Parameters – BrightSign Object Reference Manual (FW 5.1) User Manual

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o H264-MVC
o AVSC

AudioCodec

o MPEG-Audio
o AAC
o AAC+
o AC3
o AC3+
o DTS

VideoPid

AudioPid

PcrPid


The

VirtualChannel and RfChannel parameters must be present for PlayFile() to scan correctly. If you specify only

these parameters, the player will scan the RF channel for a QAM/ATSC signal and attempt to retrieve the specified virtual
channel from the results. The results from this action are cached so that subsequent calls to PlayFile() will take much less
time. Providing the

SpectralInversion and/or ModulationType parameters will further speed up the scanning

process.

If all parameters are supplied, then no scanning is required and the player can tune to the channel immediately. If one or
more of the optional parameters is missing, then the player must parse the transport stream metadata to find the
appropriate values for the supplied

VirtualChannel and RfChannel.

Preferred Streams

If multiple video, audio, or data streams are encapsulated in the video input, you can use the

SetPreferredVideo(),

SetPreferredAudio(), and SetPreferredCaptions() methods to determine which stream to use. For example, if

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