General overview, Important terminology, Features – PRG Mbox Designer Manual 3.9 User Manual
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MEDIA SERVER USER MANUAL
GENERAL OVERVIEW
Important Terminology
When discussing the Mbox Media Server, it is important to understand the terminology which distinguishes the
hardware components from the software. These concepts are as follows:
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"Mbox Designer" refers to the software.
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"Mbox Extreme" or "Mbox Extreme server" refers to the rental hardware which runs the Mbox Designer software.
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The term "Mbox" may refer generically to one or both.
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Any discussion of hardware is limited to the provided rental hardware, but may be applicable in some cases to
user-supplied hardware for running the Mbox Designer software.
Features
Mbox Designer allows advanced video playback and effects to be integrated into an automated lighting system.
Powerful real time rendering, built-in effects, and interactive 3D objects provide tools for combining pre-recorded
movies and still images to create visual imagery, which can be displayed by any projector, LED wall, plasma screen or
low-res LED lighting fixture.
The Mbox Designer software can be programmed and operated from a moving light console, allowing ease of
coordination between movie/image effects and lighting cues. Intricate Mbox sequences can be generated instantly on
site without the need for offline video processing, rendering or editing. The stock library included with the rental Mbox
server contains a wide variety of movie clips, still images and 3D objects. Custom media files may be used with Mbox
Designer.
The Mbox Designer software runs on an Apple® Mac® computer controlled by Art-Net or sACN. All movies, still
images and 3D objects are stored directly on the computer’s hard drive, allowing instant access to any file. The Mbox
Extreme server is a single rack unit equipped with two video outputs that can be used to drive a variety of video
display devices. The included Dual I/O Module provides VGA, DVI, SDI (SD/HD) stage outputs for video, along with
DVI preview capability.
Note: The minimum OS requirement for Mbox Designer is the Snow Leopard® X 10.6.7 operating system.