Compare device media player capabilities
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
- Supported Audio Formats
- Supported Video Formats
- Supported IPTV Formats
- Supported Card Types
- Playback Performance
- Alerts Support
- Device Management Support
- Content Delivery Support
- Widget Support
- Device Tasks Support
- Additional Support
Supported Image Formats
Operating Environment | JPG/JPEG | PNG | GIF |
---|---|---|---|
Android | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
BrightSign | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Chrome OS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Cisco IEC | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
iOS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
LG webOS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
MediaVue | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Samsung SSP | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Universal Windows Platform | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Supported Audio Formats
Operating Environment | AAC | AC3 | MP3 | PCM | WAV | MP4 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Android | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
BrightSign | ✔ 1 | ✔ 6 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ 4 | ✔ 5 |
Chrome OS | ✔ 1 | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ 4 | ✔ 5 |
Cisco IEC | ✔ 1 | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ 4 | ✔ 5 |
iOS | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
LG webOS | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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.
- 6 - Requires a firmware and license from BrightSign, and has additional fees associated.
Supported Video Formats
Operating Environment | MPEG-1 | MPEG-2 | MPEG-4 (H.264/AAC Low Complexity) | WMV, VC-1 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Android | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ |
BrightSign | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ |
Chrome OS | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✘ |
Cisco IEC | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
iOS | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✘ |
LG webOS | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✘ |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Android | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
BrightSign | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ 1 |
Chrome OS | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
Cisco IEC | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
iOS | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
LG webOS | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
MediaVue | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ |
Samsung SSP | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
Universal Windows Platform | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
Note
1 - Only supported by BrightSign XT Series 3 and BrightSign XD Series 3 devices.
Supported Card Types
Appspace Supported Cards
Important
Appspace supported cards are officially created by Appspace, and include constant periodical enhancements.
Operating Environment | Announcement Card | Web View Card |
---|---|---|
Android | ✔ | ✔ |
BrightSign | ✔ | ✔ |
Chrome OS | ✔ | ✔ |
Cisco IEC | ✔ | ✔ |
iOS | ✔ | ✔ |
LG webOS | ✔ | ✔ |
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. Community cards will be turned off by default.
Operating Environment | Data Table Card | Donut Chart Card | Facebook Card | Line Chart Card | RSS Card | Youtube Card | Google Slides Card |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Android | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
BrightSign | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Chrome OS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Cisco IEC | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
iOS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
LG webOS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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 |
---|---|---|---|
Android | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
BrightSign | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ |
Chrome OS | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ |
Cisco IEC | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
iOS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
LG webOS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
MediaVue | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Samsung SSP | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ |
Universal Windows Platform | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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 |
Chrome OS | 4 |
Cisco IEC | 1 |
LG webOS | 2 |
MediaVue | 6 |
Samsung SSP | 1 |
Universal Windows Platform | 2 |
Alerts Support
Alerts is supported on all Appspace App driven devices.
Operating Environment | Alerts |
---|---|
BrightSign | ✔ |
Chrome OS | ✔ |
Cisco IEC | ✔ 1 |
LG webOS | ✔ |
MediaVue | ✔ |
Samsung SSP | ✔ 2 |
Universal Windows Platform | ✔ |
Note
- 1 Alerts on a card is only broadcasted after a few attempts.
- 2 Alerts on a card deactivates automatically after broadcasting for about 5 seconds.
The following are content file types supported on Alerts.
Images - JPEG, JPG, PNG, TIFF
Cards - Announcement card, Web card
Important
Cards are supported in Alerts with Appspace App 1.21 and later only.
Device Management Support
Operating Environment | Auto Detect IP | Network Messaging | Playout Metrics Reporting | RS-232 Screen Power On/Off | Software Updates | Status Screenshot |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Android | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✘ |
BrightSign | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ 1 | ✘ 2 | ✘ |
Chrome OS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ 3 | ✘ |
Cisco IEC | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ |
iOS | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✘ |
LG webOS | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✘ |
MediaVue | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Samsung SSP | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✘ |
Universal Windows Platform | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✘ |
Note
- 1 - RS-232 is only supported by BrightSign XT Series 3 and BrightSign XD Series 3, Expanded I/O Player models, using a 3.5mm TRRS jack and null-modem cable.
- 2 - The Appspace App software updates for BrightSign must be updated manually by reinstalling the Appspace App for BrightSign package.
- 3 - Google has its own device management platform. Please refer to Configuring Google Chrome Device Management (CDM).
Content Delivery Support
Operating Environment | Custom Content Check Frequency | Local Content Cache | Scheduled Content Downloads | SmartHub ASE |
---|---|---|---|---|
Android | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
BrightSign | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Chrome OS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Cisco IEC | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
iOS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
LG webOS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Android | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
BrightSign | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Chrome OS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Cisco IEC | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
iOS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
LG webOS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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 |
---|---|---|
Android | Advanced |
|
BrightSign 1 | Advanced |
|
Chrome OS 2 | Advanced |
|
Cisco IEC | Advanced |
|
iOS | Advanced |
|
LG webOS | Advanced |
|
MediaVue | Advanced |
|
Samsung SSP | Advanced |
|
Universal Windows Platform | Advanced |
|
Note
1 RS-232 is only supported by BrightSign XT Series 3 and BrightSign XD Series 3, Expanded I/O Player models, using a 3.5mm TRRS jack and null-modem cable.
2 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Android | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
BrightSign | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
Chrome OS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Cisco IEC | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
iOS | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
LG webOS | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
MediaVue | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Samsung SSP | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Universal Windows Platform | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
To configure a device, please refer to the Installing the Appspace App on supported operating environments section, and select your article.
Note
For legacy devices support, please refer to Media player support capability comparison for legacy devices article.