Understanding Idle Playback and Troubleshooting
SynthesisVR lets you play promotional videos and game trailers automatically if your gaming station is IDLE. To activate Idle Playback please click the Settings button on your SynthesisVR Access Point App. SynthesisVR automatically downloads the necessary trailers for the games that are installed on that gaming station. Then Enable Idle Playback as shown below: Modifying Idle Playback and Trouble Shooting If you want to modify existing videos or if you want to add videos of your own Click the Tool Icon as shown below: This will bring up the popup shown below: You can go to the default folder as shown above and add your videos or you can create a new folder and have only the videos you would like to be showing. Note: If for some reason you deleted this folder and wanted the videos in the default folder, you can create folder and name it videoCache in the same path as shown above and then Refresh the SynthesisVR Access point. This will download all the trailers associated with the games installed on that PC. Controlling which trailers to play on Idle Playback There could be trailers of games that you might not want to display on your TV or for some reason if you do not want to show a certain trailer of a game or an experience, Please do the following: Login to your SynthesisVR administration Panel *If you have Simple Menu activated On the left menu Click Administration – Your Games – Click on the game you want to exclude from Playback – This will open up the below pop up – Select Yes, please skip it from the Exclude from Idle Playback dropdown. *If you have Advanced Menu activated On the left menu Click Administration – Games & Licensing – Your Games and follow the same steps as mentioned above. Black screen during Idle Playback If you have idle playback enabled and the videos are not playing properly or if you see a black screen with a red bar running on top, this means the appropriate trailers and images have not downloaded properly and certain video files might have gotten corrupted. This could happen for various reasons. To rectify this: Go to the folder where your videos are saved, this could be the default videoCache folder or a folder you have created. Sort the files inside this folder by Size. Permanently delete all the files that are below 2mb in size. Restart SynthesisVR Access Point app
Synthesis VR Proxy – Setup Guide
Introduction Synthesis VR is a software platform for location-based virtual reality device management and content licensing. Our platform achieves this goal with a “Synthesis” of multiple pieces of software. The heart of Synthesis VR software platform is the Synthesis VR Proxy. What Is The Synthesis VR Proxy? The Synthesis VR Proxy is a communication and cache interface between the Synthesis VR management applications such as: How Does The Synthesis VR Proxy Work? Every Synthesis VR customer is assigned a personal and private AES key (Advanced Encryption Standard) and the communication between the Synthesis VR infrastructure and your Synthesis VR Proxy instance is encrypted with the same key. This ensures your network, despite being connected to the Synthesis infrastructure, is completely isolated. What Does The Synthesis VR Proxy Look Like? The Proxy does not have a GUI (Graphic User Interface), and does not have a “window” to launch or interact with. It is a Windows Service that runs in the background. Therefore, it is lightweight and doesn’t require a powerful system to run. You can find it by going to the Windows Services Manager. The Synthesis VR Proxy can be found here. It is started automatically when the computer is turned on. You can start, stop, or restart the service from the windows services manager. If the Synthesis VR Proxy is stopped, the communication won’t work and you won’t be able to manage your VR devices (manage sessions ; use Voice Chat ; etc). Synthesis VR will not function. The “synthesisvr” Windows Account Upon installing the Proxy, a new synthesisvr Windows Administrator account is created and a random 16 characters password is assigned. The account and the password are used to allow the Proxy service to run on the PC even if all the other Windows users are currently not logged in and interacting with the Desktop. There is no need to ever log in with this user. Where Do I Install The Synthesis VR Proxy? Important Notes On Which Computer Do I Install The Synthesis VR Proxy? The Proxy is typically installed on a computer matching one of these descriptions: *In specific use cases like Enterprise setups or mobile events, the Proxy can be installed on Cloud infrastructure. Installation: SynthesisVR Proxy Step 1: Requirements Step 2: Obtain your Arcade Unique Identifier code An Arcade Unique Identifier code is required to install the Synthesis VR Proxy. Follow these instructions to obtain it Step 3: Download the Synthesis VR Installer Step 4: Open The Installer Step 5: Choose the Install Location Step 6: Choose the Start Menu Folder Step 7: IMPORTANT – Select Synthesis VR Proxy, Unselect Access Point Access Point is selected by default. You must unselect it, and select “SynthesisVR Proxy” Step 8: Enter Your Arcade Unique Identifier Step 9: Close the Installer Install SynthesisVR Proxy on Amazon Cloud FAQ