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This state allows you to play an IP stream. All networked players can play streaming video. See this FAQ to learn more about supported video streaming formats and codecs for IP streaming.

  • State Name: Specify a unique name for the stream state.

  • URL for video stream: Enter a valid URL for the stream. The URL can also include a number of optional parameters:

    • Specify a User Variable to replace all or part of the URL. To include the

      Value

      value of the variable in the URL, enter the variable

      Name

      name between two sets of dollar signs (e.g. "http://www.example.com/streams/$$my_URLvar$$").

    • Append the "

      ?latency=[value_in_ms]" parameter

      latency" and "jitter" parameters to modify the default latency (see this FAQ for more details).

    • Append the "

      ?buffersize=[size_in_bytes]" parameter

      buffersize", "vcdbsize", and "acdbsize" parameters to modify the default streaming buffer size (see this

      FAQ

      How-to… for more details).

    • Append the "lowlatency" parameter to reduce the default latency.

  • Time on screen: Specify the duration (in seconds) that the stream will be played. This option is only available in non-interactive presentations. To customize the duration of a stream in an interactive presentation, use a Timeout or Media End event.

Note

Please do not use ports 8888 or 9999 since these ports may be used by BrightSignOS.