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HOW TO USE BrightAuthor:Connected and SETUP BRIGHTSIGN player on a PC
Setup the SD Card
You will need a high grade MicroSD card, especially for 8K units:
Western Digital Industrial Micro SD, HC I U1 32GB, 3231DVAHC0WD
or
ADATA Premier ONE 64GB SDXC UHS-II U3 Class10 V90 3D NAND 4K 8K Ultra HD 275MB/s Micro SD CardAUSDX64GUII3CL10-CA1
or
SanDisk 32GB Extreme microSDHC UHS-I Memory Card with Adapter - C10, U3, V30, 4K, A1, Micro SD - SDSQXAF-032G-GN6MA, Red/Gold
You may need a SD card reader:
Anker 2-in-1 USB 3.0 SD Card Reader for Micro SD Cards
FORMAT SD card as exFAT on a PC
Insert the card into your PC, go to This PC
Carefully right mouse over the correct drive, choose Format...
Select File system exFAT, Start
Eject the drive, right mouse over the correct drive, choose Eject
Software
Download the latest BrightAuthor:Connected software
https://www.brightsign.biz/resources/software-downloads/
Select your model, ie XT2145 would be XT5.
Scroll Down to find BrightAuthor:Connected
You may need to tell Microsoft the download is safe, twice
In the Downloads folder double click BA+connected+Setup.exe to install
Firewall OK
You can quit BrightAuthor:connected once it is installed
Download the latest Brightsign OS for your player (Same location as BrightAuthor)
https://www.brightsign.biz/resources/software-downloads/
Select your model, ie XT2145 would be XT5.
Scroll Down to find BrightSignOS
You may need to tell Microsoft the download is safe, twice
In the Downloads folder Right mouse over the brightsign-update.zip
Right mouse Extract All...
Don't install keep the OS in an archive for the future.
Setup the player
Connect your player to your network with a CAT 5,6 or 7 cable (You may need a small network hub)
Connect your monitor with HDMI cables
Plugin the Brightsign without an SD Card
Take down notes about the player, keep this info with the player in its box.
Model number
IP Address
Serial number (this will be your password)
OS Software version
Use BrightAuthor:Connected to make a presentation
Insert the reformatted SD card into the Brightsign (It may already be inserted.)
Connect the monitor or projectors to the unit.
Start BA connected
Select New Presentation>>
Name Enter the presentation name
Target Player Enter the model number for your player
Connector HDMI
Output Resolution 1920x1200 for projector
Target Frame Rate 60p
Screen Orientation Landscape
Hit Start
Content tab
Drag and drop your mp4 video into the screen.
File Save
PUBLISH
Select the Schedule tab
Select Type Local Network
Highlight the Networked Player or use the + to add
Select Options->BrightSignOS Update
Select your player model
Select Latest released OS:
Select Publish▲?
Wait
You will see your movie playing. If there are any lags, you will need to decrease your bitrate for the movie file. Re-publish.
Player Movie BitRates
You can kind of find this information at: https://support.brightsign.biz/hc/en-us/articles/218065137-Supported-video-formats-and-codecs
HD224 4K max bit rate 30-40 Mbps
XD233 4K 30-40 Mbps HD 25 Mbps
XD234/XD235 4K 70-80 Mbps
XD1034 same as XD234 more input for interactivity
Avoid exceeding profile 5.1 for non XC players.
Use AfterEffects, Media Encoder or ffmpeg to to compress an H.265 mp4 movie.
I included a script to encode with ffmpeg with the art. You can modify this to set new bitRates.
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