Xibo guide for digital signage

Preparation

The Xibo software requires the presentation to be in video format to display correctly in all situations. This means that the prepared Powerpoint presentation needs to be converted before uploading it to Xibo. Luckily this functionality is already available in recent versions of Powerpoint. To convert your existing presentation, do the following:

Open your presentation (the file usually ends in .ppt or .pptx)...

Login to Xibo

Navigate to it-digitalsignage.stb.sun.ac.za and enter your credentials, as shown in the screenshot below:

The Xibo login form

Please see #Questions below if you have forgotten your password.

Upload a new presentation

To upload a new presentation, #Login to Xibo and open the Media menu on the left hand side, as seen in the screenshot:

The Media item in the sidebar

And click 'Add Media' in the top right:

Adding new media to the library

The upload form will display as shown below:

Uploading files to the library

Now click "Add Files", and choose your converted presentation (the file should end in .mp4). Once you have chosen the file, click on "Start Upload", and wait for the process to complete. This can take a few minutes depending on the size/length of your presentation. Once the progress bar has filled and the filename displays underneath the buttons, you can click "Done" to complete the upload. If you have uploaded the wrong file, search through the list of files (you may need to page through the items) and click on the triangle on the far right of the item, then click Delete.