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
    • Fixture, Layer and Parameter Details
      • Ambient Light and Spot Lights 1 - 4
      • Camera
      • Shutter Control
      • Keystone Control
      • Layers: Texture + Object
  • Operating Modes
    • MBOX Designer v3.6 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
  • Setup
    • Basic Setup and Connections
    • Connecting the Stage Output
    • Networking Multiple MBOX EXTREME Servers
  • Getting Started
    • Power-Up Overview
    • Power-Up Procedure
    • MBOX Daemon
  • Patching Fixtures
    • Patching Overview
    • Layer Guidelines
    • Parameter Mapping
    • Playing Back Video - Quick Start
• Operation
  • Media Content
    • File Type Specifications
    • Recommended Practices
    • Media Content Management
    • Folder and File Numbering
    • Additional Media Content Organization Guidelines
    • Adding Media Content
    • Creating and Viewing Content Thumbnails
    • Console Interface Example
  • 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
• Advanced Features
  • 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 (002/000)
      • TV Screen v1.4 (002/001)
      • Snow v1.2 (002/002)
      • Tunnel v1.1 (002/003)
      • Flag v1.0 (002/004)
      • Ring Stripe (002/005)
      • Stripe Ring (002/006)
      • Fisheye (002/007)
      • CylinderScreen (002/008)
      • MultiScreen Gobo (002/009)
      • Fit To Screen (002/010)
  • 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
    • Fog
  • Text Files
    • Support for Text Files
  • Audio
    • Audio Output Features
      • Overview
      • External Audio Tracks (Associated AIFF Files)
      • Embedded Audio Tracks (in QuickTime Movies)
  • Synchronization
    • Timecode Synchronization (Timecode Sync Playmode)
    • Layer-To-Layer Synchronization
    • Kiosk Playmodes
    • Playout Playmodes
  • Alignment Rectangles
    • Using Alignment Rectangles
  • Effects and Transitions
    • Effects and Transitions with Additional Input Files
    • Adding Custom Effects or Transitions
  • MultiScreen Gobos
    • Overview
• Pixel Mapping
  • Basic Pixel-Mapping
    • Overview
    • Setup
  • Advanced Pixel-Mapping
    • Creating Custom Fixtures
    • Sampling Areas
• Video Input
  • Overview
    • Video Input
      • QuickTime Streaming with Video Capture Card
      • USB/FireWire Input
  • Configuration
    • Setting Video Input for Video Capture Card
    • Configuring Video Input within MBOX
• 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
• MBOX Remote Application
  • MBOX Remote Operation
    • About MBOX Remote
    • MBOX Daemon
    • General Operation
    • Description of Indicators
    • Monitor HUD
    • Setting MBOX Server Preferences Remotely
      • Setup of Alignment Rectangles Using Remote
    • Server Control Commands
    • Timecode Window
    • Note About Thumbnails
• Maintenance
  • Routine Maintenance
    • Cleaning or Replacing the Air Filter
    • Removing the Computer
• Parameter Mapping
  • Parameter Mapping Charts