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MagicQ User Manual 120 Version 1.3.0.0
21 Media Servers
MagicQ has extremely powerful support for media servers. It is possible to connect to up to 50
different media servers or intelligent media yokes each with different media content. MagicQ
downloads thumbnail previews for the media content from each media server independently.
MagicQ supports a special window, solely for controlling media servers, the Media Window. This
window makes it much easier to control media servers. You can select media server, media layer,
attributes and media content all from the same window. You can also see what content is selected on
each of the layers of the selected media server. Open the Media Window by using the 5
th
Spare button
– above the Macro button.
In addition, there is a Live Preview window, which shows the output of the media server, or the output
of each of the layers. This is transferred is real time from the media server – so that you can see exactly
what the media server is playing. This is particularly useful in situations with many media servers, or
media servers that are remote from the control position.
21.1 Configuring a media server
First patch the media server using the normal MagicQ Patch Window. Each media server should have
unique head numbers.
In the Setup Window, Media View configure the media server parameters.
Set the IP address of the media server. This will be used to locate the media server on the network and
to retrieve thumbnails and live previews.
Optionally set up a name for the media server. This may help you to distinguish the different media
servers.
Select the type of media server,
Set the number of layers you have patched – this is the number of media layers, and does not include
master layers, soft edge or camera layers.
Set the head number of the first media layer. This tells MagicQ which patched layer is the first media
layer on the media server. MagicQ expects layers to be sequential head numbers, e.g. set you head
numbers for your layers to 101 to 108.
21.2 Thumbnail view
MagicQ retrieves thumbnails from the media server and shows them on the screen for easy selection of
media banks and media images. The media server must be enabled in the Setup Window, Media View
for it to retrieve thumbnails. MagicQ can handle different media on each media server thus making it
easy to program larger configurations of media servers.
MagicQ retrieves thumbnails when a media bank is selected for the first time, or when the media has
been changed by the media server. MagicQ caches the thumbnails on its hard drive. You may need to
change to a bank a few times before all the thumbnails for that bank have been downloaded.
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