Digital Signage on Google TV
The Fall update to the Google TV brought the Android Market to Google TV devices, allowing developers to write and publish applications for some digital-signage sized screens. If you’re looking to run some digital signage on your Google TV you’re in luck, you can find a Concerto app in the Market today!
Concerto on the Android Market
Concerto for the Google TV lets you configure and connect to a Concerto server, letting you specify a server URL and customize a MAC address as needed. If you’re interested in tweaking your server slightly, the device will also pass the current screen width and height as parameters in the initial URL. If you’re having trouble sizing the screen manually like traditional Concerto v1 screens, you can use these to automatically set the size of the screen so content will render appropriately.
Don’t have a Concerto server but still want to check out a Concerto player? The app comes pre-configured to connect to automagically connect to a demo server and pull in some dynamic content keeping the information fresh.
The source code for the application is available on GitHub, and I encourage you to report any issues you run into.
Customize the URL and MAC address for Concerto on the Google TV
Hi Brian,
I cannot find the application on the Android Market, would it be possible to test it on a tablet?
Best, Valentin
Hi Valentin,
Right now the app is available for TV devices only. I can certainly look into tablet support, but I’m curious what you’re use-case would be?
There are a lot of 100$ Android players without screens that you can just connect to a normal TV, no Google TV required.
I could find many uses for a $100 tablet that runs concerto.
I submitted https://github.com/concerto/concerto_gtv/issues/3 to formally track tablet support.
Does the app auto launch ?
Not by default. I’m not sure if it’s possible to set a default start up app with Google TV devices.
1. Go to your Home screen by selecting the Home button on your remote
2. With the Home screen up, select the Menu button.
3. Scroll down to “Home and All Apps settings“.
4. Choose the “Startup Application” option.
5. choose you app.
hope that helps… I have not tried it with the google-tv application yet, but may do so in the near future.
I´m a bit cofused. Concerto player runs officialy on Android tv boxes?
Yup, Concerto is now an app you can install from the Android Market on Google TV devices.
Hi,
I have bought a kogan agora smart TV that is running andriod 2.2. I can’t find a way of upgrading it 3.1 to use the concerto player. Is there anyway around this ? Or does anyone know where I could get a update from 2.2 to 3.1 ?
Waiting to get this sorted before deploying 15 to 20 screens running concerto
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I have just bought a smart tv box in AUS, but it is only running andriod 2.2. I have no idea on updating it. It is a Kogan Smart TV. What google TV devices would you recommend using.
Thanks,