If you can get your presentation to run in a browser,
it's possible to launch both Explorer and Firefox in
kiosk mode, from a command line switch...(iexplore -k path)
I have used Explorer in this mode in public spaces, and
while it is not perfect, I have never had visitors manage
to exit from the application. That requires a non-obvious
key sequence.
For Explorer see support.microsoft.com/kb/154780
For Firefox see samanathon.com/internet-explorer-7s-kiosk-mode/
which updates the Microsoft article for version 7 and treats
Firefox launch as well (which I've not used).
I would only use this running locally. Just set your
browser default startup URL to the local path of the
presentation, and run the command line at startup.
It's a temptation to conclude that Microsoft did this
out of kindness to Museums, but I think it must have
been an unintended benefit.
Chuck Eisenhardt
Boston Children's Museum
-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Chad Petrovay
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:43 AM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv; talk at museum-ed.org
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Interpretive Video Kiosk Software
If your videos are in a format that can be played by Windows Media
Player, then you can embed them into a webpage (even if you only want to
run them from a local drive). You can then use the SiteKiosk software or
Open Kiosk developed for Brooklyn Museum
(https://www.mozdevgroup.com/clients/bm/).
Chad M Petrovay
Collections Database Administrator
The Walters Art Museum
600 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21210
P: 410.547.9000 x266
F: 410.837.4846
cpetrovay at thewalters.org
www.thewalters.org
-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Leah Fox
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:30 AM
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu; talk at museum-ed.org; MUSEUM-L at HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM
Subject: [MCN-L] Interpretive Video Kiosk Software
Thank you to those who responded to my previous posting about kiosk
software. We are now working with SiteKiosk by Provisio.
We do have several other interpretive kiosks that have only one function
which is to play interpretive videos. SiteKiosk does not support this as
it works in a web environment. Currently, our interpretive videos (which
are mostly on touch-screen) are playing on Windows Media Player, which
opens the issues of closing down the program and accessing other
programs within the computer.
Can anyone recommend a program that will create a video kiosk that
supports mpeg2 playback? I see so many wonderful interpretive videos in
museums but do not know how the kiosk environment works.
Thank you,
Leah
Leah Fox
Director of Public Programs
Currier Museum of Art
150 Ash Street
Manchester, NH 03104
603.669.6144 x119
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