DearScenario Player Guides
Find the right path to playback.
Field notes for teams connecting software, show-control tools, and reliable playback nodes in exhibitions and immersive spaces.
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What are you trying to do?
I am deciding between signage and a scenario player
Digital signage loops a playlist. A scenario player waits for the room, the cue, or the show. This guide explains which one you are building.
I want to control a player from my own software
Set up a DearScenario Player node on a Windows PC or Raspberry Pi, then control fullscreen video playback over HTTP from your own code using curl, Python, or Node.js.
I am connecting QLab, TouchDesigner, or Max
Use QLab OSC cues to load, play, and control video on a DearScenario Player node. A step-by-step setup for show-control workflows in exhibitions and live events.
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Keep building from where you are.
Code & integration
Build the control layer
HTTP patterns for custom applications and visual-system integrations.
Creative & show control
Connect the tools already in the room
Practical OSC and HTTP workflows for media servers, cues, and live values.
Control Video Playback from TouchDesigner over HTTP
Send HTTP commands from a TouchDesigner project to a DearScenario Player node. Load media, trigger playback, and read status using Web DAT or inline Python.
Open guide →Trigger Video Playback from QLab Using OSC
Use QLab OSC cues to load, play, and control video on a DearScenario Player node. A step-by-step setup for show-control workflows in exhibitions and live events.
Open guide →Control Video Playback from TouchDesigner over OSC
Drive a DearScenario Player node from TouchDesigner over OSC. Send discrete cues with an OSC Out DAT, and send live volume and seek values from CHOP channels through an OSC Out DAT.
Open guide →Control Video Playback from Max/MSP over OSC
Send OSC from a Max/MSP patch to a DearScenario Player node. Fire discrete cues with udpsend, stream continuous control from live values, and offload video to a remote screen.
Open guide →Deployment & reliability
Put a dependable player behind every screen
Choose hardware and prepare systems that must run unattended.
How to Build a Low-Cost Remote-Controlled Video Player with Raspberry Pi
Turn a Raspberry Pi 4B or 5 into a network-controlled video playback node for exhibitions, museums, and signage. Install DearScenario Player and control it over HTTP or OSC.
Open guide →Running an Unattended Video Node on Locked-Down or Offline Industrial PCs
Exhibitions and installations often run on old, offline, or locked-down PCs that cannot be updated. This guide explains how to deploy a reliable, self-starting, network-controllable video node on hardware you are not allowed to touch.
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