Presentation Preview

this page / section pertains to brightauthor classic , our legacy app brightauthor\ connected 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 brightauthor\ connected {{brightauthor classic}} version 3 8 and later contain a preview feature, which enables you to preview a presentation on your pc as it is built preview a presentation to preview the current presentation select the preview button displayed in the top bar of at the right, next to upload to network click the arrow at the right side of this button to display a drop down list to select the preview size half size the preview is displayed in a window at half the presentation resolution full size the presentation is previewed in full screen mode if the resolution of your pc monitor is less than that of the target signage display, the presentation will run off the screen monitor 2 if you have a second monitor attached, the preview will be placed on that monitor exit the preview to continue (even if the preview is on a second monitor) when using full screen preview, press the escape key to exit the preview currently, only a subset of presentation features can be previewed visual states that are currently not supported will be shown as black in the preview window, and unsupported audio states will be silent known issues unsupported states display as black and placeholder states are added in these cases text animation in ticker zones is not yet supported there is no support for brightsign network functionality (including data feeds, dynamic playlists, and live media) you can get a bsn data feed to work in preview by adding it to your presentation as a simple rss feed to get the rss url of a bsn data feed, navigate to create > live data in the bsn webui, click the properties of the desired data feed, and copy the url field supported features presentation types landscape presentations zones video or images video only images ticker clock (default settings only; customized clock zones are not supported) states video file image file html5 (note that the preview's html rendering is not the same as the player's will be) live text (excluding bsn live data) media rss video list image list video play file image play file event handler events timeout media end rectangular touch (using mouse) udp zone message send zone message other set/increment/decrement/reset user variables local web server local web server emulation in place only available when preview is active ipad/iphone app can connect user must manually add ip address for the pc on which brightauthor classic is installed while preview is active ipad/iphone app can display lws web page, set user variables, and send udp messages unsupported features presentation types portrait presentations zones audio only enhanced audio background states live video signchannel interactive menu audio list super state dynamic playlist local playlist video stream mjpeg stream audio stream rf in tuner scan events bp900/bp200 gpio synchronize serial keyboard usb input remote input link zones video time code time clock gps plugin message sounddock commands set panel output set audio connector volume zone volume send udp/serial/ir remote/plugin message link gpio on/off video pause/resume/enable monitor power brightcontrol other pause/reboot/update data feed