Last updated on August 30, 2016

Supported media player comparison


The tables below compare the support capabilities of each Appspace supported device, such as content type, widgets, content delivery, device management, and playback performance.


Supported Audio Formats

Audio Formats Edge 340 Edge 300 DMP 4310 DMP 4400 PC Player PC Player Intel NUC Chromebox BrightSign Samsung SSSP MediaVue Cisco IEC
Flash Flash Flash Flash Direct X Flash Flash HTML5 HTML5 HTML5 HTML5 HTML5
AAC 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
AC3
MP3
PCM
WAV - - - - - - - 3 3 3 3
MP4 - - - - - - - 4 4 4 4

Note

  • 1 - High Efficiency (HE) AAC v1, MPEG-4 AAC Low Complexity, 64-384 kbps.
  • 2 - With MPEG-4 AAC audio codec
  • 3 - With PCM encoding
  • 4 - With AAC audio codec

Supported Image Formats

Image Formats Edge 340 Edge 300 DMP 4310 DMP 4400 PC Player PC Player Intel NUC Chromebox BrightSign Samsung SSSP MediaVue Cisco IEC
Flash Flash Flash Flash Direct X Flash Flash HTML5 HTML5 HTML5 HTML5 HTML5
JPG/JPEG
PNG

Supported Video Formats

Video Formats Edge 340 Edge 300 DMP 4310 DMP 4400 PC Player PC Player Intel NUC Chromebox BrightSign Samsung SSSP MediaVue Cisco IEC
Flash Flash Flash Flash Direct X Flash Flash HTML5 HTML5 HTML5 HTML 5 HTML5
MPEG-1
MPEG-2 1 1
MPEG-4 (H.264/AAC Low Complexity) 2 2 2 3
WMV, VC-1 4 4

Note

  • 1 - MPEG-2: Main Profile @ High Level.
  • 2 - MPEG-4: Part 10 Baseline & Main Profile.
  • 3 - MPEG-4: Part 2 or MPEG-4 Part 10 Baseline & Main Profile.
  • 4 - WMV-9: Video Container, VC-1 Video Codec.

Supported Card Types

Card Types Edge 340 Edge 300 DMP 4310 DMP 4400 PC Player PC Player Intel NUC Chromebox BrightSign Samsung SSSP MediaVue Cisco IEC
Flash Flash Flash Flash Direct X Flash Flash HTML5 HTML5 HTML5 HTML 5 HTML 5
Announcement Card
Data Table Card
Donut Chart Card
Facebook Card
Line Chart Card
RSS Card

Content Delivery Support

Features Edge 340 Edge 300 DMP 4310 DMP 4400 PC Player PC Player Intel NUC Chromebox BrightSign Samsung SSSP MediaVue Cisco IEC
Flash Flash Flash Flash Direct X Flash Flash HTML5 HTML5 HTML5 HTML 5 HTML 5
Custom Content Check Frequency
Local Content Cache
Scheduled Content Downloads
SmartHub ASE

Device Management Support

Features Edge 340 Edge 300 DMP 4310 DMP 4400 PC Player PC Player Intel NUC Chromebox BrightSign Samsung SSSP MediaVue Cisco IEC
Flash Flash Flash Flash Direct X Flash Flash HTML5 HTML5 HTML5 HTML 5 HTML 5
Auto Detect IP
Network Messaging
Playout Metrics Reporting
RS-232 Screen Power On/Off
Software Updates 1
Status Screenshot

Note

1 - Google has its own device management platform. Please refer to Configuring Google Chrome Device Management (CDM).


Playback Performance

Features Edge 340 Edge 300 DMP 4310 DMP 4400 PC Player PC Player Intel NUC Chromebox BrightSign Samsung SSSP MediaVue Cisco IEC
Flash Flash Flash Flash Direct X Flash Flash HTML5 HTML5 HTML5 HTML 5 HTML 5
Background Audio
Beyond HD Videos
Multiple Videos 1 1 2
Span Across Multiple Screens

Note

  • 1 - May affect overall playback performance.
  • 2 - For second video to be audible, the audio must be in same sample rate as the first video.

Widget Support

Widgets Edge 340 Edge 300 DMP 4310 DMP 4400 PC Player PC Player PC Player Intel NUC Chromebox BrightSign Samsung SSSP MediaVue Cisco IEC
Flash Flash Flash Flash Direct X Flash IE Flash Chrome Flash HTML5 HTML5 HTML5 HTML 5 HTML 5
Clock
Event Calendar
Flash Container
Media Zone
Media Container 1
Plain Text 2
RSS Ticker
RSS Viewer
SIP Call
Table Listing
Text Ticker
Weather
Wayfinder

Note

  • 1 - Custom widget using infomenu data component.
  • 2 - Dynamic text is not supported on the DMP 4400.

Additional Support

Features Edge 340 Edge 300 DMP 4310 DMP 4400 PC Player PC Player Intel NUC Chromebox BrightSign Samsung SSSP MediaVue Cisco IEC
Flash Flash Flash Flash Direct X Flash Flash HTML5 HTML5 HTML5 HTML5 HTML5
Custom/System Fonts 1 2 2
International Languages 3 3
SWF (Flash Lite 3.1)
SWF (Flash 9, Action Script 2.0)
SWF (Flash 10, Action Script 3.0)
Web Content 4

Note

  • 1 - Manual conversion of TTF fonts to a Linux compatible format using online tools and preposition onto device’s local storage.
  • 2 - Manual installation of font.
  • 3 - Provided required fonts (UTF-8) are installed.
  • 4 - No support for web content on Windows 8.1 with Internet Explorer 11. For full web content support, use the Flash Player option. Please refer to Configuring Appspace Windows PC Client to use Flash.

Check out the device configuration guides here.