User Manual V3.4
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USER MANUAL h;ps://wallmuse.com Introducing version 3, which is the Beta release available to ar7sts, students, art and media professionals and public and private spaces © WallMuse 2010-2021 User Manual Contents Installa7on ...............................................................................................................................................3 Crea7ng an account ............................................................................................................................3 Star7ng the Program ...........................................................................................................................4 Windows .........................................................................................................................................4 Mac OS ............................................................................................................................................5 Program Sign In ...............................................................................................................................8 Stop and restar7ng the Program .........................................................................................................8 Select & Play ............................................................................................................................................9 Search & Select ...................................................................................................................................9 Play ....................................................................................................................................................10 Create Playlists ..................................................................................................................................11 Player shortcuts .................................................................................................................................12 Configura7ons .......................................................................................................................................13 Configure ...........................................................................................................................................13 Screen Configura7on: Montage Preferences ....................................................................................14 Crea7ng Montages and specifying contents/artworks ..........................................................................15 Contents or artworks’ specifica7ons .................................................................................................15 Categories and keyword ....................................................................................................................16 Rights .................................................................................................................................................17 Credits ...............................................................................................................................................19 Batch processing ...............................................................................................................................20 List and modify contents ...................................................................................................................20 Create Exhibi7ons .............................................................................................................................20 Title Tool ............................................................................................................................................24 Saving a Montage ..............................................................................................................................24 Informa7on and rights of a Montage’s cura7on ................................................................................25 Release Notes ........................................................................................................................................28 Versions deployments .......................................................................................................................28 Improvements since version 1.0 .......................................................................................................28 Improvements since version 2.0 .......................................................................................................28 Media Formats ..................................................................................................................................29 Encoding ............................................................................................................................................29 Encryp7on .........................................................................................................................................29 AutoStart (Professional Deployment Usage) .....................................................................................29 Account delega7ons (Ar7s7c/Professional Usage and Specific sites administrators) .......................30 Wizard Cura7on Tool (Ar7s7c/Professional Usage and Specific sites administrators) ......................30 Architecture ......................................................................................................................................31 About WallMuse ...............................................................................................................................31 © WALLMUSE 2010-2021 P. 2 User Manual User Manual Installa/on Crea&ng an account In order to use the applica&on, you will need to SUBSCRIBE or REQUEST AN ACCOUNT or SIGN IN using an exis&ng account, if you already have one. For addi&onal informa&on, email us at [email protected] and for technical support, at [email protected]. Installing the WallMuse Programs ALer a successful sign in go to PLAY > INSTALL in order to download the Program. On the Install page, download the applica&on by clicking on the download buRon. This should be repeated on each PC you wish to use. Program download for different opera2ng systems This should be repeated on each PC you wish to use WallMuse. Once the download completes locate the downloaded file in your Downloads folder or in your indicated loca&on, if selected otherwise. You can proceed with the installa&on as you would normally do with any applica&on. © WALLMUSE 2010-2021 P. 3 User Manual Windows If you are using Windows, double click the downloaded executable file to launch the program and begin the installa&on process. Mac OS For Mac OS, double click the downloaded image file to mount the image and then double click the Install icon presented in your desktop to open the package contents. WallMuse Disk Image on Mac OS In the opening window drag and drop WallMuse Backend into Applica&ons in order to complete the installa&on process. v Installa2on on Mac OS Star&ng the Program ALer a successful installa&on, you can start the Program in order to begin WallMuse to play your PC. Windows In Windows, you can locate the installed applica&on in the Start menu. © WALLMUSE 2010-2021 P. 4 User Manual Program launch on Windows 7 and Windows 8 Metro Program launch on Windows 10 Pro, also through search Mac OS In Mac OS, the applica&on will be available in the Launchpad where you can also search for it. Program search on Mac OS using the Launchpad © WALLMUSE 2010-2021 P. 5 User Manual Please see h2ps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202491 To open programs on Mac a first /me if having this screen, go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General Tab > Tap on you lock > Type your password and finally click on “Open Anyway” Error with 1st 2me program launch Or you can find it in your Applica&ons folder. Program launch on Mac OS © WALLMUSE 2010-2021 P. 6 User Manual Addi&onally, you can search for it using Spotlight. Program search on Mac OS using Spotlight If you receive a warning dialog in Mac OS indica5ng that the applica5on cannot be opened because it is from an uniden5fied developer, follow the instruc5ons according to the version of Mac OS you are using. If Java is required, select More info… and follow procedure to install from Apple site. The Apple Java installa5on page : Java pour OS X 2015-001. © WALLMUSE 2010-2021 P. 7 User Manual Program Sign In When the applica&on starts for the first &me it will require your login and password in order to sync with your account. WallMuse Program Sign In Once those are provided the applica&on will launch and you will be able to start using WallMuse on your PC. A PC can handle as many screens allowed by its video cards and outputs, see Configura5on for more detailed informa5on. Mul5ple Programs on mul5ple PCs can be configured to worK in synch together. Stop and restar&ng the Program To stop the applica&on simply select the Quit op&on in the SysTray. If you wish to restart the Applica&on just launch it again using the different procedures described above. SysTray op2ons on Windows and Mac OS X ALer star&ng the program WallMuse, the taskbar (SysTray) allows to: © WALLMUSE 2010-2021 P. 8 User Manual - Play selected Montage when Ready indicated (instead of % download progression when shown). - Pause, Stop, Previous, Next are other possible. - Login indicates the used account. - Local Storage enables to see media storage space, and empty it if needed. - Reinstall prompts a fresh installa&on under same account or for