Owner manual

VI MBOX
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MINI USER MANUAL
Chapter 6. Video Input
External Video Signal Input
Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................... 108
Blackmagic Decklink and Active Silicon Phoenix Video Capture Cards (PCIe)........................................................................ 109
Blackmagic UltraStudio Devices (Thunderbolt) ........................................................................................................................ 112
QuickTime Streaming Devices (PCIe or USB/FireWire) ............................................................................................................ 115
Syphon Video Input
Using Syphon ........................................................................................................................................................................... 117
Syphon Input ............................................................................................................................................................................ 118
Syphon Output ......................................................................................................................................................................... 118
Chapter 7. Content Creation
Creating Custom Content
Creating Movies and Audio Files .............................................................................................................................................. 120
File Extension .................................................................................................................................................................... 120
Codec ................................................................................................................................................................................ 120
Compression (Bit Rate)...................................................................................................................................................... 121
Frame Rate ........................................................................................................................................................................ 121
Resolution.......................................................................................................................................................................... 121
Audio ................................................................................................................................................................................. 121
Discrete Audio Support for Multichannel Audio ....................................................................................................................... 122
Alpha Channel in Movies – the Animation and ProRes 4444 Codecs...................................................................................... 123
Applications for Content Creation ............................................................................................................................................ 123
Appendix A. Networking For Mbox
Mbox Networking Guidelines
Concepts .................................................................................................................................................................................. 126
Subnet Masking Basics ............................................................................................................................................................ 126
Routing Ethernet Communications........................................................................................................................................... 127
Standard Control Protocols ...................................................................................................................................................... 128
Art-Net ............................................................................................................................................................................... 128
sACN ................................................................................................................................................................................. 128
KiNET................................................................................................................................................................................. 129
Appendix B. Parameter Mapping
Parameter Mapping Charts ...................................................................................................................................................... 132