Last updated on June 08, 2017

Supported media player comparison for Appspace App based devices


The tables below compare the support capabilities of devices in each Operating Environment supported by Appspace App, that includes content type, widgets, content delivery, device management, and playback performance.


Supported Image Formats

Operating Environment JPG/JPEG PNG GIF
BrightSign ✔ ✔ ✔
Cisco IEC ✔ ✔ ✔
Chrome OS ✔ ✔ ✔
MediaVue ✔ ✔ ✔
Samsung SSP ✔ ✔ ✔
Universal Windows Platform ✔ ✔ ✔

Supported Audio Formats

Operating Environment AAC AC3 MP3 PCM WAV MP4
BrightSign ✔ 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 4 ✔ 5
Chrome OS ✔ 1 ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ 4 ✔ 5
Cisco IEC ✔ 1 ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ 4 ✔ 5
MediaVue ✔ 1 ✔ 2 ✔ ✔ 3 ✔ ✔
Samsung SSP ✔ 1 ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ 4 ✔ 5
Universal Windows Platform ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Note

  • 1 - With MPEG-4 AAC audio codec.
  • 2 - Supported for streaming video only.
  • 3 - PCM is not supported on MediaVue SureVue D1.
  • 4 - With PCM encoding.
  • 5 - With AAC audio codec.

Supported Video Formats

Operating Environment MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 (H.264/AAC Low Complexity) WMV, VC-1
BrightSign ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
Chrome OS ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘
Cisco IEC ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
MediaVue ✔ 1 ✔ 1 ✔ ✘
Samsung SSP ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘
Universal Windows Platform ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Note

  • 1 - Codec supported for streaming video only.

Supported IPTV Formats

Operating Environment HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) Multicast H.264 Multicast MPEG2 H.265
BrightSign ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 1
Cisco IEC ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘
Chrome OS ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘
MediaVue ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
Samsung SSP ✔ ✔ 2 ✘ ✘
Universal Windows Platform ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘

Note

  • 1 - Only supported by BrightSign XT Series 3 and BrightSign XD Series 3 devices.
  • 2 - Samsung SSP supports RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol) instead of the default UDP (User Datagram Protocol).

Supported Card Types

Appspace Supported Cards

Important

Appspace supported cards are officially created by Appspace, and include constant periodical enhancements.

Operating Environment Announcement Card
BrightSign ✔
Cisco IEC ✔
Chrome OS ✔
MediaVue ✔
Samsung SSP ✔
Universal Windows Platform ✔

Note

In Announcement cards, video backgrounds are not supported in BrightSign, Cisco IEC, and Samsung SSP, as these devices do not support layering on top of videos.

Community Cards

Important

Community cards are created by a third-party community developer. Contact us to learn more about our developer community.

Operating Environment Data Table Card Donut Chart Card Facebook Card Line Chart Card RSS Card Youtube Card Google Slides Card
BrightSign ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Cisco IEC ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
Chrome OS ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
MediaVue ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Samsung SSP ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✔ ✔
Universal Windows Platform ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Note

Supported RSS formats: RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, mRSS, Atom 1.0


Playback Performance

Operating Environment Background Audio Beyond HD Videos Multiple Videos Span Across Multiple Screens
BrightSign ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘
Cisco IEC ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
Chrome OS ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
MediaVue ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 1
Samsung SSP ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Universal Windows Platform ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘

Note

  • 1 - This ability is device model dependent. Please check with the manufacturer for more details.

Videos per layout

For each Appspace App driven device, the number of videos that can be included in a layout in a sign are limited as per the table below, to ensure optimal video playback performance:

Operating Environment Videos per Sign layout
BrightSign 1
Cisco IEC 1
Chrome OS 4
MediaVue 6
Samsung SSP 1
Universal Windows Platform 2

Device Management Support

Operating Environment Auto Detect IP Network Messaging Playout Metrics Reporting RS-232 Screen Power On/Off Software Updates Status Screenshot
BrightSign ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔ 2 ✔ ✘
Cisco IEC ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
Chrome OS ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ 1 ✘
MediaVue ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Samsung SSP ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Universal Windows Platform ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘

Note


Content Delivery Support

Operating Environment Custom Content Check Frequency Local Content Cache Scheduled Content Downloads SmartHub ASE
BrightSign ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Cisco IEC ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Chrome OS ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
MediaVue ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Samsung SSP ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Universal Windows Platform ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Widget Support

Operating Environment Clock Event Calendar Media Zone Media Container Plain Text RSS Ticker RSS Viewer Table Listing Text Ticker Weather
BrightSign ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Cisco IEC ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Chrome OS ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
MediaVue ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Samsung SSP ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Universal Windows Platform ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Note

  • Supported RSS formats: RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, mRSS, Atom 1.0

Device Tasks Support

Operating Environment Task Type Device Tasks
BrightSign Advanced
  • Change default log level
  • Device Firmware Update
  • Get fonts
  • Install font
  • Reboot Device
  • Remove Font
  • Retrieve Date and Time
  • Retrieve Logs
  • Send RS232 Command
  • Update App Package
Cisco IEC Advanced
  • Change default log level
  • Get fonts
  • Install font
  • Reboot Device
  • Remove Font
  • Retrieve Date and Time
  • Retrieve Logs
Chrome OS 1 Advanced
  • Change default log level
  • Get fonts
  • Install font
  • Reboot Device
  • Remove Font
  • Retrieve Date and Time
  • Retrieve Logs
  • Send RS232 Command
MediaVue Advanced
  • Change default log level
  • Get fonts
  • Install font
  • Reboot Device
  • Remove Font
  • Retrieve Date and Time
  • Retrieve Logs
Samsung SSP Advanced
  • Change default log level
  • Get fonts
  • Install font
  • Reboot Device
  • Remove Font
  • Retrieve Date and Time
  • Retrieve Logs
  • Update App Package
Universal Windows Platform Advanced
  • Change default log level
  • Get fonts
  • Install font
  • Reboot Device
  • Remove Font
  • Retrieve Date and Time
  • Retrieve Logs

Note

  • 1 Chromebox device management is primary handled by Google Chrome Device Management (CDM). Script tasks are allowed to execute local sign APIs or Device APIs, but do not replace or replicate features available on Google CDM.


  • To download the latest device tasks package, please refer to the link provided in the Introduction to device tasks article.


Additional Support

Operating Environment Custom/System Fonts International Languages SWF (Flash Lite 3.1) SWF (Flash 9, Action Script 2.0) SWF (Flash 10, Action Script 3.0) Web Content
BrightSign ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✔
Cisco IEC ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✔
Chrome OS ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
MediaVue ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Samsung SSP ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Universal Windows Platform ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✔

To configure a device, please refer to the Supported operating environments for the Appspace App section, and select your article.

Note

To view the supported media player comparison for legacy devices, please refer to supported media player comparison for legacy devices article.