Karl--Get ready to reboot frequently. We have some touchscreen kiosks
which allow visitors to explore and select topics, leading to short
digitized video segments (2-3 min.). Sometimes they simply "freeze" and
must be restarted. Advice: Ensure that whatever cabinets hold your
equipment have locked but simple and easy-to-reach access to the "kill" or
restart buttons on your hard drive. Your knees and clothes will thank you.

-Doug

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Doug Lantry
The Ohio Historical Society
Statehouse Education and Visitors Center
Columbus, Ohio
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On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Karl Zinn wrote:

> We have one exhibit on the floor which includes a short videotape in a
> TV-VCR combination which aotomatically rewinds and plays again.  I am
> preparing an exhibit for which I am considering showing the "movie" via
> computer display so that clicking a button (or touching a "button" on
> the screen) will start a digitized version of the movie playing from the
> hard drive of the computer, or restart it at the beginning, or change to
> a different movie.
>
> Does anyone have experience with equipment which gives the viewer more
> control when viewing short video material related to an exhibit?  Or
> recommendations about what kind of equipment to use for repetitive
> playing of a short video?
>