Designer Manual 3.9 User guide

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MEDIA SERVER USER MANUAL VII
Chapter 6. Video Input
External Video Signal Input
Overview................................................................................................................................................................................... 146
Blackmagic Decklink and Active Silicon Phoenix Video Capture Cards (PCIe) ....................................................................... 147
Blackmagic UltraStudio Devices (Thunderbolt)........................................................................................................................ 150
QuickTime Streaming Devices (PCIe or USB/FireWire)............................................................................................................ 153
Syphon Video Input
Using Syphon ........................................................................................................................................................................... 155
Syphon Input ............................................................................................................................................................................ 156
Syphon Output ......................................................................................................................................................................... 156
Chapter 7. Content Creation and Utilities
Creating Custom Content
Creating Movies and Audio Files .............................................................................................................................................. 158
File Extension .................................................................................................................................................................... 158
Codec ................................................................................................................................................................................ 158
Compression (Bit Rate) ..................................................................................................................................................... 159
Frame Rate ........................................................................................................................................................................ 159
Resolution ......................................................................................................................................................................... 159
Audio ................................................................................................................................................................................. 159
Discrete Audio Support for Multichannel Audio ....................................................................................................................... 160
Alpha Channel in Movies – the Animation and ProRes 4444 Codecs...................................................................................... 161
Applications for Content Creation ............................................................................................................................................ 161
Media Utility Applications
Mbox Media Lock..................................................................................................................................................................... 162
Mbox File Converter ................................................................................................................................................................. 164
About File Conversion ....................................................................................................................................................... 164
File Conversion Settings ................................................................................................................................................... 164
Pre-Multiplying Alpha ........................................................................................................................................................ 165
File Conversion Procedure ................................................................................................................................................ 165
Appendix A. Networking For Mbox
Mbox Networking Guidelines
Concepts .................................................................................................................................................................................. 168
Subnet Masking Basics............................................................................................................................................................ 168
Routing Ethernet Communications .......................................................................................................................................... 169
Standard Control Protocols ...................................................................................................................................................... 170
Art-Net............................................................................................................................................................................... 170
sACN ................................................................................................................................................................................. 170
KiNET ................................................................................................................................................................................ 171
Appendix B. Maintenance
Routine Maintenance
Cleaning or Replacing the Air Filter .......................................................................................................................................... 174
Removing the Computer .......................................................................................................................................................... 175
Appendix C. Parameter Mapping
Parameter Mapping Charts ...................................................................................................................................................... 178