MEDIA
By default the software looks in the shared data "media" folder for media files, but they can be located anywhere on the computer.

IMG : JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG, TIF

VIDEO : MP2, MP4, AVI, QuickTime MOV (h.264/aac)

SEQ (PRO version only) : folder containing a named sequence of image files 

APP (PRO version only) :
  Mac OSX : displays .app packages in the "Applications" folder, or you can manually locate an application on the hard drive
  Win OS : displays .exe files in the "Program Files" folder, or you can manually locate an application on the hard drive

SPLASH SCREEN
The splash screen can be easily changed from its default to any image you wish.  Simply place any image named "splash.jpg" in the "/resources" folder before starting the MediaShow application.  The software will then use that image and size it to fill the display screen.