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Select a zone in the Layout tab to edit the Zone the Properties related to for that zone. For invisible zones (Audio or Enhanced Audio), use the Navigator pane to select the zone.
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When displaying videos and/or images there are three zone types that users must consider:
Video, Image, or
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Audio
Video Only
Image Only
Audio Only
Upon first glance, these types may seem somewhat confusing. If one wants to add a video to a zone, for example, should the zone type be “Video, Image, or Image”Audio”, Video“Video Only”, or does it not matter?
With BrightSign players, graphics elements (e.g., videos, images, HTML, etc.) are rendered on “planes”. Players have a single Graphics Plane where images can be rendered as well as a limited number of Video Planes where videos and images can be rendered.
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Another consideration is that the Graphics Plane can render multiple graphics elements simultaneously while a Video Plane can only play one video at a time. Since these resources need to be managed, we have zone types with limitations on the number of zones of each type you can create. These limits are driven by the hardware capabilities of the particular player the presentation is being created for.
The “Video, Image, or Image” Audio” type makes it easier to transition between graphics states and video states without also needing zone manipulation because the autorun generated by BrightAuthor:connected automatically takes care of this complexity behind the scenes for this zone type.
Video, Image, or
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Audio Zone
Video or Image zones allow This zone type allows you to display images, video, and HTML as well as play audio files.
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Audio Mixing: Choose the mixing of the audio output:
Stereo: Outputs both left and right audio signals.
Left: Outputs the left audio signal only.
Right: Outputs the right audio signal only.
Video Only Zone
Video zones allow This zone type allows you to display video files, video streams, or HDMI input. Applicable settings are similar to those described for “Video, Image, or Image” Audio” zone above.
Image Only Zone
Image zones allow This zone type allows you to display images and HTML. Applicable settings are similar to those described for “Video, Image, or Image” Audio” zone above. Note that setting the Image Mode will have no effect if the image and the zone are the same size.
Audio Only Zone
Audio zones allow This zone type allows you to play audio files and streaming audio.
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Audio output settings are similar to those described for “Video, Image, or Image” Audio” zone above.
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Attempting to play AC3 audio using a BrightSign player will fail if PCM is enabled and AC3 audio is not enabled. |
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