BrightSign BrightAuthor User Guide v.4.1.1 - Manual (Page 14)

6 Chapter 1 – Getting Started
• H.264 (MPEG-4, Part 10): Can be saved as a .mp4, .mov, or .ts container.
Note: .mov files with compressed “atoms” (i.e. metadata) are not currently supported.
•
WMV: .wmv video only files (.wma audio files are not supported). Support includes videos exported from
Powerpoint.
For further details on video file encoding and support, see the
support page on the BrightSign website.
Audio files
BrightSign players support the following audio formats:
• AAC (LC - Low complexity profile) at a Constant Bit Rate, as part of a video file (.mp4, .mov, or .ts) at 44.1
KHz, 48 KHz
• MP2 (MPEG-1 Layer 2) at a Constant Bit Rate, as part of a video file (.mpg or .ts) at 44.1 KHz, 48 KHz
• MP3 at a Constant Bit Rate (44.1 KHz, 48 KHz, or 32 KHz at up to a bitrate of 224 Kbps) as a standalone
file (i.e. not encoded as an audio track in a video file)
• AC3 5.1 passed through (un-decoded, RAW data) HDMI. Audio streams in this format are supported by
BrightSign players, but will require an AC3 decoder (HDMI AV receiver).
• WAV
Image files
For still images, use BMP, PNG, or JPEG files. The maximum supported resolution is 1920x1080: If you attempt to add an
image file larger than this resolution, BrightAuthor will give you the option to create a downscaled copy of the image.
Note: BrightSign players do not support JPEG image files with CMYK color profiles. You can convert your CMYK
JPEGs to RGB JPEGs using this free
web-based converter .
HTML5 files
See the
HTML5 Best Practices guide for more information on the HTML features that can be used with the BrightSign
player