This section contains technical information about some of the more advanced capabilities of our products. Topics are organized into the categories below (also accessible via the left panel).

Technical

This is our legacy cloud platform. Our latest cloud platform is BrightSign Cloud, aka BSN.Cloud. Development of BSN has largely ceased and will eventually be deprecated.

BrightSign_Network_BSN

BrightSign’s *legacy* app for authoring and managing players. The app's actual name is BrightAuthor but is referred to as BrightAuthor Classic to lessen confusion with BrightSign Author, our latest app.

BrightAuthor_Classic

BrightSign’s latest free, all-in-one app for player setup / management, authoring, and content management.

BrightAuthorconnected

BrightSign's record of a player and its Setup File. The Default Setup File is assigned to the player unless another Setup File has been explicitly set.

Provision_Record

The process where a player is registered with BrightSign and a Setup File is assigned to the player.

Provision

4K Video Quality

Audio Resources

BSN.Cloud Ports & URLs

BSN Ports & URLs

Default Routing Metrics

Full-Resolution Graphics

Player HDCP Support

HDCP

HDMI Input

HTML to Node Migration

Multiscreen VideoMode

Optimize Video Quality

Release of Chip Specs

Time Servers

Sync Network & Switch Settings

Video Wall Sync Architecture

Factors that can Affect Sync

Video Sync

Web Folder Mechanics

Technical Topics

BrightSign Player Security

BSN.Cloud Network Security

microSD Card Security

Web Folder Security

Security

Audio Formats

Image Formats

Media RSS Feeds

Public Key Format

Video Formats & Codecs

Video Modes

Video Streaming

Modes & Formats

Media Server

Memory Streaming

Display Encoding

Media Streamer

BrightSign Media Server

Direct Wi-Fi Setup

On-Player Setup

Prometheus Node Exporter

Streaming Server

WebSockets

Tools & Utilities

Apply a Custom Resolution

Automate Browser Testing with Selenium

Create / Install an autorun.zip

Customize Network Streaming

Enable PTP

Manage Support Tickets

Update BrightSignOS from HTML / JS

Update Storage without Removing Content

Write Support Tickets

Misc How-tos