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Hello All,


I am new to VLC and need help with finding some solutions to a project my boss is having to me research and implement. I'm lookin for a digital signage solution that will work with VLC. I have an old HP server that I want to put a PC capture card into and push my Comcast signal out to digital signaage displays in various buildings (across LAN). Here are the questions I have:

1. What tv capture card should I purchase to push out my Comcast signal ? This will be going into an old HP server (2 years old) that I have. I woud like the best image possible, and I know excellent equipment is a must.

2. What digital signage solutions (purchase or open-source) will work with the type of VLC implementation I have mentioned above ? It would be great if it could also do RSS feeds for news and weather information. Even better if it can do Twitter feeds as well. I have read up on a couple of solutions for Samsung, and HP, but I still don't have much info about them. I'm in the infacy stages of my reserach and want to hear opinions. I am open minded, but not looking to spend thousands upon thousands of dollars on the software. I rather put more money into the capture card and/or the actual LED units.

Thanks,

Jamal

1. DVB-C ?
2. Just VLC could work.

Hi Jamal81,

I too am in a similar situation like you. Can you give me some pointers. Could you tell me if you were able to get this project done and what was your setup?