Document Outline

• Table of Contents
  • Revision History
• Introduction
  • About This Manual
  • Important Note About Consoles!
  • Additional Documentation
  • Training Videos
  • Customer Service
• Overview
  • General Overview
    • Features
    • Concepts of Operation
  • Fixture Descriptions
    • MBOX Environment Concept
    • Fixture and Layer Overview
    • Fixture, Layer and Parameter Details
      • Master
      • Shutter Control
      • Keystone Control
      • Layers: Texture + Object
  • Operating Modes
    • MBOX Studio Modes
      • Studio Mode (Single Output)
      • Studio Pan Wide Mode (Panoramic Wide)
• Installation
  • Setup
    • Installing MBOX Studio Software
    • Thumbnails and Apache HTTP Server
    • Suggested Hardware Configurations
  • Getting Started
    • Overview
    • MBOX Daemon
    • Adding Content
    • Patching Fixtures
    • 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: Options
      • Setup: Media Log (Media Errors)
  • Heads Up Displays (HUDs)
    • Overview
    • Using the HUDs
  • Display Devices
    • Connected Display Devices and EDID
  • Enhancing MBOX Performance
    • Recommended Practices
• Advanced Features
  • 3D Objects and Digital Gobos
    • About 3D Models and Digital Gobos (Objects)
      • Lighting
      • Vertex Array Files (Compiling)
      • Normalization
    • Creating Custom Digital Gobos
      • Overview
      • Scale-To-Fit vs. Arbitrary Fit
      • Creating a Digital Gobo with Adobe Illustrator CS5
    • Animated Digital Gobos
      • EuroFlag (005)
      • TV Screen v1.4 (006)
      • Fisheye (007)
      • Fit To Screen (008)
      • MultiScreen Gobo (009)
  • Drawmodes
    • Using Drawmodes
    • The Stencil
  • Layer Blending Modes
    • Using Layer Blending
  • Layer Copy
    • Using Layer Copy
  • 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
  • Alignment Rectangles
    • Using Alignment Rectangles
  • Effects and Transitions
    • Effects and Transitions with Additional Input Files
• Pixel Mapping
  • Basic Pixel-Mapping
    • Overview
    • Setup
  • Advanced Pixel-Mapping
    • Creating Custom Fixtures
    • Sampling Areas
• Video Input
  • Overview
    • Video Input
      • Using a Video Capture Card
      • USB/FireWire Input
  • Configuration
    • Setting Video Input for a Video Capture Card
    • Configuring Video Input within MBOX
• Content Creation
  • 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
• 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
• Parameter Mapping
  • Parameter Mapping Charts