Specifications

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iCOMPEL Digital Signage - User Guide (V9.0.3)

3.2.4 Images and photos

Player Type

Image

Supported formats

Notes

PNG

Recommended. Good quality, supports

transparency.

JPG

Recommended. Edges can blur, does not look

good when shown on a large screen

GIF

Can look very grainy, only supports 256 colors

but does support transparency

BMP

Large file size but no loss of quality.

Notes

Large images may take several seconds to appear and may slow down the performance of the iCOMPEL. You should

always resize an image to match the size of the Zone before uploading it to the iCOMPEL.

Animated GIFs

Animated GIFs are not supported as image files on the iCOMPEL. If you want to use an animated GIF, you must first

embed it into an HTML page.

Adding images to a Playlist

Before you can add an image file to a Playlist, you must upload it to the iCOMPEL. See Uploading content files for

details of how to do this.

To add a Image file to a Playlist, follow the steps for adding Media item files to a Playlist . After you add the Image file, it

appears on the Playlist. Use the Edit button to view and adjust the Image file properties as necessary.

3.2.5 Audio

Player type

Audio Soundtrack

Supported formats

Notes

MP3

RECOMMENDED. Good performance.

WAV

Similar quality to MP3 but much larger file sizes

WMA

Windows Media Audio format but works on iCOMPEL.

Audio files are added to the Playlist for the Layout's soundtrack, and not to the Playlist for a Zone.