Output domain PC to multiple TV's via LAN.
Hi,
Our PC's on the domain lock with a screensaver after 4 minutes. This screensaver is used to give employees messages about events or policy changes etc so changes regularly.
We have a building company and the manager wishes to purchase 4 TV's with LAN connectivity which he plans to mount in different locations so all building company operatives who do not normally use a PC can also get the messages. He does not wish to pay for a PC per TV but the distances are too great to use a splitter and HDMI cables so is it possible to stream the output from one PC to multiple TV's via the Ethernet connection (we use Cisco POE switches)
If the answer is yes then any recommendations on what hardware/TV's much appreciated.
Our PC's on the domain lock with a screensaver after 4 minutes. This screensaver is used to give employees messages about events or policy changes etc so changes regularly.
We have a building company and the manager wishes to purchase 4 TV's with LAN connectivity which he plans to mount in different locations so all building company operatives who do not normally use a PC can also get the messages. He does not wish to pay for a PC per TV but the distances are too great to use a splitter and HDMI cables so is it possible to stream the output from one PC to multiple TV's via the Ethernet connection (we use Cisco POE switches)
If the answer is yes then any recommendations on what hardware/TV's much appreciated.
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Thanks for the advice. Am going to try the internal website option first as cheaper than hdmi converters. screensaver is a series of jpg's on a loop on a unc share so should not be hard to publish to a website.
Patrick - we set up screensaver as below
Set a GPO on the site level so each site can have different pictures
User Config / Admin Templates / Control Panel / Personaliszation
Enable Screen saver = Enabled
Force specific screen savers = Enabled Photoscreensaver.scr
Password protect the screen saver= enabled
Prevent changing screen saver = enabled
Screen saver timeout = 240
Locally on the PC manually set the screen saver – point it to a UNC path that has read to anonymous to get the images.
This writes data into
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Softwar
This data is encrypted. Export the hive from the local PC.
Import it into GPO preferences in the same GPO as above.
Patrick - we set up screensaver as below
Set a GPO on the site level so each site can have different pictures
User Config / Admin Templates / Control Panel / Personaliszation
Enable Screen saver = Enabled
Force specific screen savers = Enabled Photoscreensaver.scr
Password protect the screen saver= enabled
Prevent changing screen saver = enabled
Screen saver timeout = 240
Locally on the PC manually set the screen saver – point it to a UNC path that has read to anonymous to get the images.
This writes data into
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Softwar
This data is encrypted. Export the hive from the local PC.
Import it into GPO preferences in the same GPO as above.
How did you automate this screensaver?