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To synchronize videos across players in BrightAuthor:connected, you must ensure that both the presentation video zones and the player clocks are synchronized (these principles are the same BrightAuthor)must be synchronized. In that process, a leader/follower relationship will be defined, so that a single leader player controls the playback and sends a synchronize command to one or more follower players.

Synchronization only works between an image and video. Your home screen should be a short image that immediately transitions to the main video. Super states are not currently supported.

Since XC5 players have multiple outputs, the presentation clock does not need to be synchronized unless you are playing a presentation from multiple XC5 players or an XC5 player and another type of BrightSign player. However, you will need to create leader and follower zones by adding a sync command that gets triggered by a keyword.

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  1. Select the follower presentation zone.

  2. Add a Synchronize event to the content you want to display first, then drag that event to the other content in the presentation.

  3. In the Event Properties pane, under Specify synchronization keyword, enter the Keyword you selected in step 5, above. When the follower presentation zone receives this keyword from the leader zone, it will start to play.

  4. Do this for all of the follower zones in the presentation then select Save. You can also select Save as to save the presentation with a different name for additional players (for example “Player 3 follower presentation”).

  5. If you are publishing from a single XC5 player, you can then select Publish to publish the synced presentation. Otherwise, use the following section to synchronize the clocks of the players that will display your presentation.

To synchronize between zones on the same player, use the Link command with the Zone command parameter.

Synchronizing Presentation Clocks

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