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title: Standard (Linked / Sync'd) Videowalls
slug: author/standard-linked-syncd-videowalls
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createdAt: 2025-03-11T06:58:09.585Z
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This page / section pertains to BrightSign Author, our latest app for authoring and managing content and players. For the legacy BrightAuthor Classic app, refer to our [Legacy Docs](docId\:i5zF53DX56wdWDFHlRot1).
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The link/sync command can be used to synchronize two or more zones containing video. These zones can be sync'd on one player without player clock synchronization, or they can be synchronized across multiple players when player clock synchronization is enabled in the **Presentation Settings**, as shown below.

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# Create the Leader Presentation

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Select **New Presentation** in the Dashboard
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Select **Standard** as the **Presentation Type**
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Enter a **Name** (for example, "Upper Left")
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Select **Start**
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This will take you to a new window. Double-click on the zone in the center panel.
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Switch the **Interactive** slider at the top right to make the presentation interactive.
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Drag your starting image onto the screen to prepare for synchronization as well as a video.
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# Set the Sync Commands

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Add a **Timeout** event to the image and drag it to the video (see Image 1)

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Add a **Media End** event to the video and drag it to the image
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Select the **Timeout** event on the image and open the **Advanced** tab. Select **Add Command:**

- Select **Link** under **Command**
- Chose **Synchronize** as the **Command Parameter**
- Choose the down arrow and then enter "play" as the **Keyword**:

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On the **Media End** event on the video, select **Add Command:**

- Select **Link** under **Command**. 
- Chose **Synchronize** as the **Command Parameter**.
- Choose the down arrow and then enter "stop" as the **Keyword**. 
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You can optionally add a **UDP Media** event to the image and name/label it "play", and add a **UDP Media** event to the video and name/label it "stop". Select the UPD Media event icons and under the **Advanced** tab, select **Add Command**:

- Select **Link** under **Command**
- Chose **Synchronize** as the **Command Parameter**
- Choose the down arrow and then enter "play" as the **Keyword** for the image **UDP Media** event and enter "stop" as the **Keyword** for the video **UDP Media** event
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Select **Publish** in the top right corner and **Save**
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This will take you to the **Schedule** tab. Select a networked unit to play the presentation by clicking the correct box under **Networked Units.**
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Select **Publish**. Your display screen will now receive the presentation you sent it over the network.
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# Create the Follower Presentations

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While the player reboots, return to the presentation in the **Presentation** tab
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Select **Save As** and give the presentation a new name (for example, Upper Right)
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Remove the **Timeout** and **Media End** events from the image and video and add a **Synchronization** event to the image:

- Drag the event from the image to the video.
- Enter "play" under **Specify synchronization keyword**:

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Add a **Synchronization** event to the video:

- Drag the event from the video to the image.
- Enter "stop" under **Specify synchronization keyword**
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Select **Publish** in the top right corner, and **Save**
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In the **Schedule** tab, assign this presentation to the correct player (for example, the upper right player) by clicking the correct box under **Networked Units**
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Repeat these steps until each player has been assigned a separate presentation
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