Settings

Settings are displayed by pressing the leftmost buttonin the upper right of the window, or the buttonon the upper left of the window.
To close the settings please press the button at the top right.

Changes in settings will be applied immediately, except for some. However, it will not be reflected on the contents being displayed or loaded. It will be reflected when that content is displayed again.

Basic

Here we will set up the basic settings.

[Theme]

You can switch the appearance.

• Light
  It will be based on white.

• Dark
  It will be based on black.

[Data Folder]

Select the folder where the contents of the image or video to be displayed are placed. In the default state, it is the “Pictures” folder of the user who is signed in.
When you press button, the folder selection dialog box is displayed and you can select the folder. If the clipboard contains text, button will appear and you can paste it.

• Enable Data Folder Path Valication …. Ver.2.6.1.0 or later
  Automatically check whether the entered data folder path exists. If the path does not exist, will be displayed on the left side of the input field to alert you. In this case, the entered path is not saved. By default this option is enabled.

[Refer to the main window settings] - Sub Window only

If checked, the values set in the main window will be used in the sub window settings, except for the “Basic” setting.
If you change the settings in the main window, the settings in the sub window will also change.

[Automatic startup by the main window] - Sub Window only

If checked, the sub window will start immediately after the main window starts. If you do not check it, the subwindow will not start automatically.

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Window

Set the window name, position, size, etc. (Introduced in Ver.2.6 or later)
You can also manage Sub Windows.

It is possible to handle multiple windows since Ver.2.6.
When SmartSignage is started, the first thing that is displayed is the “Main Window”.
In the main window, you can create a new window. This newly created window is a “Sub Window”.
In the main window, you can change the name, position, size, etc. of the Sub Window.
For more information on the Sub Window, see Sub window.

[Window Type]

Displays the window type (Main or Sub) and the window ID. ** Cannot be changed. ** **

[Window Name]

Set the name of the window.
The main window can be unnamed. You should always set a name for the subwindow.

[Topmost] … has been moved this place since Ver.2.6.1.2.

Make SmartSignage appear on top. If a subwindow or another application’s window is set to “Topmost”, the active window will appear on top. On macOS, it appears in front of the menu bar.

[Position and Size]

Set the display position and size of the window.

•  Move to Monitor
  
  Press the button to display the list and move the window to the selected monitor (display). The window will be displayed in the center of the monitor you are moving to.

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  Press the button to display a window for setting the position and size. It is used to change the window position significantly.

• Left
  Specifies the left position of the window.
  If you enter the value directly, press the Tab (⇥) key to reflect it.

• Top
  Specifies the top position of the window.
  If you enter the value directly, press the Tab (⇥) key to reflect it.

• Width
  Specifies the horizontal size of the window.
  If you enter the value directly, press the Tab (⇥) key to reflect it.

• Height
  Specifies the vertical size of the window.
  If you enter the value directly, press the Tab (⇥) key to reflect it.

[Move To] …. Ver.2.7 or lator

You can move the window to the four corners and center in the monitor.

• The window will move to top-left in the monitor and resize quater of the monitor.

• The window will move to top-right in the monitor and resize quater of the monitor.

• The window will move to center in the monitor and resize 65% of the monitor.

• The window will move to bottom-left in the monitor and resize quater of the monitor.

• The window will move to bottom-right in the monitor and resize quater of the monitor.

[Pinned Window] …. Ver.2.7 or lator

When checked, window cannot be moved or resized. When pinned, icon appears to the right of the “SmartSignage” title in the top control bar.
In the case of Windows version, the monitor information and window information where the window was placed when the check was put are saved. If the monitor is disconnected, Windows will move the SmartSigange window to the primary monitor, but will automatically restore the window position and size when the saved monitor is connected.

[Manage Sub Windows]

•  Manage Sub Windows
  
  You can manage sub windows by clicking (or tapping). This item is only available in the main window.
  See Sub Window for more information.

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Behavior

Set the display time of the content, transition effect (transition), and so on.

[Duration for each content]

Set the time to display each content in seconds. After the specified time elapses, the next content will be switched. The time set here is common to all contents.

• ¹⁄₁₀ second increments
  When checked, the number that increases or decreases with the button

   <
   
   >
  becomes ¹⁄₁₀ second unit.

• Video playback use its own duration
  When checked, video content will not be played for the specified time, but will be played back until the end of the movie before switching to the next content.

[Transition]

You can specify the display effect (transition) when each content switches. Transitions are applied within the time of the switched content. The transition set here will be the same setting for all contents.

Type

Specify the type of transition. Specify from the following.

• None
  Switch to the next content without display effect.

• Fade
  It changes gradually as the transparency of the next content changes.

• Fade via Color
  It gradually changes to the specified color and then gradually to the next content. – It has been added at Ver.2.2 –

• Wipe
  The following content is displayed from one side so as to wipe off the current content.

• Blind
  Like the window blind, the following content is displayed in several streaks.

• Slide
  The next content will be displayed from one side to slide.

• Scroll
  The displayed content slides to one side and the next content slides from the other side.

• Star
  The next content expands from a small star to a big star and spreads in the display area. Or the current content shrinks to a small star and disappears. This depends on the “Direction” setting.

• Circle
  The next content expands from a small circle to a large circle and spreads in the display area. Or the current content shrinks to a small side and disappears. This depends on the “Direction” setting.

• Ramdom
  Every time content is switched, transitions from fade to circular are randomly chosen and applied. Directions are randomly chosen.

Duration

Set the time to activate the transition in ¹⁄₁₀ second increments. It can not be set beyond the display time.

Direction

Specify the direction of the transition. If you select Fade, you can not specify the direction.

Color

Specify the fade color to use when “Fade via Color” type is selected.

Disable Transition on Video Content - macOS only

Avoid using transitions when switching to video content. If you have checked [Other]-[Enable Video Widget], you can reduce the display distortion by checking this function.

Preview Transition

You can see how the specified transition works. Click the “Start Preview” button to start the transition.

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Motion Effect

[Use Motion Effect]

If checked, the motion effect will be applied when displaying images and PDFs. The effect for contents is set below.

[Effect Type]

Select the type of effect.

• Scale Content gradually expands or contracts
• Move Content moves gradually
• Random Each time an effect is applied, either [Scale] or [Move] is randomly selected.

[Scaling Factor]

The Motion Effect needs to extend the content. Set the enlargement ratio for that.

Step by 0.01

[Return to Default]

When you press this button, the the enlargement ratio will be the default value. The default value is 1.20.

[Reference Point]

Set the target position for the effect. For the Scale, zooms in or out around the specified position. When the Move, it moves in the direction of the specified position.

• Center …. Only [Scale] is available
• Left
• Right
• Top
• Bottom
• Top Left
• Top Right
• Bottom Left
• Bottom Right
• Random
  One of the above will be randomly selected when the effect is applied. In case of [Move], Center is excluded.

[Scale Type]

When [Scale] is selected as the effect type, select whether to perform Enlarge or Shrink.

• Enlarge
  Enlarges from the standard display size to the size specified in [Scaling Factor], centering on the position specified in [Reference Point].
• Shrink
  The size is reduced from the size specified in [Scaling Factor] to the standard display size centered on the position specified in [Reference Point].
• Random When applying the effect, either Enlarge or Shrink is randomly selected.

[Previw Motion Effect]

You can see how the set action effect works.

Start Preview

Press this button to start the preview. If Random is selected for any item, the candidates in that item will be randomly selected each time you start the preview.

Reset

Press this button to return to the standard view. If the preview is running, it will stop working and return to the standard view.

Duration

Specifies the number of running seconds in the preview. The time specified here is not used when the actual content is displayed. When displaying the content, the time specified in [Duration for each content] of [Behavior] is applied.

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Others

[Color of content empty area]

Sets the background color of each content. The background color is displayed in the margin part when “Uniform” is selected in “Stretch Content”. Also, if the image contains a transparent color, that part will be the background color specified here. When you press the button, the selecting color box is displayed.

[Stretch Content]

Content aspect ratio does not necessarily match the aspect ratio of SmartSignage window. If they do not match, you specify here how to display that content.

• Fill
  Scale the content to fit the SmartSignage window. If the aspect ratio of the content does not match the aspect ratio of the window, it will be displayed stretched vertically or horizontally (or pressed)

• Uniform
  If the aspect ratio of the content does not match the aspect ratio of SmartSignage’s window, the entire content is displayed by aligning the long side of the content with the window. The background color is displayed in the margin part.

• Uniform to Fill
  If the aspect ratio of the content does not match the aspect ratio of SmartSignage’s window, it displays the short side of the content so that it does not have a margin by matching it with the window. The part which did not fit in the window is clipped.

[Web Cache]

Specify how to handle the cache of the web view.

• On Disk
  The cache will remain even after SmartSignage is terminated. The expiration date of the cache depends on the website settings.

• On Memory
  The cache will disappear when SmartSignage is closed.

• No Cache
  The cache will not be used. Using this setting is recommended if the website changes frequently. Please note that the display speed will be slow.

[Show Only First Page in PDF]

If it was checked, only first page in PDF file will be shown. Unchecked, all pages in PDF file will be shown.

[Mute]

If the movie contains audio, it will be muted.

[Topmost] has been moved to “Settings” > “Window” … Ver.2.6.1.2 or lator

[Hide Mouse Pointer on This App]

Hide the mouse pointer when you do not move the mouse for a fixed time. This setting is effective only when the mouse pointer is positioned on the SmartSignage window.

[Correct Image Orientation with EXIF]

For photos taken with a digital camera or smartphone, the orientation of the device may be saved in EXIF ​​of the image file. If this option is enabled, the image will be modified based on the orientation information.

[Expand the Video Playback Buffe]

When this option is enabled, the buffer for playing the video is doubled vertically and horizontally. You can improve the playback quality when the original size of the video is larger than the displayed size.This is a heavy load and may reduce the overall performance of the operation.

[Auto Start after Sign-in] or [Auto Start after Login]

Automatically start SmartSignage when you sign in (log on) to Windows. (On Ubuntu edition at login)

[Contrast Adjustment]

When the color space of the video content is “BT.2020”, the contrast is automatically adjusted. Please remove the check if PC or display supports HDR and display problem occurs.

[Enable Video Widget] option has been removed

[Enable Trackpad Gesture Resizing] - macOS only

When the control bar is displayed, you can use the trackpad’s scaling gesture to resize the window.

[Hide the Control Bar at Regular Intervals]

When this option is enabled, the control bar will be hidden at regular intervals. If you set SmartSignage to start automatically when you login (or sign-in), the control bar may not be hidden due to reasons such as slow PC working. At that time, use this function. Normally you do not need to use it.

[Prevent Monitor Power Off] … Ver.2.8.2.0 or lator

Enabling this option will　prevent the ability to automatically turn off the monitor power when there is no user activity.

[Press Key with a Click Required to Show the Control Bar]

In SmartSignage, when you click (tap) a window, control bars are displayed at the top and bottom of the window. This is inconvenient when it is used to operate it when displaying the Web.
When this option is enabled, the control bar will only be displayed if you click while holding down a particular key.
You can choose the following key combinations:

for Windows	for macOS
Ctrl	⌘ command
Shift	⇧ shift
Alt	⌥ option
Windows Logo	⌃ control

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License Key

You can enter and register your License Key.

[Input License Key]

This is a field for entering the License Key. You can enter only alphanumeric characters. The hyphen (-) is automatically entered.
If the input is correct, you will seeon the left.
If it is wrong is displayed.
Please press “Register” button after input.
By pressing, you can erase the entered it and re-enter the License Key. If the clipboard contains text, button will appear and you can paste it.

[Registerd License Key]

Click or tapon the left to display the registered license key. (Display of only the first 5 characters and last 5 characters)

When you press the displayed License Key, the “Unregister” menu will be displayed. If you select “Unregister”, the registered License Key will be deleted and you will return to the free version SmartSignage.