Multiscreen Video Playback

Setting Up the Presentation

Follow these steps to set up a video presentation with XC5 players in BrightAuthor:connected.

Create the Presentation

1. Select New Presentation in the Dashboard. This will take you to the Basic > Single Zone > Playlist entry in the Presentation tab.
2. Select either the two output XC2055 or the four output XC4055 (each output is 4K), as the Target Device.
3. Enter a presentation Name.
4. Select Start to create the presentation.

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Select the Screen Layout and Properties

1. This will take you to the Screens tab. If your player has two outputs, two screen layouts will be displayed. If it has four outputs, four screen layouts will be displayed (see Image 2).
2. Select the layout and resolution by changing the number of layouts in the Screen Count dropdown menu and picking a Screen Resolution. If you chose one output, you can select 8K resolution output, but if you have more than one screen, the output is limited to 4K for each screen. Layout Resolution in the right panel will show you the total resolution.
3. Select a Target Frame Rate or use the default.
4. Check Force Resolution or Enable YCbCr 10-bit Output for those options:
   1. Force Resolution forces the player to output the selected resolution even if the display reports over HDMI^® that it does not support it. If this box is unchecked, the player will attempt to use the selected Screen Resolution,  but will then fall back to the highest resolution supported by the display if it is unsupported. 
   2. Enable YCbCr 10-bit Output outputs a 10-bit color video signal to the connected display. See the video encoding FAQ  for more details on supported 4K color spaces and bit depths.
5. Under Screen Properties:
   1. Enter a Name for your screen
   2. Select a Video Output (HDMI-1, HDMI-2, HDMI-3, HDMI-4).
   3. Enter Bezel Compensation values, including bezel Top, Bottom, Left, and Right, to adjust the display for the space between the screens. Set this for each screen or select Apply to All Screens to apply the settings for one screen to all the screens. Bezels that are selected will be highlighted.

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Lay Out the Content

1. Switch to the Layout tab to see the content layout. 
2. Resize the zone by clicking and dragging on the blue tabs in the corner and middle of the zone and/or move it around the layout to place it as you want. You can do this without affecting the screen layout.
   1. Toggle Layout Boundaries lets you see the screen and bezel boundaries are. This feature makes it easy to resize a zone to match the edge of the screen or the edge of the bezel. 
   2. Enable snap to canvas lets you snap to elements quickly and ensure that your zone fills the entire screen.
3. To add more zones, use Add Zone. In the Zone panel, you can change the priority to put the zone on top of or under other zones. 
4. Under Type, you can change the zone type to Audio, Image, Ticker, or Control.

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Add the Content

1. Select a zone. Each zone will have its own content assignment.
2. Go to the Content tab, or double-click on the zone to go directly to the Content tab.
3. Drag your content from the Assets tab into the zone, either as a playlist or an interactive playlist.
4. Continue to do this until all the zones have content. Remember, you can use the Zone panel to put some content zones over others if you wish. You can also change screen configuration and the zone information will remain the same though you will probably have to resize the zone to match the new layout. 
5. You can now publish the multiscreen video presentation.

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