Features

is there support for brightwall™? brightwall™ for brightauthor\ connected is on the roadmap but has not yet been implemented we have improved video wall creation tools in brightauthor\ connected, and you can find that information at create a videowall docid\ np iuz6awl1pl439mecjk brightwall™ is available for use in {{brightauthor classic}} versions 3 8 0 x or later is there support for custom splash screens? custom splash screens are not available in the current version of brightauthor\ connected but are available in {{brightauthor classic}} is geofencing available? yes geofencing is available as of version 1 32 0 of brightauthor\ connected to use geofencing on a brightsign player with brightauthor, see use geofencing in brightauthor docid\ xo7r66wof5wcmftwuqtke can you overlay text or images on video? yes all brightsign players (except the hd600) support this image files that are displayed in a video or image or image zone will automatically display over video zones use a live text state docid\ zmrkctvfwvli8u1z5frvk to layer text over a video in an image or video or image zone (it cannot be used in a ticker zone) the live text state also lets you switch between one or more text fields with background images you can layer text over an image by placing a ticker zone over an image zone can presentations display static or scrolling text, and/or rss feeds? text and rss can be displayed as static, animated, or scrolling text within a zones docid\ v evnmu6c7k5nhuns86qt the video in the zones docid\ v evnmu6c7k5nhuns86qt provides a tutorial on this and other methods of displaying text this feature is also available in brightscript via the rotextwidget docid\ gqenktmmfazejdlzhttiz object and javascript via the bsticker docid\ ey8igcegfbguz6edaoxav object how do i create a playlist? see presentation docid 0vm0utpl2j8dss dfnhmo for information on how to build a simple or advanced playlist how does shuffling work in media lists? if you enable the shuffle playback option in a media list state docid\ qa4wytvulmrtkn30caj1y , the playlist will shuffle upon entering the media list state when it’s at the beginning of the list if you are manually advancing through a media list using interactive input, then the playlist shuffles the media list when it reaches the end of the list it is also possible to advance to the next file in the list the media list state is only available for use in an advanced zone can i ignore input (e g , buttons) in my advanced playlist? in a brightauthor\ connected advanced zone, all input is automatically ignored unless it is manually defined in brightauthor\ connected for an example of how to define input, see create gpio input docid\ d0ms5awzao9hgww5 aoap why is my iphone image rotated in the display? this is a metadata issue to fix it open the images in paint or a similar image editor save as under a different name this will overwrite the original file orientation add the image to your presentation how can i rename my presentation? you should always rename your presentation in brightauthor\ connected (use save as in the file menu) if you try to rename the presentation by renaming the bpfx file on the desktop (as you would any other file), it will cause the player to continuously reboot