PRG Mbox Designer Manual 3.8 - Manual (Page 4)

IV MBOX ® MEDIA SERVER USER MANUAL
Layer Guidelines ......................................................................................................................................................................... 31
Parameter Mapping .................................................................................................................................................................... 32
Pro Lighting Fixtures................................................................................................................................................................... 35
Playing Back Video - Quick Start ............................................................................................................................................... 36
Chapter 3. Operation
Media Content
File Type Specifications .............................................................................................................................................................. 40
Recommended Practices ........................................................................................................................................................... 40
Media Content Management ...................................................................................................................................................... 41
Folder and File Numbering ......................................................................................................................................................... 42
Additional Media Content Organization Guidelines.................................................................................................................... 43
Adding Media Content................................................................................................................................................................ 44
Grouped Content ........................................................................................................................................................................ 45
Description .......................................................................................................................................................................... 45
Usage .................................................................................................................................................................................. 45
Configuration/Setup ............................................................................................................................................................ 46
Creating and Viewing Content Thumbnails ................................................................................................................................ 47
Console Interface........................................................................................................................................................................ 47
Viewing Thumbnails in a Browser............................................................................................................................................... 48
Application Window
Overview ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 49
Setup .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 50
Setup: Control ..................................................................................................................................................................... 51
Setup: Window Mode .......................................................................................................................................................... 51
Setup: Fullscreen Mode ...................................................................................................................................................... 52
Setup: Rendering................................................................................................................................................................. 54
Setup: License..................................................................................................................................................................... 54
Setup: Texture Size ............................................................................................................................................................. 54
Setup: Screen Selection (Screen Arrangement) .................................................................................................................. 54
Setup: Network.................................................................................................................................................................... 55
Setup: Video Inputs ............................................................................................................................................................. 55
Setup: I/O Module ............................................................................................................................................................... 56
Setup: Options .................................................................................................................................................................... 56
Setup: Media Log (Media Errors)......................................................................................................................................... 57
Heads Up Displays (HUDs)
Overview ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 58
Using the HUDs .......................................................................................................................................................................... 59
Dual I/O Module
Operation Overview .................................................................................................................................................................... 60
Connected Display Devices and EDID ....................................................................................................................................... 61
Overview.............................................................................................................................................................................. 61
Switching Between Modes.................................................................................................................................................. 62
Switching Between Standard EDID or Capturing EDID ...................................................................................................... 63
SDI Output (SD - Standard Definition & HD - High Definition).................................................................................................... 65
Genlock (Generator Lock)........................................................................................................................................................... 66
Enhancing Mbox Performance
Recommended Practices ........................................................................................................................................................... 68
Chapter 4. Advanced Features
3D Objects and Digital Gobos
About 3D Models and Digital Gobos (Objects)........................................................................................................................... 70
Lighting ................................................................................................................................................................................ 70
Vertex Array Files (Compiling) ............................................................................................................................................. 70
Preloading 3D Objects ........................................................................................................................................................ 71
Normalization....................................................................................................................................................................... 71
DHA and VARI*LITE Digital Gobos ............................................................................................................................................. 72
Creating Custom Digital Gobos.................................................................................................................................................. 73