PRG Mbox Designer Manual 3.8 - Manual (Page 55)

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Creating and Viewing Content Thumbnails
The Mbox Designer software will create thumbnail images of the content. To force the creation of new thumbnails in
Mbox Designer, press [
 T].
Thumbnail images are stored in a standard location on every server and are grouped with HTML files that allow any
networked computer (Mac or PC) to use an HTML browser to view the thumbnails on the server. Individual thumbnails
can also be used by consoles connected to the server. The thumbnail files are located in folders on each server at
/Library/Application Support/Mbox . The HTML pages can be browsed by entering http://IP Address of remote server
in the address line of the browser application.
CAUTION! While thumbnails are being created, playback performance on the server may be severely affected.
Thumbnail creation time will depend on the amount of content in the Media and Models folders. While thumbnails are
being created, you will not be able to view them from either a browser or the Mbox Remote application.
Console Interface
Once patched to an automated lighting console, the Mbox server can be controlled using the console’s interface. The
following example shows the Media window offered by the PRG Vx76 series console. In this case, the window is
displaying thumbnails for the Texture library media files. Basic controls - such Play, Stop, Rewind, Loop, etc. - are
also available in the window.
Training Video: Mbox Media Server Training Video Chapter 6: CITP – Streaming Feedback & Thumbnails
Training Video: Mbox Media Server Training Video Chapter 20: Codes, Storage, and Media Types