Video Formats & Codecs

to play video successfully on brightsign players, see the following requirements bitrate information for older players is available on this page https //brightsign atlassian net/wiki/spaces/doc/pages/370673630/optimizing+video+quality#bitrates important portrait orientation video (1080x1920, 2160x3840, etc ) support has specific limitations by player model see optimize video quality docid\ h730drksg mjtzfmu 1gx for details xd5, hd5, ls5 4k video codecs h 265/hevc, h 264/avc (max 30p), vp9 1080p video codecs h 265/hevc, h 264/avc, vp9, mpeg 4 part 2, mpeg1 video, mpeg2 video containers mp4, mov, mkv, webm, ts, mpg, mpeg, ps, m2p, mpv, avi, hevc, h264, av1, vp9, and mjpg resolution video sources larger than 1920x1080 resolution must be in hevc (h 265), avc (h 264) or vp9 format avc/h 264 is limited to 30p at 3840x2160 hdr hdr10 (single video zone only, no graphics) color space rgb color space, yuv420 bit depth 8 bit and 10 bit (10 bit is only supported at 30p) profile main and main10 level 5 1 and below xcxx55, xtx45 (4k and below) 4k video codecs h 265/hevc, h 264/avc, vp9, mpeg 4 part 2, mpeg1 video, mpeg2 video, or mjpeg video containers mp4, mov, mkv, webm, ts, mpg, mpeg, ps, m2p, mpv, avi, hevc, h264, av1, vp9, and mjpg hdr hdr10 and hlg are supported color space rgb color space, yuv420 bit depth 8 and 10 bit profile main and main10 level 6 1 and below bitrate the bitrate selected by your software should be supported by the codec, given the constraint that the level can’t be over 6 1 wikipedia has more information about bitrates at different profiles and levels (for example, h264 ( https //en wikipedia org/wiki/advanced video coding https //en wikipedia org/wiki/advanced video coding ), h265 ( https //en wikipedia org/wiki/high efficiency video coding https //en wikipedia org/wiki/high efficiency video coding ), and https //en wikipedia org/wiki/vp9 https //en wikipedia org/wiki/vp9 ) xcxx55, xtx45 (4k+) 8k video codecs h 265/hevc, vp9 containers mp4, mov, mkv, webm, ts, mpg, mpeg, ps, m2p, mpv, avi, hevc, h264, av1, vp9, and mjpg resolution the maximum supported resolution is 7680x4320x60p video sources larger than 3840x2160 resolution must be in hevc (h 265) or vp9 format neither av1 nor avc (h 264) will work at 8k video resolution hdr hdr10 and hlg are supported color space yuv420 bit depth 8 and 10 bit (the xc2055 supports 8bit at 8k 60p, and 10bit at 8k 30p) profile main and main10 level 6 1 and below bitrate the bitrate selected by your software should be supported by the codec, given the constraint that the level can’t be over 6 1 wikipedia has more information about bitrates at different profiles and levels (for example, h265 ( https //en wikipedia org/wiki/high efficiency video coding https //en wikipedia org/wiki/high efficiency video coding ) and https //en wikipedia org/wiki/vp9 https //en wikipedia org/wiki/vp9 ) xtx44, xdx34, hdx24 4k video video codec h 264, h 265, or vp9 resolution the maximum supported resolution is 4096x2160x60p color depth 4k video can be encoded at 4 2 0 subsampling with 8 bits (main profile) or 10 bits (main 10 profile) of depth hdr and dolby vision xtx44 players support both hdr10 and dolby vision display hardware the maximum supported framerate and color depth are also affected by your display hardware see 4k video quality docid\ iqn3si7i3otm20ccgrpox for more details brightsign players support both h 265 version 1 profiles main and main 10 however, we do not support the recently ratified version 2 profiles container format the following container formats are supported ts, mov, mp4, mkv, webm xtx44/xdx34 models currently support webm video with the opus audio codec (not vorbis), while hdx24 models support webm with the vorbis audio codec (not opus) bitrate the xtx44 and xdx34 models support a constant bit rate (cbr) of 95 mbps this value applies to both the primary and secondary video decoders hdx24 models support a cbr of 50mbps merge mode if you are using b frames as references in h 265 “merge mode”, the size of the references list should be limited to two or less audio support aac audio (cbr/vbr) up to 288kbps fast start enabling fast start ( movflags +faststart) is recommended, especially for videos used in synchronized playback and brightwall, as well as videos of large filesize and/or duration 4k video must be played from a class 10 sd card hd video supported codecs h 265, h 264, vp9, mpeg 2 resolution the maximum supported resolution is 1920x1080 note that some supported vesa video modes have limitations, as outlined in in player troubleshooting docid\ cmgpupd usjwqq 6jgfs supported extensions/containers ts, mpg, vob, mov, mp4, m2ts mov files with compressed "atoms" (i e metadata) are not currently supported additionally supported extensions players also support webm video with vorbis audio (the opus audio codec is not supported) specs for h 265 extensions/containers support for main and main 10 profiles up to level 5 1 specs for h 264 extensions/containers support for main and high profiles up to level 4 2 maximum recommended video bit rate 25mbps audio support aac audio (cbr/vbr) up to 288kbps fast start enabling fast start ( movflags +faststart) is recommended, especially for videos used in synchronized playback and brightwall, as well as videos of large filesize and/or duration xtx43, xdx33, 4kx42 4k video video codec 4k video must be encoded as an h 265 (hevc) file resolution the maximum supported resolution is 3840x2160x60p color depth 4k video can be encoded at 4 2 0 subsampling with 8 bits (main profile) or 10 bits (main 10 profile) of depth hdr and dolby vision xtx43 players support hdr10 display hardware the maximum supported frame rate and color depth are also affected by your display hardware see 4k video quality docid\ iqn3si7i3otm20ccgrpox for more details brightsign players support both h 265 version 1 profiles main and main 10 however, we do not support the recently ratified version 2 profiles container format the following container formats are supported ts, mov, mp4, mkv, webm these players support webm video with vorbis audio only the opus audio codec is not supported bitrate these models support a cbr of 50 mbps this value applies to both the primary and secondary video decoders merge mode if you are using b frames as references in h 265 “merge mode”, the size of the references list should be limited to two or less audio support aac audio (cbr/vbr) up to 288kbps fast start enabling fast start ( movflags +faststart) is recommended, especially for videos used in synchronized playback and brightwall, as well as videos of large filesize and/or duration 4k video must be played from a class 10 sd card hd and sd video supported codecs h 265, h 264, vp8, mpeg 2, mpeg 1 resolution the maximum supported resolution is 1920x1080 note that some supported vesa video modes have limitations, as outlined in player troubleshooting docid\ cmgpupd usjwqq 6jgfs supported extensions/containers ts, mpg, vob, mov, mp4, m2ts mov files with compressed "atoms" (i e metadata) are not currently supported additionally supported extensions brightsign players support wmv files that are exported from powerpoint (i e , video only wmv without wma audio) players also support webm video with vorbis audio (the opus audio codec is not supported) specs for h 265 extensions/containers support for main and main 10 profiles up to level 5 1 specs for h 264 extensions/containers support for main and high profiles up to level 4 2 specs for mpeg 1 extensions/containers system streams only (elementary streams are not supported) maximum recommended video bit rate 25mbps audio support aac audio (cbr/vbr) up to 288kbps fast start enabling fast start ( movflags +faststart) is recommended, especially for videos used in synchronized playback and brightwall, as well as videos of large filesize and/or duration ls424 supported codecs h 265, h 264, mpeg 2 resolution the maximum supported resolution is 1920x1080 note that some supported vesa video modes have limitations, as outlined in player troubleshooting docid\ cmgpupd usjwqq 6jgfs supported extensions/containers ts, mpg, vob, mov, mp4, m2ts mov files with compressed "atoms" (i e metadata) are not currently supported additionally supported extensions players also support webm video with vorbis audio (the opus audio codec is not supported) specs for h 265 extensions/containers support for main and main 10 profiles up to level 5 1 specs for h 264 extensions/containers support for main and high profiles up to level 4 2 maximum recommended video bit rate 50mbps audio support aac audio (cbr/vbr) up to 288kbps fast start enabling fast start ( movflags +faststart) is recommended, especially for videos used in synchronized playback and brightwall, as well as videos of large filesize and/or duration hdx23, ls423 supported codecs h 265, h 264, vp8, mpeg 2, mpeg 1 resolution the maximum supported resolution is 1920x1080 note that some supported vesa video modes have limitations, as outlined in player troubleshooting docid\ cmgpupd usjwqq 6jgfs supported extensions/containers ts, mpg, vob, mov, mp4, m2ts mov files with compressed "atoms" (i e metadata) are not currently supported additionally supported extensions brightsign players support wmv files that are exported from powerpoint (i e video only wmv without wma audio) players also support webm video with vorbis audio (the opus audio codec is not supported) specs for h 265 extensions/containers support for main and main 10 profiles up to level 5 1 specs for h 264 extensions/containers support for main and high profiles up to level 4 2 specs for mpeg 1 extensions/containers system streams only (elementary streams are not supported) maximum recommended video bit rate 50mbps audio support aac audio (cbr/vbr) up to 288kbps fast start enabling fast start ( movflags +faststart) is recommended, especially for videos used in synchronized playback and brightwall, as well as videos of large filesize and/or duration xdx32, xdx30, hdx22, hdx20, lsx22, hdx10 supported codecs h 264, mpeg 2, mpeg 1 resolution the maximum supported resolution is 1920x1080 note that some supported vesa video modes have limitations, as outlined in player troubleshooting docid\ cmgpupd usjwqq 6jgfs supported extensions/containers ts, mpg, vob, mov, mp4, m2ts mov files with compressed "atoms" (i e metadata) are not currently supported additionally supported extensions wmv files that are exported from powerpoint (i e , video only wmv without wma audio) specs for h 264 extensions/containers support for main and high profiles up to level 4 2 specs for mpeg 1 extensions/containers system streams only (elementary streams are not supported) maximum recommended video bit rate 25mbps audio support aac audio (cbr/vbr) up to 288kbps fast start enabling fast start ( movflags +faststart) is recommended, especially for videos used in synchronized playback and brightwall (not applicable to hdx10 models), as well as videos of large filesize and/or duration hd600 mpeg 1 or mpeg 2 standard video files supported extensions mpg and vob must be a program stream (system stream for mpeg 1) must contain an audio layer at a 48khz sample rate, even if it's just silence maximum bit rate supported is 9mbps maximum video resolution supported is 720x480 hd2000 mpeg 1 or mpeg 2 hd or standard video files supported extensions mpg and vob must be a program stream (system stream for mpeg 1) maximum bit rate supported is 25mbps maximum video resolution supported is 1920x1080i (interlaced) values are for regular file playback and can be seen as playback in ideal conditions see performance limiters https //brightsign atlassian net/wiki/spaces/doc/pages/370673630/optimizing+video+quality#performance limiters for more information