User guide

Playing Media with BrightSign

Media can autoplay from a CompactFlash card upon power-up, play via a script on a

CompactFlash card, or be tested using the serial shell commands.

NOTE: On an HD600, video will come out the VGA connector, and the resolution will

be 1024x768 unless you have changed this in your .CSV, Playlist, or Script, or by using

the front panel video mode button (the video mode button is not currently supported on

the HD2000). On an HD2000, video will come out the Component and HDMI

connectors and the default video resolution is 720p. If your still image file resolution

does not exactly match the display resolution (videomode), then it will be scaled to fit or

centered/cropped, depending on the “imagemode” you have selected – see the Playlist

Commands section and the Keywords section within the Using Excel to Create

Interactive Signs section of the manual for details. Video files will always be scaled to

fit.

The following types of media can autoplay:

1. a single MPEG-2 video file (loops)

2. a playlist (also loops). A play list is a simple text file that contains the file names

of still slides, video clips, or audio files to play. More information can be found

later in this manual under Playlists.

3. a “.CSV” (comma separated values) file that you create using Microsoft Excel (or

any csv editor such as OpenOffice or the editor hosted at

http://csved.sjfrancke.nl/index.html). BrightSign can use this file format as a

description of an interactive sign that responds to buttons, touch screen, mouse,

track balls, etc. These are very powerful and easy to create without any scripting.

The BrightSign Demo, which is available to download from our web site, uses

this method.

4. a custom BrightScript file for arbitrarily complex interactive media sequences.

• Mpeg Video - Files must be must be MPEG-2. Files for the HD600 must contain

an audio track - if you don’t need audio, use “silence”.

• MP3 Audio - Any audio (in a video or mp3 file) should have a sample rate of

48KHZ (or 44.1KHZ on the HD2000)

• WAV Audio – The HD2000 supports WAV files that contain16 bit linear PCM

data.

• Bitmap files - For still images, use 8-bit, 24-bit, or 32-bit .BMP file format,

1024x768 (or other resolution that matches the video mode you plan to use).

Additionally, PNG and JPEG files can be used on the HD2000.

NOTE: 8-bit bitmap files are only supported under HD600 software version 1.1 or later

and HD2000 software version 1.0.4 or later. Beginning with Autorun.bas v1.1 and later,

Autoplaying a list of images on startup requires the use of a “Playlist

” or “.CSV” file.