Server thus making it easy to program larger configurations of media MagicQ can handle different media on each media Server must be enabled in the Setup Window, Media View for it to Screen for easy selection of media banks and media images. MagicQ retrieves thumbnails from the media server and shows them on the MagicQĮxpects layers to be sequential head numbers, e.g. Patched layer is the first media layer on the media server. Set the head number of the first media layer. Layers, and does not include master layers, soft edge or camera layers. Set the number of layers you have patched – this is the number of media Select the type of media server and the version: DoubleĬlick on the network connection, choose the support tab, and the IP Load the Control Panel, and open the Network Connections screen.
To determine the IP address of media server on Windows XP machines, Note that the media server will respond to commands over Art-Net, Pathport or ACN regardless of whether the IP address of the Media Server is set up correctly in MagicQ. If you have only one media server active on the network then pressing enter should detect its IP address automatically. Move to the IP address field and set the IP address. Media server on the network and to retrieve thumbnails and live It is only necessary to enter the IP address of the media server. If you have patched using the Choose Media Server method above then the parameters should mostly be set up correctly for you. The layers in the media server should have asscending head numbers. MagicQ includes demo show files for most common media servers – try loading these demo shows to see examples of the patchĮach media server should have unique head numbers.
Need to patch the layers individually as you would for a moving light. If your media server is not in the list of media servers then you will Media server settings for one media server all in one action. Patches all the required layers of different types and configures the Servers in their most common configurations. On MagicQ it is possible to patch the media server in one go by using
Patch a media server each of the layers must be patched in turn on Treated as a different head on MagicQ with a different head number. Each type of layer has a different personality. Media servers generally consist of a number of layers of one or more
MagicQ supports many different types of Media Server including MagicHD - a free Media Player inbuilt into the MagicQ software. In addition MagicQ uses a network protocol such as CITP MSEX or HMAP to communicate with the Media Server to retrieev thumbnails and live previews. MagicQ uses a network protocol such as Art-Net, Pathport or ACN to control the Media Server - this is set up in Setup, View DMX I/O. Media Servers are normally connected via network rather than DMX - this enables MagicQ to communicate with the media server to retrieve thumbnails and to show live previews. Situations with many media servers, or media servers that are remote Transferred is real time from the media server – so that you can seeĮxactly what the media server is playing. The media server, or the output of each of the layers. In addition, there is a Live Preview window, which shows the output of Selected on each of the layers of the selected media server. You can select media server, media layer, attributes and mediaĬontent all from the same window. This window makes it much easier to control media MagicQ supports a special window, solely for controlling media servers, Previews for the media content from each media server independently. To connect to up to 50 different media servers or intelligent media MagicQ has extremely powerful support for media servers. Wheels enable quick and easy access to a large numbers of control
MagicQ is ideally suited to controlling media servers through its dedicated Media window - the eight encoder