Video or Image Zones
This page / section pertains to BrightAuthor Classic, our legacy app. BrightSign Author is our latest app for managing content and players.
Development of BrightAuthor Classic has largely ceased and the app will eventually be deprecated and replaced with BrightSign Author.
Video or Images zones allow you to display images, video, and HTML (they can also play audio files). Use the Zone Properties window of a Video or Images Zone to edit the following:
- View mode: Determines how videos will be scaled to fit in the zone. This option has no effect if the video and the zone are the same size.
- Scale to Fill: Scales the video to fill the zone without maintaining the aspect ratio. The video will appear stretched or squashed if the aspect ratios of the video and zone do not match.
- Letterboxed and Centered: Centers the video and adds black borders on the top and bottom. The aspect ratio is maintained.
- Fill Screen and Centered: Centers the video and fills the zone. The aspect ratio is maintained, so the video may be cropped if required.
The Scale to Fill and Fill Screen and Centered options will not remove letterboxing if it's part of the video file.
The Analog Stereo and SPDIF outputs are only available on certain player models.
- Audio Output: Configure audio outputs for the zone. > [!WARNING]
- Analog Stereo: Check this box to enable audio output via the 3.5mm audio connector (or USB Type C connector on the LS423/LS424).
- HDMI: Check this box to enable audio output via the HDMI® connector.
- Pass through: Supplies the un-decoded audio signal through the HDMI connector. Use this option if the zone audio (for example, AC3 Dolby Digital) is being decoded on an external device.
- Stereo: Supplies the decoded audio signal through the HDMI connector.
- SPDIF: Check this box to enable audio output via SPDIF.
- Pass through: Supplies the un-decoded audio signal through the SPDIF connector. Use this option if the zone audio (for example, AC3 Dolby Digital) is being decoded on an external device.
- Stereo: Supplies the decoded audio signal through the SPDIF connector.
- Audio Mixing: Choose the mixing of the audio output:
- Stereo: Outputs both left and right audio signals.
- Left: Outputs the left audio signal only.
- Right: Outputs the right audio signal only.
- Image mode: Use the dropdown list to specify a setting for images.
- Center Image: Centers the image without scaling. This may result in cropping if the image is too large.
- Scale to Fit: Scales the image to fit the zone. The image is displayed as large as possible while keeping the correct aspect ratio.
- Scale to Fill and Crop: Scales the image to completely fill the zone while maintaining the aspect ratio.
- Scale to Fill: Scales the image to fill the zone without maintaining the aspect ratio.
- Initial volume (Audio): Sets the initial volume for audio files (0-100).
- Initial volume (Video): Sets the initial volume for video files (0-100).
- Minimum Volume: Sets the minimum volume for the zone (0-100).
- Maximum Volume: Sets the maximum volume for the zone (0-100).
The Maximum Volume setting will be overridden by other volume settings in a presentation, including the Initial Volume setting for the zone and volume commands attached to events or states.