PRG Mbox Designer Manual 3.9 - Manual (Page 170)

162 MBOX ® MEDIA SERVER USER MANUAL
MEDIA UTILITY APPLICATIONS
Note: The Mbox Media Lock utility only applies to the Mbox Extreme rental product.
Mbox Media Lock
The Mbox Media Lock application provides a way to lock (copy protect) custom content on the Mbox
server.
Media Lock will work on .mov, .obj, .ai, and .svg files.
CAUTION! Before going any further, please note that you should never lock your original copy of any content. Once
content is locked, it can only be played on Mbox and not on any other computer! Only lock content that you place
onto an Mbox! All of the stock movie, object and digital gobo content on Mbox is also locked and cannot be used on
any other computer or media server.
Media Lock is based upon a username and password system. Once locked, content cannot be unlocked and will only
play on another Mbox server where the same username and password have been entered into the Media Lock
application. This means that you can lock your content on one Mbox server and it will always be available to you on
any Mbox server as long as the same username and password is entered into the Media Lock application on that
machine.
To lock content:
Step 1. Locate Mbox Media Lock application in the /Applications/Mbox Utilities folder. Double-click icon to open
Mbox Media Lock window.
Step 2. On the Mbox Media Lock window, you can view existing usernames (but not their passwords) by clicking
the up/down arrows on the keyboard.
CAUTION! Do not remove any existing usernames as this may lead to the stock content becoming unplayable.
Step 3. To add your own username and password to the system, type each into the appropriate box. Do not use
spaces or any punctuation marks in either field; letters and numbers only. Capitalization does matter, so if in
doubt, do not capitalize anything.