Document Outline

• Table of Contents
  • Revision History
• Introduction
  • About This Manual
  • Important Note About Consoles!
  • Additional Documentation
  • Training Videos
  • Customer Service
• Overview
  • General Overview
    • Important Terminology
    • Features
    • Concepts of Operation
  • Components
    • Mbox Extreme Case Assembly
    • Dual I/O Module
    • Auxiliary Input Panel
    • Mac Computer
  • Fixture Descriptions
    • Mbox Environment Concept
    • Fixture and Layer Overview
    • Lighting Fixtures
      • Standard Lighting
      • Professional Lighting
    • Master Fixture
      • Master Intensity
      • Master Color
      • Master Audio Volume
      • Master Control Channel and Control Selector
      • Master Effects
      • Camera Viewpoint Controls
      • Pixel Mapping Output Level
      • Decay
      • Shutter Damping
    • Shutter Fixture
      • Shutter Shape (Mode)
      • Shutter Color
      • Shutter Edge
      • Shutter Scale
      • Shutter Position
      • Shutter Rotation
      • Shutter Damping
    • Keystone Fixture
      • Keystone Mode (including Curve)
      • Keystone Position
      • Keystone Scale
      • Keystone Rotation
      • Keystone Edge Blend Controls
      • Keystone Tile Mode
      • Keystone Tile Overlap
    • Layers: Texture + Object
    • Animated Gobos and Textures
      • Animated Gobos
      • Animated Textures
    • Effects and Transitions
      • Mbox Rendering Environment
      • Effects
      • Transitions
  • Operating Modes
    • Mbox Designer Modes
      • Single Output Mode
      • Dual Independent Mode
      • Panoramic Wide Mode
      • Panoramic Dual Mode
• Installation and Power-Up
  • Sample Configuration Diagrams
    • Overview
    • DMX512 Input Configuration: Single Media Server with DMX512 Devices
    • Art-Net Input Configuration: Network Switch and Multiple Media Servers
    • Output Configuration: Single Media Server with Plasma Display and LCD Projector
  • Hardware Setup
    • Basic Setup and Connections
    • Connecting the Stage Output
    • Networking Multiple Mbox Extreme Servers
  • Getting Started
    • Before You Start
    • Installing Mbox Software
    • Licensing Mbox Software
    • Power-Up Overview
    • Power-Up Procedure
    • Mbox Daemon
  • Patching Fixtures
    • Patching Overview
    • Layer Guidelines
    • Parameter Mapping
    • Pro Lighting Fixtures
    • Playing Back Video - Quick Start
• Configuration
  • Media Content
    • File Type Specifications
    • Recommended Practices
    • Media Content Management
    • Folder and File Numbering
    • Additional Media Content Organization Guidelines
    • Adding Media Content
    • Grouped Content
      • Description
      • Usage
      • Configuration/Setup
    • Creating and Viewing Content Thumbnails
    • Console Interface
    • Viewing Thumbnails in a Browser
  • Application Window
    • Overview
    • Setup
      • Setup: Control
      • Setup: Window Mode
      • Setup: Fullscreen Mode
      • Setup: Rendering
      • Setup: License
      • Setup: Texture Size
      • Setup: Screen Selection (Screen Arrangement)
      • Setup: Network
      • Setup: Video Inputs
      • Setup: I/O Module
      • Setup: Options
      • Setup: Media Log (Media Errors)
  • Heads Up Displays (HUDs)
    • Overview
    • Using the HUDs
  • Dual I/O Module
    • Operation Overview
    • Connected Display Devices and EDID
      • Overview
      • Switching Between Modes
      • Switching Between Standard EDID or Capturing EDID
    • SDI Output (SD - Standard Definition & HD - High Definition)
    • Genlock (Generator Lock)
  • Enhancing Mbox Performance
    • Recommended Practices
• Operation
  • Playmodes
    • Basic Modes
    • Bounce/Random
    • Restart on In-Frame Change
    • Crossfade on Out-Frame
    • Timecode Sync
    • Layer Sync
    • Kiosk
    • Playout
    • Restart
  • 3D Objects and Digital Gobos
    • About 3D Models and Digital Gobos (Objects)
      • Lighting
      • Vertex Array Files (Compiling)
      • Preloading 3D Objects
      • Normalization
    • DHA and VARI*LITE Digital Gobos
    • Creating Custom Digital Gobos
      • Overview
      • Scale-To-Fit vs. Arbitrary Fit
      • Creating a Digital Gobo with Adobe Illustrator CS5
    • Animated Digital Gobos
      • EuroFlag
      • TV Screen v1.4
      • Snow v1.2
      • Tunnel v1.1
      • Flag v1.0
      • Ring Stripe
      • Stripe Ring
      • Fisheye
      • CylinderScreen
      • MultiScreen Gobo
      • Fit To Screen
  • Animated Textures
    • Using Animated Textures (Animations)
  • Layer Copy
    • Using Layer Copy
  • Drawmodes
    • Using Drawmodes
    • Drawmode 16 - Orthographic View
    • The Stencil
  • Layer Blending
    • Layer Blending Modes
  • Special Effects
    • Decay
  • Text Files
    • Support for Text Files
  • Scripts
    • Using Scripts with Mbox
      • AppleScripts
      • Shell Scripts
      • More Information
  • Audio
    • Audio Output Features
      • Overview
      • External Audio Tracks (Associated AIFF Files)
      • Embedded Audio Tracks (in QuickTime Movies)
    • Audio Volume Control
      • Layer Opacity Volume Control (Method 1)
      • Discrete Layer Volume Controls Using Art-Net or sACN (Method 2)
  • Synchronization
    • Timecode Synchronization (Timecode Sync Playmode)
      • Linking Files to Timecode (Method 1)
      • TC DMX Controls
      • Using Timecode Sync Playmodes
      • Receiving MIDI Timecode
      • Setup for Timecode Input
    • Layer-To-Layer Synchronization
  • Alignment Rectangles
    • Using Alignment Rectangles
  • Effects and Transitions
    • Effects and Transitions with Additional Input Files
    • Adding Custom Effects or Transitions
  • Projection Mapping
    • Overview
  • Pixel Mapping
    • Overview
• Pixel Remapping
  • About Pixel Remapping
    • Overview
  • Pixel Remapping Tutorial
    • Overview
    • Projected Mapping
    • Discrete Mapping
  • Advanced Control
    • Triangle Strips and Triangle Fans (3D Vertex Array Screen Objects)
  • Glossary
    • Screen Object Control Types (Units, Typical Scale Value)
• Video Input
  • External Video Signal Input
    • Overview
    • Blackmagic Decklink and Active Silicon Phoenix Video Capture Cards (PCIe)
    • Blackmagic UltraStudio Devices (Thunderbolt)
    • QuickTime Streaming Devices (PCIe or USB/FireWire)
  • Syphon Video Input
    • Using Syphon
    • Syphon Input
    • Syphon Output
• Content Creation and Utilities
  • Creating Custom Content
    • Creating Movies and Audio Files
      • File Extension
      • Codec
      • Compression (Bit Rate)
      • Frame Rate
      • Resolution
      • Audio
    • Discrete Audio Support for Multichannel Audio
    • Alpha Channel in Movies - the Animation and ProRes 4444 Codecs
    • Applications for Content Creation
  • Media Utility Applications
    • Mbox Media Lock
    • Mbox File Converter
      • About File Conversion
      • File Conversion Settings
      • Pre-Multiplying Alpha
      • File Conversion Procedure
• Networking For Mbox
  • Mbox Networking Guidelines
    • Concepts
    • Subnet Masking Basics
    • Routing Ethernet Communications
    • Standard Control Protocols
      • Art-Net
      • sACN
      • KiNET
• Maintenance
  • Routine Maintenance
    • Cleaning or Replacing the Air Filter
    • Removing the Computer
• Parameter Mapping
  • Parameter Mapping Charts