Last updated on August 25, 2017

Media player support capability comparison for legacy devices


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 Image Formats

Device Client JPG/JPEG PNG GIF
Edge 340 Flash ✔ ✔ ✔
Edge 300 Flash ✔ ✔ ✔
DMP 4310 Flash ✔ ✔ ✔
DMP 4400 Flash ✔ ✔ ✔
PC Player DirectX ✔ ✔ ✔
PC Player Flash ✔ ✔ ✔
Intel NUC Flash ✔ ✔ ✔

Supported Audio Formats

Device Client AAC AC3 MP3 PCM WAV MP4
Edge 340 Flash ✔ 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ - -
Edge 300 Flash ✔ 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ - -
DMP 4310 Flash ✔ 1 ✔ ✔ ✘ - -
DMP 4400 Flash ✔ 1 ✔ ✔ ✘ - -
PC Player DirectX ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ - -
PC Player Flash ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ - -
Intel NUC Flash ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ - -

Note

  • 1 - High Efficiency (HE) AAC v1, MPEG-4 AAC Low Complexity, 64-384 kbps.

Supported Video Formats

Device Client MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 (H.264/AAC Low Complexity) WMV, VC-1
Edge 340 Flash ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 ✔
Edge 300 Flash ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 ✔
DMP 4310 Flash ✔ ✔ 1 ✔ 2 ✔ 4
DMP 4400 Flash ✔ ✔ 1 ✔ 3 ✔ 4
PC Player DirectX ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
PC Player Flash ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Intel NUC Flash ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘

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.

Playback Performance

Device Client Background Audio Beyond HD Videos Multiple Videos Span Across Multiple Screens
Edge 340 Flash ✔ ✘ ✔ 1 ✘
Edge 300 Flash ✔ ✘ ✔ 1 ✘
DMP 4310 Flash ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
DMP 4400 Flash ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
PC Player DirectX ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
PC Player Flash ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Intel NUC Flash ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘

Note

  • 1 - May affect overall playback performance.

Alerts Support

Operating Environment Alerts
Edge 340 ✔
Edge 300 ✔
DMP 4310 ✔
DMP 4400 ✘
PC Player ✘
Intel NUC ✘

The following are content file types supported on Alerts.

  • Image - JPEG, JPG, PNG, TIFF
  • HTML Webpages - Url Snippet
  • Dynamic Content - HTTP/HTTPS

Device Management Support

Device Client Auto Detect IP Network Messaging Playout Metrics Reporting RS-232 Screen Power On/Off Software Updates Status Screenshot
Edge 340 Flash ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
Edge 300 Flash ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
DMP 4310 Flash ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
DMP 4400 Flash ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
PC Player DirectX ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔
PC Player Flash ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔
Intel NUC Flash ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔

Content Delivery Support

Device Client Custom Content Check Frequency Local Content Cache Scheduled Content Downloads SmartHub ASE
Edge 340 Flash ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Edge 300 Flash ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
DMP 4310 Flash ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
DMP 4400 Flash ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
PC Player DirectX ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
PC Player Flash ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Intel NUC Flash ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Widget Support

Device Client Clock Event Calendar Flash Container Media Zone Media Container Plain Text RSS Ticker RSS Viewer Table Listing Text Ticker Weather Wayfinder
Edge 340 Flash ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
Edge 300 Flash ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
DMP 4310 Flash ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
DMP 4400 Flash ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
PC Player DirectX ✔ ✘ ✘ ✔ ✔ 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘
PC Player Flash IE ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
PC Player Flash Chrome ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
Intel NUC Flash ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘

Note

  • 1 - Custom widget using infomenu data component.
  • 2 - Dynamic text is not supported on the DMP 4400.
  • Supported RSS formats: RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, mRSS, Atom 1.0

Device Tasks Support

Operating Environment Task Type Device Tasks
Edge 340 Configuration
  • Set Display Resolution
Monitoring
  • Get CPU Usage
  • Get Current Date Time
  • Get Hostname
  • Get Memory Usage
  • Get NTP Server
  • Get OS Version
  • Get Running Processes
  • Get Storage Space
  • Get System Uptime
  • Get WiFi Mode
Advanced
  • Switch Player Mode
Edge 300 Configuration
  • Set Bluetooth Mode
  • Set Display Resolution
  • Set Hostname
  • Set Log size
  • Set Login GUI
  • Set NTP Server
  • Set Proxy Server
  • Set WiFi Mode
Monitoring
  • Get Bluetooth Status
  • Get CPU Usage
  • Get Current Date Time
  • Get Device Model
  • Get HDMI Info
  • Get Hostname
  • Get Log size
  • Get Login GUI
  • Get Memory Usage
  • Get NTP Server
  • Get OS Version
  • Get Running Processes
  • Get Screen Output Details
  • Get Storage Space
  • Get System Uptime
Advanced
  • Delete System Logs
  • File Transfer to DMP
  • Get Download Manager Log
  • Reboot
  • Send RS-232 Command
DMP 4400 Configuration
  • Set DMP A/V Settings
  • Set DMP Failover Retry
  • Set DMP HDMI Autodetection
  • Set NTP Server
  • Set Proxy Server
Monitoring
  • Get CPU Usage
  • Get Current Date Time
  • Get DMP MIB
  • Get Memory Usage
  • Get NTP Server
  • Get Running Processes
  • Get Screen Output Details
  • Get Storage Space
  • Get System Uptime
Advanced
  • DMP Firmware Upgrade (Remote File)
  • File Transfer to DMP
  • Get Download Manager Log
  • Reboot
  • Send RS-232 Command
  • Set DMP MIB
DMP 4310 Configuration
  • Set DMP A/V Settings
  • Set DMP Failover Retry
  • Set DMP HDMI Autodetection
  • Set NTP Server
  • Set Proxy Server
Monitoring
  • Get CPU Usage
  • Get Current Date Time
  • Get DMP MIB
  • Get Memory Usage
  • Get NTP Server
  • Get Running Processes
  • Get Screen Output Details
  • Get Storage Space
  • Get System Uptime
Advanced
  • DMP Firmware Upgrade (Remote File)
  • File Transfer to DMP
  • Get Download Manager Log
  • Send RS-232 Command
  • Set DMP MIB

Additional Support

Device Client 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
Edge340 Flash ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Edge300 Flash ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
DMP 4310 Flash ✔ 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
DMP 4400 Flash ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔
PC Player DirectX ✔ 2 ✔ 3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 4
PC Player Flash ✔ 2 ✔ 3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Intel NUC Flash ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

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.