PRG Mbox Designer User Manual v3.7 - Manual (Page 4)

IV MBOX ® MEDIA SERVER USER MANUAL
Chapter 3. Operation
Media Content
File Type Specifications .............................................................................................................................................................. 36
Recommended Practices ........................................................................................................................................................... 36
Media Content Management ...................................................................................................................................................... 37
Folder and File Numbering ......................................................................................................................................................... 38
Additional Media Content Organization Guidelines.................................................................................................................... 39
Adding Media Content................................................................................................................................................................ 40
Grouped Content ........................................................................................................................................................................ 41
Description .......................................................................................................................................................................... 41
Usage .................................................................................................................................................................................. 41
Configuration/Setup ............................................................................................................................................................ 42
Creating and Viewing Content Thumbnails ................................................................................................................................ 43
Console Interface........................................................................................................................................................................ 43
Viewing Thumbnails in a Browser............................................................................................................................................... 44
Application Window
Overview ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 45
Setup .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 46
Setup: Control ..................................................................................................................................................................... 47
Setup: Window Mode .......................................................................................................................................................... 47
Setup: Fullscreen Mode ...................................................................................................................................................... 48
Setup: Rendering................................................................................................................................................................. 50
Setup: License..................................................................................................................................................................... 50
Setup: Texture Size ............................................................................................................................................................. 50
Setup: Screen Selection (Screen Arrangement) .................................................................................................................. 50
Setup: Network.................................................................................................................................................................... 51
Setup: Video Inputs ............................................................................................................................................................. 51
Setup: I/O Module ............................................................................................................................................................... 52
Setup: Options .................................................................................................................................................................... 52
Setup: Media Log (Media Errors)......................................................................................................................................... 53
Heads Up Displays (HUDs)
Overview ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 54
Using the HUDs .......................................................................................................................................................................... 55
Dual I/O Module
Operation Overview .................................................................................................................................................................... 56
Connected Display Devices and EDID ....................................................................................................................................... 57
Overview.............................................................................................................................................................................. 57
Switching Between Modes.................................................................................................................................................. 58
Switching Between Standard EDID or Capturing EDID ...................................................................................................... 59
SDI Output (SD - Standard Definition & HD - High Definition).................................................................................................... 61
Genlock (Generator Lock)........................................................................................................................................................... 62
Enhancing Mbox Performance
Recommended Practices ........................................................................................................................................................... 64
Chapter 4. Advanced Features
3D Objects and Digital Gobos
About 3D Models and Digital Gobos (Objects)........................................................................................................................... 66
Lighting ................................................................................................................................................................................ 66
Vertex Array Files (Compiling) ............................................................................................................................................. 66
Preloading 3D Objects ........................................................................................................................................................ 67
Normalization....................................................................................................................................................................... 67
DHA and VARI*LITE Digital Gobos ............................................................................................................................................. 68
Creating Custom Digital Gobos.................................................................................................................................................. 69
Overview.............................................................................................................................................................................. 69
Scale-To-Fit vs. Arbitrary Fit................................................................................................................................................ 69
Creating a Digital Gobo with Adobe Illustrator CS5 ............................................................................................................ 69
Animated Digital Gobos.............................................................................................................................................................. 74
EuroFlag (002/000) .............................................................................................................................................................. 74