PRG Mbox Designer User Manual v3.6.1 - 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
Creating and Viewing Content Thumbnails ................................................................................................................................ 41
Console Interface Example......................................................................................................................................................... 41
Application Window
Overview ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 42
Setup .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 43
Setup: Control ..................................................................................................................................................................... 44
Setup: Window Mode .......................................................................................................................................................... 44
Setup: Fullscreen Mode ...................................................................................................................................................... 45
Setup: Rendering................................................................................................................................................................. 46
Setup: License..................................................................................................................................................................... 47
Setup: Texture Size ............................................................................................................................................................. 47
Setup: Screen Selection (Screen Arrangement) .................................................................................................................. 47
Setup: Network.................................................................................................................................................................... 48
Setup: Video Inputs ............................................................................................................................................................. 48
Setup: I/O Module ............................................................................................................................................................... 48
Setup: Options .................................................................................................................................................................... 49
Setup: Media Log (Media Errors)......................................................................................................................................... 49
Heads Up Displays (HUDs)
Overview ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 50
Using the HUDs .......................................................................................................................................................................... 51
Dual I/O Module
Operation Overview .................................................................................................................................................................... 52
Connected Display Devices and EDID ....................................................................................................................................... 53
Overview.............................................................................................................................................................................. 53
Switching Between Modes.................................................................................................................................................. 54
Switching Between Standard EDID or Capturing EDID ...................................................................................................... 55
SDI Output (SD - Standard Definition & HD - High Definition).................................................................................................... 57
Genlock (Generator Lock)........................................................................................................................................................... 58
Enhancing MBOX Performance
Recommended Practices ........................................................................................................................................................... 60
Chapter 4. Advanced Features
3D Objects and Digital Gobos
About 3D Models and Digital Gobos (Objects)........................................................................................................................... 62
Lighting ................................................................................................................................................................................ 62
Vertex Array Files (Compiling) ............................................................................................................................................. 62
Preloading 3D Objects ........................................................................................................................................................ 63
Normalization....................................................................................................................................................................... 63
DHA and VARI*LITE Digital Gobos ............................................................................................................................................. 64
Creating Custom Digital Gobos.................................................................................................................................................. 65
Overview.............................................................................................................................................................................. 65
Scale-To-Fit vs. Arbitrary Fit................................................................................................................................................ 65
Creating a Digital Gobo with Adobe Illustrator CS5 ............................................................................................................ 65
Animated Digital Gobos.............................................................................................................................................................. 70
EuroFlag (002/000) .............................................................................................................................................................. 70
TV Screen v1.4 (002/001) .................................................................................................................................................... 71
Snow v1.2 (002/002)............................................................................................................................................................ 72
Tunnel v1.1 (002/003) .......................................................................................................................................................... 73
Flag v1.0 (002/004) .............................................................................................................................................................. 73
Ring Stripe (002/005)........................................................................................................................................................... 74