Brightsign player Limitations
The Brightsign player has some limitations. We are working hard to improve it to match the Yodeck Raspberry Pi player in all playback fields. The comparison table below provides more details.
Current limitations:
- Apps with script code. More details in the app compatibility table.
- Running custom script code on Web pages
- For Videos:
- Video Layering is not supported at all
- Gapless Video playback
- Turning On and Off TV screens using the CEC client
- Custom Boot logo
- The “Crop” display option is supported only for Full-screen videos.
- For the videos to be displayed cropped, the Video Playback option on the player’s settings must be set to HTML.
- For the videos to be displayed cropped, the Video Playback option on the player’s settings must be set to HTML.
| Feature/Specs | Raspberry Pi | Brightsign |
|---|---|---|
| Display Media (Images, Videos, Audio, Documents) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Display Apps | ✅ | ✅ |
| Web Apps — More details in the app compatibility table | ✅ | |
| Screenshot support in portal | ✅ | ✅ |
| Volume Schedules feature | ✅ | ✅ |
| Emergency Alerts | ✅ | ✅ |
| Media Filtering | ✅ | ✅ |
| Live YouTube Video/Audio Stream | ✅ | |
| USB to HDMI Video Capture | ✅ | |
| HDMI-in Support | ✅ | |
| 4K | ✅ | ✅ |
| Device Management | ||
| Remote content change | ✅ | ✅ |
| Network Configurations Wifi, Ethernet, 4G USB Dongle, Firewall) | ✅ | |
| Security Configurations (Custom certificates, SSH support) | ✅ | |
| Screen Resolution (Choose resolution/frequency) | ✅ | |
| Sound output (choose HDMI/Analog/Auto/Muted) | ✅ | |
| Advanced Customization (Handle on-screen messages, Advanced Player Directives) | ✅ | |
| Turning On and Off TV screens using the CEC client | ✅ |