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PRG Mbox Studio Manual 3.8 User Manual

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MBOX

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STUDIO USER MANUAL

Frame Rate ........................................................................................................................................................................ 125
Resolution.......................................................................................................................................................................... 125
Audio ................................................................................................................................................................................. 125

Discrete Audio Support for Multichannel Audio ....................................................................................................................... 126
Alpha Channel in Movies – the Animation and ProRes 4444 Codecs ...................................................................................... 127
Applications for Content Creation ............................................................................................................................................ 127

Appendix A. Mbox Remote Application

General Operation

About Mbox Remote ................................................................................................................................................................ 130
Mbox Daemon .......................................................................................................................................................................... 130
Starting Mbox Remote.............................................................................................................................................................. 131

Adding Servers .................................................................................................................................................................. 131
Setting Mbox Remote Preferences ................................................................................................................................... 133

Server Status ............................................................................................................................................................................ 134

Setup ................................................................................................................................................................................. 134
Indicators........................................................................................................................................................................... 136
Flags .................................................................................................................................................................................. 137

Content Management

Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................... 138

About Mbox Remote Content Management ..................................................................................................................... 138
Terminology....................................................................................................................................................................... 138
Networking Hardware........................................................................................................................................................ 139

Managing Content .................................................................................................................................................................... 140

Configuring Network Bandwidth ....................................................................................................................................... 140
Configuring Server Master/Member Roles ........................................................................................................................ 141
Selecting Content to Sync................................................................................................................................................. 142
Synchronizing Content ...................................................................................................................................................... 143
Organizing Content Files ................................................................................................................................................... 144
Sync History ...................................................................................................................................................................... 145

Content Management Archive .................................................................................................................................................. 146
File Conflicts ............................................................................................................................................................................. 147
Monitor and Manage Modes .................................................................................................................................................... 148

Setting Server Preferences

Setting Mbox Server Preferences Remotely............................................................................................................................. 149
Server Control Commands ....................................................................................................................................................... 150
Timecode Window .................................................................................................................................................................... 151

Projection Mapping

Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................... 152
Getting Started ......................................................................................................................................................................... 152
Basic Mode............................................................................................................................................................................... 155

Setup of Output and Keystone/Warp ................................................................................................................................ 155

Multihead Setup ....................................................................................................................................................................... 159
Advanced Mode (Mbox Designer/Studio Only) ........................................................................................................................ 161

Advanced Projection Setup............................................................................................................................................... 161
Topography ....................................................................................................................................................................... 163
ModelInfo........................................................................................................................................................................... 168
Vignette ............................................................................................................................................................................. 169

Model (Object) Creation Guidelines.......................................................................................................................................... 169

Appendix B. Parameter Mapping

Parameter Mapping Charts ...................................................................................................................................................... 172