How to use Signal Share

What Signal Share is for

Signal Share is designed as a lightweight media space where people can create profiles, post media, share links, browse a feed, and interact with content. A normal media site helps users publish work, discover creators, save or like content, build a profile, and keep media organized in one place.

The bigger goal is to support the tech industry, small companies, independent creators, and local teams that need better ways to grow, present work, and share useful media among peers without overcomplicating the experience.

Basic site use

1. Create or sign into your profile when account features are available.
2. Use the posting area to add a title, description, tags, and media.
3. Share supported media through uploaded files, YouTube links, or Spotify links.
4. Browse the feed to discover posts from other users.
5. Use the player area to preview or control supported media.
6. Use profile, save, like, and messaging features when they are enabled for your account.

Hero Player step-by-step guide

The Hero Player is the main media-control area. It can preview posted media and, when the desktop bridge is running, control media playing on your Windows PC.

Option A: Play a post from the site

1. Find a YouTube or Spotify post in the feed.
2. Press the post/player action to load it into the Hero Player.
3. Use Play, Pause, Previous, or Next when the player has an active media item.
4. If the preview does not load, check that the post uses a valid YouTube or Spotify URL.

Option B: Control PC media with the desktop bridge

1. Download or open the desktop bridge package for your site.
2. Install the required packages with npm install.
3. Start the bridge with npm start or the start command included with your package.
4. Keep the bridge running while using PC media controls.
5. Open YouTube, Spotify, or another supported media app on the same Windows PC.
6. Return to Signal Share and switch the Hero Player to the PC/Desktop media mode.
7. Press Play, Pause, Previous, or Next. The command should control the active media session on your PC.

Bridge Secret

The Bridge Secret is an optional local security key. If your bridge has a secret configured, enter the same value on the site so the page can talk to the local bridge. If no secret is configured, the field can be left empty.

Troubleshooting the Hero Player

• Make sure the desktop bridge is running before using PC media controls.
• Make sure the media app is open and has an active song or video.
• Use the same browser/device where the bridge is available.
• Refresh the page after starting the bridge if the site was already open.
• For YouTube and Spotify posts, use full valid links when publishing.