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Obplayer With CAP Emergency Alert Player
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Manuals and User Guides
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Rescue IMG Downloads
- Alert Player
- Video Playout
- OpenBox Media Server
- Raspberry Pi Pyrate
Instructions
Use a high quality 8 GB min USB Drive. Create IMG with Etcher, Rufus, Gnome Disks or other widely available USB Startup Disk creation utilities. See updated Release notes and instructions for each IMG.
System rescue images provided for new and existing customers. Contact us for access or additional support services.
*** Warning *** The rescue image recovery procedure will completely wipe both your USB and SD card and the hardware you are restoring.
| Current | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Version |
Size and MD5 Checksum |
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| Pyrate 5 – CAP Alert Player NEW |
Complimentary | ||
| Release Notes and Instructions | Pi 4 – 5 | Change Log | Beta Testers Wanted |
| Complimentary | 1.3 GB (1,350,143,793 bytes) | c6cbabf971556b3bbbeb6d44589dca57 | |
| Release Notes and Instructions | Pi 2 – Pi 3 | ||
| OB 5.3 Alert Player IMG NEW | Production | 5.7 GB (5739503616 bytes) | 6b38d1c4de970cc34755908b8b5c5329 |
| Release notes and instructions | Current ML350 hardware sold after 2018 | ||
| End of Life (EOL) | |||
| Production | 2.0 GB (2,086,912,000 bytes) | aea987ea79ea789f94fd253da48c6727 | |
| Release notes and instructions | ML210 hardware purchased before 2018 | ||
Settings Files
Sample configuration files can be exported and saved to transfer settings to freshly imaged box. Supports Ver 5X series.
>Admin>Export profile settings file and verify contents by reading this plain txt file. This can be used for manually documenting. >Admin>Import settings file for the role of your player. Restart OBPlayer
Existing users accounts *should* remain and be transferred but password(s) will be reset to the default. Always have backup of your settings file so you can look at this plain text config file.
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Role of Player
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Version
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Device
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Size |
MD5 Checksum
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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1.0
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USB Audio Adaptor
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3.3 kb |
3e60ce2f5dba95f98d87f6b8a92561f3
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| Mechanical Relay |
1.0
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RS232 GPIO Relay | 3.3 kb | e5459ae84ab127e947daa069d6d547db |
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1.0
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BARIX Exstreamer | 3.3 kb | 641eae4a1c5d36442b19d99fe95438c7 | |
|
CAP Video on Demand
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1.0
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RS232 GPIO Relay
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1.0
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AoIP (Audio over IP)
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3.3 kb | 7a6301f016684ad5b854626fe7624f81 | |
|
1.0
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Icecast
|
3.3 kb |
420ff3cc0f02bc3af484ad293e42f41e
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|
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1.0
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YouTube LIVE Channel and Icecast
|
3.3 kb |
74909272623deee9f3af7488472687d7
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