0 Replies Latest reply: May 12, 2011 4:17 AM by vdwpeter RSS

    Blu-ray project - kiosk mode issues

    vdwpeter Community Member

      We're in the process of creating an interactive blu-ray video  presentation with Encore CS5.  The project will be shown on a PC with  touch screen, on which  the user will not have any access to keyboard or  mouse, but can control the presentation with the created menus, via the  touch screen. Encore is the perfect tool to setup the entire  presentation, at least until we found out about a silly usability issue:     it's very easy for the user to exit the presentation.  Obviously we  don't want that, as the kiosk will be unattended most of the time.

      When we output the project to Flash, Encore will always show the  PlayerControlBar which has the fullscreen toggle, and thus gives the  user the option to exit the full screen mode, and start messing around  with the system. Adobe doesn't allow Encore authors to edit the main  Flash interface player controls, which is a big bummer, else we could  probably simply disable the full screen button and have a suitable  alternative solution (although not as hi-def as Blu-ray).

      When outputting as a blu-ray disc, extra player controls will show up on  screen, depending on the player software used. So far we found out that  there is no such thing as kiosk mode in Cyberlink PowerDVD 11, so users  are also here able to cancel the presentation.  I'm not sure about the  few other blu-ray software players out there.

      Does anyone have some experience with this?  I guess other people must have had the kiosk mode request before.