CS Player installation on Windows

To play media content on a screen, download and install CS Player on the controlling device and connect the player to your CS Play account.

Here is how to install and set up CS Player on a Windows controlling device.

Installing CS Player using the GUI

To install CS Player on a Windows device, follow the instructions:

  • Download the latest version of the CS Player MSI package for Windows devices.

  • Launch the downloaded file on the controlling device and install CS Player following the on-screen instructions. It’s crucial that you install the offered K-Lite Codec Pack and the C++ libraries for CS Player to work correctly.

After the installation is completed, you can launch CS Player and proceed to connecting the player to your account.

Connecting the player to your account using GUI

There is a documentation page where you can read about connecting the player to your account.

Silent MSI installation from the command line

Installing the MSI package without the graphical interface is convenient when you need to mass-deploy the player onto a large number of computers.

The following flags can be set in command-line installation mode:

  • AUTORUN_STATUS_ENABLE — Register the player for autorun in the system. Possible values: 1 — autorun enabled, 0 — autorun disabled. Default value: 1

  • CLEAR_ALL_CACHE — Clear the entire player cache. Possible values: 1 — the cache is removed completely, 0 — the cache is kept. Default value: 0

  • CLEAR_TEMP_CACHE — Clear the temporary player cache: downloaded content is removed and re-downloaded after the player starts. Possible values: 1 — enabled, 0 — disabled. Default value: 1

  • ADD_LIBRARY — Replace the player library in the player cache. Possible values: 1 — the library in the player cache is replaced, 0 — the old library is kept. Default value: 1

  • LAUNCH_APP — Start the player when the installation finishes. Possible values: 1 — the player starts after the installation completes, 0 — the player does not start. Default value: 1

Example: run the following command in a PowerShell console as administrator

msiexec.exe /i CSPlayer-installer-1.0.1.msi PIN_CODE=123456 AUTORUN_STATUS_ENABLE=1 CLEAR_ALL_CACHE=1 ADD_LIBRARY=1 /qn

where:

  • /i — the key that specifies the package to run

  • /qn — the key for silent installation, i.e. without the graphical interface

When the player is uninstalled, the cache is cleared completely. On a subsequent installation it is strongly recommended to pass the PIN_CODE flag.
When passing the CLEAR_ALL_CACHE flag it is also strongly recommended to pass the PIN_CODE flag; with CLEAR_TEMP_CACHE it is not needed.

Installing CS Player via Chocolatey

For fleets managed with the Chocolatey package manager, the player is published to the public CS Play Chocolatey repository. Run in a PowerShell console as administrator:

choco source add -n cityscreen -s "https://packages.cityscreen.cloud/repository/chocolatey/"
choco install -y cityscreen-player

To update the player:

choco upgrade -y cityscreen-player
The same repository also provides the cityscreen-camgrabber package — the snapshot upload tool used for photo reports.