GoBright View - Creating a channel, zone and resolution(s)

GoBright View - Creating a channel, zone and resolution(s)

GoBright View uses channels like TV channels. A channel consists of one or more zones which contain one or more playlists. 

It is possible to add multiple resolutions and even mix landscape and portrait resolutions within a single channel. The device that presents the content will adapt to the best possible resolution and orientation.

Before you are able to schedule content on a device, you need to define the 'Channels'. In short, these are similar to television channels that can be changed on the device. There a few fundamental elements that form channels:

• Resolution, this is the resolution used by the device. It's important to know which resolution(s) the device(s) support and the most optimal one that can be used. 
• Zone, this is a part of the screen that is used to display a playlist. Multiple zones can be used within a single resolution to divide the screen into several parts.
• Channel, the combination of multiple resolutions and zones.

Resolution

Each device will display content in a certain resolution. One of the most common examples is FullHD, which is used by a lot of devices. We'll use this as an example to explain how the resolution is configured within GoBright.

The first thing to know is that resolutions are always configured in pixels based on their width and height. For FullHD we're setting the width to 1920 pixels and the height to 1080 pixels.

To set the resolution press the management tab:

Then select Resolutions:

Select Add:

Fill in the details Name, Width and Height:

Then Save:

The resolutions are now available:

In this example two resolutions were created with Landscape and Portrait alternatives.

Zone

The zone is a part of a certain resolution and is also configured using pixels. To create a new zone follow the steps below:

Select the Management tab:

Select Zones:

Select Add

Give the Zone a name:

As you might have noticed, the only thing that is required to create a zone is the name. We'll set the actual width and height within the Channel that we are creating below.

Channel

Each channel can display any combination of one or more resolutions and zones. It's important to understand how to configure these as they influence how content is being displayed. Let's create a new channel and we'll explain how it's configured as we go:

Select the Management tab:

Select Channels and layouts:

Select Add:

Fill in Name and Index:

The index represents the physical channel on the device and can be set anywhere between 1 and 99. The Autofill at new playlist checkbox will decide whether this channel is used by default when creating a new playlist.

Multiple resolutions can be added within a single channel.

This is because more than one device can use the same channel and therefore the same content. However, because we want to display content in the most optimal resolution for each device we are able to add several within the channel. The device will use the most optimal resolution when more than one is selected.

Now it's time to decide how many zones will be used within the selected resolutions. It's good to have a clear image of what the content should look like on the screen when configuring zones. In this example just one was selected.

Configuring resolutions

The final step of the channel set up is to configure the resolution. This is different from creating the resolution which we've done earlier as this will define the actual zones.

Select Management > Channels and layouts > Resolutions

The position of each zone can be set:

It's good to know that the position and size should always add up to be the number of pixels from the resolution.