Overview
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).
Note about XC5 Players
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.
You will need to create leader and follower zones in BrightAuthor:connected presentations by adding a sync command that gets triggered by a keyword.
Synchronizing Presentation Zones
To synchronize video zones in a BrightSign player, you must create a message in a leader zone and an event that will listen for that message in follower zones. To do this:
Creating the Leader Presentation Zone
Create the leader presentation with your content and zones. Make sure to toggle Interactive on the top right.
Add a Timeout event to the content you want to display first, then drag that event to the other content in the presentation.
In Event Properties > Advanced, select Add Command.
Select the Link command and Synchronize.
Toggle the down arrow to enter a Keyword. This will be used to trigger follower players to display content.
Save the presentation.
Creating the Follower Presentation Zone
Create the follower presentation(s) with your content and zones.
Add a Synchronize event to the content you want to display first, then drag that event to the other content in the presentation.
In the Event Properties pane, under Specify synchronization keyword, enter the Keyword you selected in step 5, above.
Select Save and use the following section to synchronize the clocks of the players that will display your presentation.
Synchronizing Presentation Clocks
To synchronize clocks in multiple video players on the same local network, the leader presentation must have a presentation setting that defines that player as the leader, and other presentations must be set as followers. To do this:
Select the leader zone in your presentation. It may be helpful to include “Leader” and “Follower” in the zone names.
In Presentation Settings > Interactive > Synchronization, select Enable enhanced synchronization and choose Master.
Select a follower zone in your presentation.
In Presentation Settings > Interactive > Synchronization, select Enable enhanced synchronization and choose Slave.
Do this for all the follower zones in your presentation, then Save and Publish. You can also select Save as and Publish the presentation with a different name for additional players (for example “Player 3 follower presentation”).