Supported Carousel Features:
- All standard template-based bulletins
- Uploaded videos (limited to codecs supported by BrightSign)
- Live Video (HDMI only)
- Analog and Digital Clocks
- Multi-line Date/Time format on Digital Clock Bulletins (added in 7.4.0)
- Weather Bulletins
- Interactive Bulletins (HTML5 limited to Webkit)
- Zone Alerts
- Active Repeating Bulletins (added in 7.3.0)
- Full Screen Alerts
- Crawl (crawl speed cannot be adjusted)
- Player Status Monitoring
- h.264 Streaming Video
- Player Synchronization
- Proxy Server Support
- Portrait Mode Display
- Automated Player Recovery
- Automated Firmware and Script Updates
- Monitor Control On/Off via RS-232 & CEC Over HDMI
- Interactive Bulletins
- Scheduled Player Channel Changes (excludes Video Walls)
- 4k Channels/Video (added in 7.4.0 for BrightSign XT Series 4 players)
Unsupported Carousel Features
- ATSC/QAM Live Video
- Selectable Bulletin Transitions (Uses default fade transition for all bulletins)
- Countdown Clock
- Background Audio
- Scheduled Player Channel Changes for Video Walls
- Full Screen Alerts of Interactive Bulletins
Supported Hardware
Unless otherwise noted support has been present since 7.0.0.
- BrightSign XD230 (EOL 7.5.0)
- BrightSign XD1030 (EOL 7.5.0)
- BrightSign XD1230 (EOL 7.5.0)
- BrightSign XD232
- BrightSign XD1032
- BrightSign XD1132
- BrightSign XD233
- BrightSign XD1033
- BrightSign XT243
- BrightSign XT1143
- BrightSign HD223 (added in 7.0.4)
- BrightSign HD1023 (added in 7.0.4)
- BrightSign LS423 (added in 7.0.5)
- BrightSign HO523 (added in 7.0.5)
- BrightSign AIO (Integrated BrightSign Display) (Added in 7.0.5)
- BrightSign XD234 (added in 7.4.0)
- BrightSign XD1034 (added in 7.4.0)
- BrightSign XT244 (added in 7.4.0)
- BrightSign XT1144 (added in 7.4.0)
- BrightSign HD224 (added in 7.4.3)
- BrightSign HD1024 (added in 7.4.3)
- BrightSign LS424 (added in 7.4.3)
Hardware Limitations
The following models have limitations in their playback ability, noted next to the model name.
- LS Series 3, single video zone playback and limited HTML support
- LS Series 4, single video zone playback and limited HTML support
- HD Series 3, single video zone playback and limited HTML support
- HD Series 4, single video zone playback and limited HTML support
Supported Media Formats
- Video Codecs: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, H.264, WMV - *no audio with WMV
- Video Containers: MPEG-2 transport and program streams, AVCHD/BDAV, ASF, MP4, MOV
- Images: BMP, JPEG, PNG
- Audio: MP3
- Other: HTML5
Supported Streaming Protocols
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HLS
- Encapsulation: MPEG2-TS
- Codec: H.264 or H.265
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UDP/RTP
The following UDP/RTP encoders have been tested and are proven to be compatible with BrightSign players: Exterity e3535 and Comm-Tec ProTUNE III
- Encapsulation: MPEG2-TS or MPEG4
Note: If the video stream is using RTSP to control connections between endpoints, the video must be encapsulated using MPEG2-TS.
- Codec: H.264 or H.265 for video streams
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HTTP
- Codec: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, H.264 (as long as supported by the Player itself)
Methods for Automated Configuration
DHCP Option 43 (added in 7.1.0), DNS Configuration for a Known URL (added in 7.1.0)