Upload photos, videos, PDFs, PowerPoints and music
What you can upload, size limits, folders, and how SignBlink prepares files for your screens.
Everything your screens show lives under Content. To upload, choose Upload, or just drag files anywhere onto the Content page. You can upload several at once.
What you can upload
| Kind | Formats | Largest file |
|---|---|---|
| Photos | JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF | 25 MB |
| Videos | MP4, MOV, WebM | 500 MB |
| PDFs | PDF, up to 30 pages | 50 MB |
| Presentations | PowerPoint (PPTX, PPT, PPSX) and OpenDocument (ODP), up to 30 slides | 50 MB |
| Music | MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC | 200 MB |
SignBlink prepares every file for TVs after it uploads: videos are converted to 1080p so streaming sticks play them smoothly, and each page of a PDF or slide of a presentation becomes a picture that plays in order. A file shows Processing for a moment, and plays as soon as it's ready.
PowerPoint presentations
Upload a PowerPoint file as it is. SignBlink turns each slide into a sharp picture, and the presentation plays like a PDF: each slide shows for the time you set in the playlist.
- What comes across: text, pictures, shapes, charts, tables and backgrounds.
- What doesn't: animations, slide transitions, videos and sounds inside slides, and speaker notes. For moving content, export the presentation as a video (in PowerPoint: File › Export › Create a Video) and upload the MP4.
- Fonts: common fonts (Calibri, Arial, Times New Roman and their look-alikes) come out right. If a slide uses an unusual font, save it as a PDF from PowerPoint instead, which keeps the fonts exactly.
- Keynote: in Keynote, choose File › Export To › PowerPoint (or PDF) and upload that.
- Changed the slides? Use Replace file on the presentation in your library. Playlists that use it pick up the new slides when you publish.
Free photos and videos
When you add a photo or video in the designer, the Free photos and Free videos tabs search a large library of stock images you can use in your business. They're copied into your library when you choose them.
Folders
Use folders to keep things tidy, like "Menus", "Seasonal" or "Store 2". Choose a folder at the top of the Content page to see only what's in it. Uploading while a folder is open puts new files in it.
Storage
Your plan includes 1 GB of storage, plus 1 GB for each screen. The bar at the top of the Content page shows how much you've used. Deleting files you no longer need frees space straight away, and you can still restore them for 30 days. See Delete and restore content.
YouTube and web pages
These aren't uploaded; you add a link instead. See YouTube videos and web pages.