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Publish DVD To HD1010

Gmandes

January 30, 2011 06:51

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I'm a BrightSign Newbie. I am testing a HD1010 that we are using in a retail showroom and I want to include some video content from some racing DVD's that we sell in a playlist. I have sucessfully created some playlists with images and text but I am unsure how to place the DVD content in a playlist. Can I eliminate the menu on the DVD? Any laymen help would be appreciated. Thanks, George

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  RokuLyndon February 01, 2011 05:38

  
  
  You can copy the vob files from the dvds to your computer, and you can use the brightauthor software to publish a playlist to the flash card for playback on the brightsign. vob is a recognized extension.
  
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  Gmandes February 02, 2011 04:39

  
  
  Hi Lyndon,
  
  Thanks for the reply.  Can you recommend a program to convert other video formats to BS recongnized formats?
  
  Thanks, George
  
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  RokuLyndon February 02, 2011 07:29

  
  
  What are you converting from, and are you looking for a free program? I personally like elecard converter, but it's not a free program.
  
  If you can easily generate mov/mp4 files, that are h.264 encoded, you can use a free program like tsmuxer to make your mov/mp4 into a transport stream, .ts, that the brightsign will play.
  
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  Gmandes February 08, 2011 23:34

  
  
  Is there a limitation of playlist size other than the SD card size on a HD1010?  I have a 32GB card and the video playlist I'm creating is about 20GB.
  
  Thanks, George
  
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  RokuLyndon February 09, 2011 01:16

  
  
  no limit on the playlist size. I have a customer with a 40GB project.
  
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  Gmandes February 11, 2011 09:18

  
  
  Hi Lyndon,
  
  Evidently there is a limit on a video file size of around 5GB though. Any video file I try to write in Bright Author over 5GB gives a copy error. Is that correct?  It's a .mpg file.
  
  Thanks, George
  
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  RokuLyndon February 12, 2011 05:45

  
  
  Fat32 has a 4GB limit.  So, to use larger files you to format the flash card as exfact or ntfs. If you're using ntfs, you'll need a custom script because we don't currently support writing to ntfs. So, while brightauthor will publish to an ntfs formatted card, the brightsign can't write to ntfs so you'll get an error after startup when it tries to copy  it's xml playlist.
  
  So, to use ntfs, you would need to use a custom script or possibly the old csv format which does attempt to do a write to th flash card.