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MEDIA SERVER USER MANUAL
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8. Once you have everything set up correctly you can press the "OK" button and the window will close.
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9. You must make sure that your Texture Size width and height settings are as big or bigger than the camera
input resolution width and height. Failing to set the Texture Size correctly will result in an unusable image
when the video input is requested for display.
Step 10. As a final step you should now quit and restart the Mbox application.
Deinterlacing
Interlaced (i) vs. Progressive (p) Content/Input (Deinterlacing)
Because Mbox Extreme outputs a progressive video signal from the MacPro, you will get the best results if you use
progressive movie content. This recommendation also applies to the video input signal. When using a video input, you
need to be especially aware of the difference between interlaced video signals and progressive video signals.
If you imagine a frame of video (whether it’s one frame of a movie or a video input) as bunch of horizontal lines of
pixels, it is easy to explain the difference between interlaced and progressive signals. An interlaced frame is drawn as
two "fields" of information. The first frame draws the odd-numbered lines of pixels (1, 3, 5…) and the second frame
draws the even-numbered lines of pixels (2, 4, 6…). Because the signal flips very rapidly between one field and the
next, the human eye can’t tell that each field only includes half of the information to make up an entire frame. A
progressive frame draws the lines of pixels in one continuous stream (1, 2, 3, 4…).
In order to obtain the best results when using Mbox Extreme you should deinterlace any interlaced content that you
want to use on the server – this applies to movie content and to the video input.
It is fairly easy to tell if your content or video input is interlaced. When you view it on the screen it will typically show
artifacts that are known as the comb effect.
Interlaced - Odd Field
Interlaced - Even Field
Progressive - Frame
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