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1. 57 AS Changes in Version 1 6 5 1 57 AS Changes in Version 1 6 6 6 occiso BOXE Om Apu Row wo CRURA LU 58 AT Changes in Version 1 6 6 8 coin e Row yo 66 Aa 58 AS Changes LODS uuu cec aaa 58 MagicHD User Manual viii This manual is designed for operators of the MagicHD media player to help them quickly and effectively learn how to use the software The reader 15 assumed to a basic familiarity with the concepts of media players and lighting control systems Since MagicHD is designed to be controlled by the MagicQ range of lighting consoles the reader should also be familiar with MagicQ Readers who are tight for time and just want to find out how to quickly program a working show should turn straight to Getting Started ChamSys Ltd The features and functions of the MagicHD media player and the ideas contained therein are the property of ChamSys Ltd The media player is intended for the control and display of moving and static images No warranties are expressed or implied regarding the use of the MagicHD media player No liabilities are accepted for the accuracy of the information contained within this manual The MagicHD media player product is supplied and designed by ChamSys Ltd Products containing ChamSys Ltd software and firmware embody proprietary information and are licensed not sold and may not be duplicated in a
2. 1 19 0 Number or Colour Scale depending on effect Bed r 29 0 Bedbp f 2 0 3 23 0 Nme End frame 3 26 16775 Number Transition 2 32 0 fPmihonpp Mask opacity 1 a o Cursue Maskin 3 o Pe oOo mimorfip 38 0 Mmo o PMaskstetch 39 0 laversmichmod 40 o Alo sede Physical effect 4 o Phys FX parameter 1 43 0 Number or Scroll Speed depending on effect Phys FX parameter2 1 44 0 Numberor Scroll Speed depending on effect PhysEXpaumeer3 1 45 0 Numberor Scroll Speed depending on effect 10 5 Parameter Types The best way to understand the effect of parameters is to turn on the HUD watch the corresponding arameter change as you turn an encoder wheel and see the effect on the output MagicHD User Manual 10 5 1 Angle 48 58 Angles are specified by two consecutive DMX channels with the values 0 65535 representing the range 180 to 179 995 One bit is 0 0055 32768 is 0 09 Po 10 5 2 Audio Pan sitive rotation 1s clockwise Audio pan controls stereo panning using a linear scale of 0 255 with 0 representing full left 128 centre and 255 full right 128 1s the default 10 5 3 Audio Scale Audio scale controls audio paramet
3. A mask is simply an image whose intensity is used to control the brightness of some other media behind it White areas are totally opaque and black totally transparent Shades of grey scale between the two Any image can be used as a mask Colour is converted to transparency by taking the black amp white intensity of the image The simplest masks have just black and white areas and hide the layer allowing lower layers to be seen where they are black Each media layer can select a mask whose position is automatically synchronised with the media for that layer As the layer is scaled positioned or rotated the mask is too This is the easiest way to use a masks Any media can be used as an independent mask by loading it as the media in its own layer If the media has transparency this will reveal the layer below automatically If you wish to control how the mask works use the Mask colour effect Tip Using a layer as a dedicated mask means that movies can be used as masks as well as images The output layer can select a mask which is applied over all the media layers This can be used for static effects such as shuttering or edge blending or dynamic effects that apply to all layers at once Tip For best results create your masks at the same resolution as your media and use anti aliasing to minimise visible pixellation around curves etc 5 2 1 Examples If we look at one frame of video and a simple black amp white arrow as a mask the
4. MagicQ console or a Wing system with encoder wheels is detected on the network One layer supported when no MagicQ console or Wing system is detected the network Opens full screen by default for quick show startup or recovery 4 1 2 Combined MagicHD is launched from the Media Player menu in MagicQ PC Controlled directly by MagicQ no network comms e 8 layers always available e Starts full screen if a MagicQ Wing 15 connected and MagicHD was previously used full screen for quick show startup or recovery Can be selected to duplicate the output of any MagicHD that is patched in the show e g to see the media output while programming a show Can be used in its own right to output to a projector from a second monitor output MagicHD User Manual 12 58 4 2 MagicQ Setup 4 2 1 Combined Version When MagicHD is launched from MagicQ PC it does not use the network The connection is direct within the software The media server settings setup gt VIEW SETTINGS VIEW SYSTEM VIEW MEDIA should be as highlighted in this screenshot VIEW VIEW VIEW SETTINGS oto TEM MEDIA Play Mode Note The IP address column shows Local To select Local enter 0 in that cell If you have networked MagicHDs patched in the show you can use the local window to duplicate any one of these from the MagicQ PC application menu Media Player Select Player A dialogue box will pop up listing all the p
5. followed by the IP address of the MagicHD PC The result is displayed in the input window On the MagicHD PC open a DOS box terminal or equivalent and type ping followed by the IP address of the console If you have multiple network adapters make sure you are looking at the settings for the right one You can find out which address MagicHD is using by selecting Settings or About from the application menu Once the networks settings are correct MagicQ must be configured to talk to MagicHD The Con State entry should show Connected 3 5 Keystone If you can t see your media and get a collection of letters on the screen like this your keystone parameters are causing one corner of the media to be folded over The letters correspond to the 8 encoders that control the position of the 4 corners The side s of the media rectangle are shown in green where they are OK and red where they are invalid In this example the corner has moved inside the line from C D to E F As you change the encoders you should see the corner points move As soon as the keystone area is valid the media will appear again Tip A quick way out is to LOCATE the output layer This sets all parameters back to default e f the problem persists check that you are using the latest head file for the MagicHD output layer The personality changed in version 1 6 1 6 3 6 No Text If you have recently added a text file you need to re index the media b
6. oe SO iiss AOS 30 mask2 jpg 2 030 _mask2a jpg 2 40_mask3 png 040_mask3 png Y T NIE dE 099 ONG banner Txt banner dE 2 STOLY CXU Am STOLY TXT O Sos B SO caes ie Se Note 1 3_concert mov was converted to mp4 because 1t was compressed video 2 Two files share the same number MagicHD will always choose the youngest file 1 e the most recently converted or added so 030 mask2a jpg will be in the index because it will be converted after 030 mask2 jpg None of the following files would be converted for the reasons given NAMING convert files Enc wrong root folder 2 two mp4 not under numbered folder MagicHD User Manual 20 58 as 3 three avi folder has no number t 1 folder one only folder numbers 10 to 255 are allowed 10 new media UXU file has no number O only file numbers 1 to 255 are valid t 7 seven doc only tiles are allowed for text 300 seven txt only file numbers l 2599 are valid 20 more movies E eight mp4 mot a number nine number not separated by an underscore 5 1 2 Manual Conversion To simplify the conversion process you can use the Convert File menu option This allows you to choose a file then choose where it goes in the media index MagicHD will then convert or copy the file and add it to the in
7. 0 008 1 0 Positive Right Up 10 5 23 Speed Factor Speed is represented as a multiplier to be applied to the normal speed with the values 0 65535 encoded linearly as follows Speed Multiplier Notes 500 Backwards at 5 times normal speed 26214 100 xU A MagicHD User Manual 54 58 Speed Multiplier Notes 39321 100 Forwards at normal speed 65535 500 Forwards at 5 times normal speed 10 5 24 Text Loop Mode Text Behaviour Scrolling loops round Scroll then stop 2 Scrolling reverses direction 10 5 25 Transition Type Not implemented yet MagicHD User Manual Chapter 11 Background Information 11 1 Video Clips The following are good sources for video content e http www stockfootageforfree com e http www motionbackgroundsforfree com https archive org details movies 11 2 Files and Folders MagicHD uses the following important files and folders MagicQ PC t mqqt exe t mqhd exe t convert O10 Me UO Te Log mahd xxxxx Log conversion Show index csv media pol DO thumbs Magico PC executable MagicHD standalone executable incoming user media files for conversion MagicHD log files media conversion log files media index media thumbnails of the media in show media 55 58 MagicHD User Manual 56 58 Appendix A Changes To DMX Personalities Note that where c
8. 8 Output Layer The output layer is used to control the overall appearance of the output from MagicHD The output layer acts on the sum total of the media and text layers they are effectively combined into one resulting image which the output layer then manipulates Note that any setting that puts all or part of the output beyond the limits of the window screen or projector output will result in those parts of the output being clipped The DMX parameters for the layer allow you to control the following features 8 1 Intensity Intensity controls the overall brightness of the MagicHD video output Intensity controls the overall volume of the MagicHD audio output 8 2 Position Position controls where the MagicHD output appears within the window screen or projected area 8 3 Scale Scale increases or reduces the size of the output 8 4 Rotation This parameter allows the output to be rotated within the extent of the window screen or projected area The centre point 18 controlled by Position 8 5 Mirror Flip This parameter allows the output to be flipped horizontally vertically or both MagicHD User Manual 41 58 8 6 R G B The R G and parameters allow the colour balance of the output to be altered directly Note This alters all layers at the same time For control of individual layers use the colour parameters for that layer 8 7 Colour Effect Colour effect along with the associated R G and B effect param
9. Ltd All rights reserved www chamsys co uk MagicHD User Manual 1 58 Chapter 1 Introduction MagicHD is a DMX controlled media player Media playback is managed in layers MagicHD can display up to 8 media layers depending on product one text layer and a final output layer for overall control of the output MagicHD runs on Windows Mac and Linux and can exist as a stand alone player or be launched from MagicQ PC It can be installed on dedicated hardware either supplied by the user or purchased from ChamSys 1 Each media layer layer can display one media file movie picture or audio and optionally apply a mask Layers are stacked from 1 the bottom to 8 the top Subject to masking and blending higher layers will hide lower layers The output layer can also apply a mask with the intention that this is used for shuttering edge blending and similar projector control effects You can of course use the masks for anything you wish The text layer can display static or moving text The text is displayed in a window whose colour position and orientation can be controlled Content is supplied as raw text files Both the media and output layers can apply a number of colour effects Effects applied in the output layer affect the appearance of the whole output Conceptually the output seen by the viewer is the top of a stack of layers Final mask text Media 3 Mea Magic
10. Mode or speed that are not compatible will result in the audio output stopping for that layer 5 3 1 Media Layers Each media layer has an audio gain and an audio pan control Gain sets the level for audio playback and should be used to balance the volume of the clip against other clips in the show It can be used to boost quiet clips or attenuate loud ones Pan moves the stereo signal from left to right The volume for each media layer is automatically faded with the layer s intensity Sections of audio only media can be selected using the start and end frames just like any other media In this case MagicHD uses a simulated 25 frames per second MagicHD User Manual 25 58 Note By default gain for each layer is 0 so that audio is not heard This is to prevent unwanted surprises when playing clips that have audio that you don t want to hear You must choose to set the gain above zero to hear audio e Pan uses pan law so a fully panned signal will increase the level in the L or R channel by It doesn t sound louder because the signal has gone from the opposite channel but it might result in clipping if the gain is already high There is no way to select audio only from a clip that has video Reducing the layer intensity to hide the video reduces the audio level too Use an external tool to extract the audio from the clip and play it by itself 5 3 2 Output Layer The output layer has an audio volume control The over
11. Select the folder and file you want to convert to Press Convert Wait for conversion to take place Progress is reported on the HUD and in the input display window bottom right in MagicQ MagicHD User Manual 6 58 2 10 Converting Existing Media From the MagicQ PC application menu Media Player Convert Media From the MagicHD application menu Media Convert Media Once MagicHD is running the Convert Media action allows you to force it to convert files already in the convert folder This means you can prepare media when MagicHD is not running This is worth while if you are preparing a lot of content if MagicHD is running it will keep trying to convert files as you edit their names and move them around unless you prepare the files elsewhere Note Everything under convert folder will be converted regardless of file age or previous conversion status 2 11 LED Wall To setup MagicHD with a low resolution output e g an LED wall If you are using the stand alone version from the menu View Output on separate window From the MagicQ PC application menu Media Player Window From the MagicHD application menu View Window Use the window size dialogue to set the size and position of the window Select No Border Select Fixed size 2 12 Playing Audio To play media that includes audio media MagicHD Layer 1 Locate then select some media that
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13. has audio media MagicHD Layer Int set Audio Gain to a non zero value media MagicHD gt Output Locate media gt MagicHD Output Int Ensure Audio Volume is not zero To change audio output device Make sure the MagicHD window 15 not full screen so that the menu bar is visible From the MagicHD menu Media Audio Devices MagicHD User Manual 7 58 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Blank Screen If MagicHD starts with a blank screen and you can t get media to display e f you are running MagicHD on the same as MagicQ you must launch MagicHD from within MagicQ The MagicHD window title will show MagicHD Server 1 MagicHD or something similar you must ensure the media player is configured correctly f you are running MagicHD on its own PC the MagicHD window title will show MagicHD Art Net universe 0 or something similar you must patch MagicHD to an Art Net universe that is being output by MagicQ you must ensure the media player is configured correctly you must tell MagicHD to use the right universe The protocol and universe are changed under File Settings in the MagicHD application menu If the MagicHD window has filled the screen and hidden other applications you can leave full screen mode by on a PC press F11 to leave fullscreen or Alt Tab to cycle round your applications on a Mac press Cmd Shift F or Cmd Tab to cycle round your appl
14. of every 4 frames are dropped so the remaining load is x1 7 Since there is an inherent loss of quality at high playback speeds because the human brain can t process the imagery so well consider the quality and resolution of the source material carefully 6 13 Play Mode Play mode allows a movie clip to be played in a number of different ways 6 13 1 Once The movie is played one from the start frame to the end frame controlled by the speed parameter Playback finishes on the last frame which 15 held If playback 15 in reverse negative speed the last frame is actually the start frame 6 13 2 Once then black The same as Once except the layer automatically blacks out after the last frame This removes the need to set and accurately time a second cue to fade the layer at the end MagicHD User Manual 30 58 6 13 3 Loop The same as Once except playback loops to the first frame after the last frame When playing forwards first start and last end When backwards first end and last start 6 13 4 Bounce The same as Loop except the direction automatically changes each time Note that the speed parameter is automatically reversed so that changes in magnitude do not suddenly reverse the direction if the sign of the speed does not match the direction i e once the first reverse has taken place only the magnitude of the speed parameter has any effect unless the speed crosses zero where the direction of bounce wou
15. status MagicHD User Manual 26 58 Chapter 6 Media Layers Each media layer can display either a movie a static image or play audio A mask can be used to control which parts of the layer are visible The DMX parameters for the layer allow you to control the following features 6 1 Intensity Intensity is used to fade the layer into or out of the output As a layer s intensity reduces lower layers will show through Intensity also controls the audio volume for the layer 6 2 Position Position controls where the centre of the layer appears in the output 6 3 Scale Scale increases or reduces the size of the layer in the output Note that when magnified low resolution content can look poor 6 4 Rotation Rotation allows a layer to be rotated around its centre point The centre point is controlled by Position 6 5 Mirror Flip Mirror and flip allow the layer to be flipped reversed horizontally or vertically mirrored reflected about the centre line hori zontally or vertically or both 6 6 Stretch Stretch controls how the layer fills the screen Every media file has an associated aspect ratio and this might not match the aspect ratio of the screen or projector Stretch controls how the two aspect ratios are reconciled MagicHD User Manual 27 58 Seen Mea Ret Note Fill X Fill X Fill Y Media aspect ratio maintained Media aspect ratio maintained Overflows Y Media aspect ratio maint
16. HD has no user interface as such being entirely controlled by DMX It does provide a Head Up Display HUD which shows a lot of useful information live superimposed on the output The DMX control personality is deliberately simple complexity is added by the lighting console Since everything is controlled by DMX channels the console can be used to add effects to any channel by simply altering the values sent to the player 1 1 Disclaimer This product is not fully released so the DMX personalities used to control it may change without notice If such a change occurs then show files using MagicHD will have to be manually updated Changes will be detailed in Appendix A MagicHD User Manual 2 58 1 2 Known Problems Known major problems with MagicHD Playback of multiple layers of some HD media content types can be jerky or slow the system down load management is not yet implemented whereby lower layers will skip frames to ensure the correct frame rate 1s maintained When the text layer fills the screen rendering be jerky due to huge font sizes Aspect ratio appears to change when objects are rotated e With Windows 8 MagicHD must be run as administrator for media conversion to work Some content encoded with the jpeg2000 codec causes ffmpeg the tool used to convert media to crash If this happens the user will have to convert the media offline with a different tool 1 3 Changes Changes to DMX personalities are descri
17. LJ i i modo anie D 1 z R T a E PE e LACA The text is 13 lines high but because of the size of the window and the width of the text it needs a setting of 17 lines before the full width of the text is visible Note For text with lots of lines when text lines is set to O all the lines are shown and could result in very small font size 7 11 Scroll Direction This parameter controls the direction for scrolling text Text will only scroll horizontally if it does not fit across the window or vertically if it does not fit the height of the window If the direction is set to Char Line the position of the text can be controlled regardless of its size Tip For advanced scrolling effects set Scroll Direction to Char Line and control the character X and line Y directly from the console Make sure scroll time is zero otherwise this will delay the changes MagicHD User Manual 37 58 7 12 Scroll Speed This parameter controls the speed of scrolling For horizontal scrolling the value is characters per second and vertically lines per second 7 13 Loop This parameter controls how the text behaves when it is scrolling and what happens when the text has scrolled to the maximum extent 7 14 Scroll Char When scroll direction is set to Char Line this parameter selects the character that 15 displayed in the top left corner of the text window No
18. MagicHD User Manual MagicHD User Manual MagicHD User Manual REVISION HISTORY NUMBER DATE DESCRIPTION NAME MagicHD User Manual Contents 1 Introduction 1 1 Le L3 1 4 Disclaimer Known Problems Changes References 2 Getting Started al a dardos ada rra 22 Quick Stat 43 AddngaMask esco rr AAA Rd E aro ra AAA mn 222255 5 522159 9 4 5 3 83 4 508 20 Projector Colour tUm 22 99 Oh RO GE GR dde dh ooh Um e Oe Dispayme PM 3 ee ow SAE 9 5 9425544 UM Aa oe Dig Window aero csere ox RE Re O8O ERoRoke4 AAA de deb OEE db uu hee EERE ES 2 10 Converting Existing Media a NOE gb 5 amp 2 04 E ARA AAA ORE 0 EOE S 8 Peeve 4 x cw SS Bux d E IM hu 546848555445 59 4 ERES 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 3 2 3 4 23 3 6 Blank Screen Media Conversion 21 NEW files are not being converted 3 2 2 MagicHD won t play new file Thumbnails Network Configuration consorte Keystone No Text No Live Preview MagicHD Us
19. Phys FX parameter 1 Phys FX parameter 2 Phys FX parameter 3 reserved Control Function Control Enable 3 65535 65535 65535 65535 255 ontrol Function MagicHD Box only ontrol Enable MagicHD Box only WINI N NINININI alu O J GI NR O Oo N Oo N wI NI CO MI ANI YY BY Go NI 10 3 Text Layer Parameter Channels Offset Default Intensity Position X Position Y Scale X Scale Y Rotation Red Green Blue Background red Background green Background blue Background transparency Scale Scale Colour scale 32768 32768 32768 32768 32768 255 229 255 192 5 Text folder Text file Font 20 Text lines 1 Number MagicHD User Manual 47 58 Parameter Channels Offset Default Scroll direction Scroll speed Loop Scroll char Scroll line Scroll time Border Direction 10005 10005 Uo UI YINI b2 NO ON 10 4 Media Layers Deut o 0 0 1005 1005 0 0 intensity 1 0 0 Cousue Row 2 9 3H6 Am 0 Mimo fp OO Such 1 1 0 laersmihmok _ 16 o Courfei FX parameter 1 17 0 Number or Colour Scale depending on effect EXpmameerG 1 18 0 Number or Colour Scale depending on effect FX parameters
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21. ained Overflows X Media aspect ratio maintained Fill Y Fill X amp Y Fill X amp Y 6 7 R G B Media stretched in Y Aspect ratio lost Media stretched in X Aspect ratio lost The R G and B parameters allow the colour balance of the layer to be altered directly 6 8 Colour Effect Colour effect along with the associated R G and B effect parameters allows you to alter the colour of the layer in a number of ways Full details are in the DMX parameter Here are some examples Colour Effet FXR FXG FXB Rewt Coeuie 0 355 0 Black amp QGreenCmigh vision Mask The layer is used as a mask The lighter the image the more transparent it is If the image is black and white white will show the layer below and black will not and will show as black MagicHD User Manual 28 58 Colour Effect Key 85 128 255 Green screen any pure green will become transparent RGB Select RGB BGR colour swap RGB Select RGB Select RGB Select Green only similar to Black amp Green Black amp Green 5 6 7 RGB Select EE amp 57 Inverted black and white 0 2 0 0 4 0 Tip A large number of effects are possible and the best way to understand the parameters is to experiment The ChamSys masks media folder folder 3 includes an HSL 4 colour chart and a TV test image Both of these include solid colours and are very useful for testing
22. all volume of all layers is controlled by the output layer s volume which 1s also faded with the output layer intensity 5 3 3 Output Device The audio output device can be chosen from the MagicHD application menu Media gt Audio devices The list of devices 18 provided by the operating system MagicHD simply allows the user to choose one The output device can be changed while MagicHD is running but of course this will interrupt any audio that is playing MagicHD remembers the selected device in the show file combined version or its settings file stand alone version If the list of audio devices changes MagicHD won t change audio output but the menu might not show the right selection Select a different device to ensure the setting 1s correct Similarly 1f the list of devices changes when MagicHD is not running the setting 1t has saved in the show file might be out of synch with the new device list 5 3 4 Status The HUD shows audio level superimposed on the layer s intensity next to its thumbnail If the level is peaking the display goes bright If a layer has audio but it is not being played for some reason e g gain is zero a no audio icon 15 displayed over the thumbnail indicating lack of audio If a layer has audio but no video an animated thumbnail is shown on the HUD and in the MagicQ media window This shows you that an audio file is selected Tip If you are having problems playing audio use the HUD to examine the
23. ar scale with the values 0 255 representing the range to 1 0 10 5 7 Control Enable This parameter must held at 255 while Control Function is programmed MagicHD User Manual 50 58 Note This parameter is only applicable to the MagicHD Box product 10 5 8 Control Function Any setting must be held for at least 5 seconds with Control Enable enabled before the corresponding function will happen 0 No Function Turn 11 20 Standby 21 50 31 40 Note This parameter is only applicable to the MagicHD Box product 10 5 9 Direction Direction e g for scrolling is encoded as follows Direction None Stops scrolling but does not Up 5 Up Down Char Line This mode allows text to be scrolled in X Y simultaneously to any position Top Left Resets scroll position to top left and stays there 10 5 10 Duration Linear scale with the values to 65535 representing the range 0 to 10 seconds Note that all 65536 values are mapped but the resolution is only 1ms Value Duration ms 6554 6560 1000 65535 9999 10 5 11 Flag Flags DMX value to boolean value as follows MagicHD User Manual 51 58 0 False off 1 253 10 5 12 HUD Control Bitmask The HUD control channel is treated as a bitmask except for a few special values 03 Layer 8 Texhyr 9 Output layer Position 0 Off 1 Left 2 Gndowa
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25. at would have been completely transparent becomes less so allowing less of the lower layers to show through As opacity reduces to zero the mask 15 effectively switched off MagicHD User Manual 31 58 6 16 Mask Folder and File These allow the mask for the layer to be selected If either are zero no mask is selected If a non image file is selected i e a movie audio or text file the mask will have no effect 6 17 Mask Invert This parameter allows the intensity of the mask to be inverted This means that what would be fully transparent becomes fully opaque and vice versa The same mask can be used in two layers inverted in one layer to produce synchronised masking effects as shown in this example 6 18 Mask Mirror Flip This allows the orientation of the mask to be controlled independently from that of the media file for the layer If anything other than this simple level of control is required the mask must be used by itself in a different layer so that it can be independently positioned and rotated 6 19 Mask Stretch This parameter governs how the aspect ratio of the mask image is matched to that of the layer s media As far as the mask is concerned the screen that it is being stretched to is actually the media file If for example the media is appearing letter boxed setting mask stretch to Fill X amp Y stretches the mask to the same extent as the media thereby altering the mask s aspect ratio 6 20 Audio Gain Thi
26. atched MagicHDs Mb Select MagicHD Player na Note The players are listed by name you should ensure that each player has a distinct name To change player s name go to setup VIEW SETTINGS VIEW SYSTEM VIEW MEDIA 4 2 2 Stand alone Version To connect to a MagicHD using Art Net the MagicQ media server settings should be as highlighted in this screenshot MagicHD User Manual 13 58 VIEW VIEW VIEW ERASE SYSTEM DMX I O MEDIA SETUP show 3 MediaServers sbk Server Status Con state IP address Type Ver Lihdno Layers Live prev con MOHD 1 Local i 1 10 4 3 The Application Window Both versions of MagicHD run in an application window like most other software The window can be positioned maximised minimised and closed in the usual way Window position is remembered from one session to the next The window can be moved by simply dragging it with the mouse This means it can be positioned even when the border is not present If you wish to use MagicHD to drive video output hardware you can set the window size and position precisely through the window size dialogue 4 4 Full Screen Mode In full screen mode MagicHD hides the menu bar and the mouse cursor when it is inside the window so that they do not appear in the projected image during a show To enter or leave full screen mode i e a frameless window occupying the whole screen use the ke
27. background In this case the choice of text colour is important since it must be visible over the media layers Background y Result 0 255 0 0 0 255 255 128 0 128 128 0 MagicHD User Manual 34 58 RGB Background 7 8 Text Folder and File These allow the text for the layer to be selected If either are zero the layer is switched off 7 9 Font This parameter allows the text font to be changed Built in fonts are as follows User defined fonts are not supported yet Co Aa aa O al AMA Cutie EE A IS X Cutie Times E 1 msWwema 1 X 1 Times New Roman S X 2 meNevRma O X X AAA Script X 4 46 Weg d X erga 39 mt O psc AO 3m mt MagicHD User Manual 35 58 7 10 Text Lines This parameter controls the number of lines of text that are displayed vertically within the text window With a given posit and scale for the layer increasing the number of lines means the size of the text will reduce so that the required number of lines fit When set to zero all the text 1s displayed Result Curabitur id lorem sed velit cursus imperdiet sa amet ac mi enim urna Duis eu diam nisl Quisque pellentesquea dk incidunt besigu purus sit amet lacinia Fusce bibendum dian is purus uma eficiur erat sed lacks doe eros vel mal enim a
28. bed in Appendix A These are changes that might break shows based on older versions 1 4 References MagicHD User Manual 3 58 Chapter 2 Getting Started The following instructions assume you are using MagicHD as part of MagicQ PC the combined version Most steps are the same for other system configurations 2 1 Super Quick Start setup NEW SHOW patch CHOOSE DIM MEDIA gt MagicHD gt PATCH IT In the patch keypad type 1 and ENTER then NO setup gt VIEW SYSTEM VIEW MEDIA From the MagicQ menu Media Player View Media Output Media Player Select Server close Select the MagicHD window position it in the required screen and press F11 Mac Shift Cmd F Linux Shift Ctrl F media Output LOCATE gt Layer 1 gt LOCATE 2 2 Quick Start setup NEW SHOW patch CHOOSE DIM MEDIA gt MagicHD PATCH IT In the patch keypad type 1 and ENTER then NO MagicHD takes one whole DMX universe so there are no alternative configurations patch gt VIEW DMX to confirm setup gt VIEW SYSTEM VIEW MEDIA should show server 1 being a MagicHD with Local as the IP address This means it will be accessed directly not over the network Edit the name if you wish double click the name or select the cell then press set twice Enable live previews for the server double click on the Live prev cell and select YES or select the cell and type 1 ENTER MagicHD User Manual 4 58 From t
29. dex 5 1 3 Deployment To simplify deploying the media for a show and deploying media from one player to another MagicHD performs some automatic housekeeping processes in the background checks for new files in the convert directory e checks that the index file is present checks that there are up to date thumbnails for all media Because of these automatic checks it is possible to manage your media content directly in the show folder by editing the folder and file numbering When finished simply delete the index file and thumbnail folder then start MagicHD Alternatively use the menu options Media Rebuild Index and Media Rebuild Thumbnails 5 1 4 Notes Please note the following points Monitoring and conversion take place in the background so that they do not impact media playback This means it is possible to add media during a show but this is not recommended It also means conversion and index or thumbnail regeneration do not start immediately MagicHD only checks periodically for new files out of date index and missing thumbnails so the conversion process will not start immediately when a new file is added The conversion process can last a significant time if large movies are involved The conversion process is new files are converted the index is updated out of date thumbnails are regenerated While media is being converted the thumbnails displayed in MagicQ s media window will be
30. e output window 15 on a projector or LED wall that might be switched off or too low resolution to see the menus www chams ys co uk Art Met universe 0 The main window shows status bar shows the network configuration with DMX health on the right A black heartbeat means DMX data is being received A green heartbeat means the values are changing No DMX flashes when no data is being received Split output mode is selected from the menu and is on by default This mode is not available in the combined version because the MagicQ window 15 always available to control MagicHD 4 6 Settings MagicHD has only a few user configurable settings Nearly everything is controlled via DMX 4 6 1 MagicHD Menu The MagicHD application window has a simple menu File Settings Change the universe and DMX protocol that MagicHD responds to About Version and status information Txt Close the Magic window View Window Launch the window size dialogue Output on Toggle split output mode separate window FullScreen Toggle fullscreenmode SS thumbnails Audio devices Select audio output device Rebuild Force all thumbnails to be rebuilt 1 Only present on the stand alone version MagicHD User Manual 15 58 Note To see the menu bar the window must not be full screen In full screen mode the menu bar is hidden 4 6 2 Combined Version In the MagicQ PC application window MagicHD settings are accessed fro
31. efore MagicHD will display the file The display of different fonts depends on the underlying operating system If a particular font is not installed or can t be displayed at large point sizes the text might vanish To overcome this select a different font Font 0 should always display MagicHD User Manual 10 58 Tip A quick way to test the text layer is to LOCATE it This sets all parameters back to default Then select the text file you want then alter other parameters to get the desired effect 3 7 No Live Preview If MagicQ 15 not showing live previews from MagicHD the most common cause is the network configuration on the MagicHD machine Previews are sent by multicast so there must be a network route from MagicHD to MagicQ for the network packets to reach the console The simplest way to fix this problem 15 to add a default route on the MagicHD machine that uses the ethernet connection to MagicQ Instructions for showing and setting network routes are highly OS specific so you are advised to search the internet for details MagicHD User Manual 11 58 Chapter 4 Using MagicHD 4 1 MagicHD Versions All MagicHD versions are available for Windows Mac and Linux 4 1 1 Stand alone MagicHD is available as stand alone software It can be run separately from MagicQ PC Controlled by Art NET ACN or Pathport e Window has simple menus for changing settings including DMX protocol and address e 8 layers unlocked when
32. ellus bibe i npus ante sit amet sollicit gt 4 EL Curabitur id lorem sed velit cursus impg enim urna Duis eu diam nisl Quisque tincidunt tristique purus sit amet lacinia sagittis erat sed f enim augue faucibus quis dictum non auctor justo et cursus Phasellus biben duiurnaetempus ante sit amet sollicitu 4 feugiat erat Vestibulum ante ipsum pr Brain Curabitur lore Ged vell cursus imperdea on enim Duis u Quique fec 8 ur dicm run ser sed fac enim augue faucibus imi bem auct usto el cursus Phasellus Dibendum i duPurna lempus aile Se ams m Lm erat Vveshibulurm arm ipsurm dubia Cu Proin enm pee MagicHD User Manual 39 58 stique purus sit amet laginia Fusce bi urus uma eficitur erat sed facilis dolo faucibus quis dictum non tempor vit to et cursus Phasellusiibendum enim i mpus ante Sit amet solficitudin mi lectu t Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in fauc ibilia Curae Pron convallis dui consec egestas libero molestie neque tempus This example shows how the text fades towards the edge of the window if it extends into the border zone Here the text has been scrolled to a char line position in the middle of the text MagicHD User Manual 40 58 Chapter
33. er Manual 4 Using MagicHD 4 1 MagicHD Versions uuo cox dede do IA AAA al IAE ITA TOA QAM MES o o eo ao eee BRE EHR AAA AAA Mo WO sd AAA AAA AA Hd COMPDE SO ee 2 aora ARA a Aa 212 2 SABO VELO s sss o one AAA 4 3 The Application Window 44 Mode bw Ee Rome OS Oxo EGS DER BREE ODD Ow HE ES SIGE ce kee ee tako ikas CRE Oe Eee xekRO5 ROH SONB 0000 dq a cc aa a a a a ne A OO 2 465 chen bed tuba eaeade wan Se EROR EXGESd 5 Rex Az COMING Version uos sss rsss irad x x4 3o HE DEERE Row DOME es pra naar 459 94 9909 ad AAA 4 8 Window Size Dialogue MOBIL 2 oe kg OER REARS raras Oe TOU ce eee 9 9 9 3209 4 349 3 EEE oe eG eH Ads 153 LINGCUMESS wk ed he ee eee es 25585526 rr 5 Media 2 311 Automatic Conversion cisco ORE GREE es EOE ARAS 5 1 2 1 MOCO og Gee oa eet Be eRe Re aa AA A ee 4 III DDR eer eect hae eeee eee hee be eeke ee ee AAA AA 5 1 6 Thumbnail Regeneration uuo oe eo he aa asa Jd Ibies CCCI 52 MIS eh eee AE AAA Aaa AAA A Fhpping and EII ve DON cascara AAA AA AAA AAA d lo oo aa casarnos s
34. ers using a linear scale with the values 0 255 representing the range 0 to 1 0 10 5 4 Blend Type When blending two layers together the colour of each pixel in the resulting image is controlled by the blend setting 2 1 3 10 5 5 Colour Effect Effect Notes Layers are blended by their intensity Add Colour The higher layer 15 added to the lower ee NE Subtract Colour The higher layer is subtracted from the E ger s MT Max Colour The result uses the highest value from each layer Colour effect 1s usually accompanied by up to 3 additional parameters called FX R FX G and FX B None B amp W RGB select Posterise Colourise FX parameters are numbers selecting the mapping for R G and B colour channels as follows FX parameters are numbers selecting the number of colour steps for R G and B 1 step i e 1 bit colour 255 255 steps 1 e normal FX parameters are colour scale values controlling colourisation of the basic B amp W image MagicHD User Manual 49 58 Effect Notes Mask Use the layer as a mask FX R selects the mode Transparency intensity colour unchanged As O with inverted colour Transparency inverse intensity colour unchanged As 2 with inverted colour Transparency comes from the media s alpha channel Opaque pixels become fixed colour FX G Hue 0 254 Hue FX B Lightness 0 1s black whatever hue 15 5 Transparency intensity colour as for 4 Tran
35. eters allows you to alter the overall colour of the MagicHD output in a number of ways These work exactly the same way as for the Media Layers Note This alters all layers at the same time For control of individual layers use the colour effect parameter for that layer 8 8 Mask Folder and File Invert Mirror Flip The output layer can optionally use a mask to achieve shuttering edge blending scenery blanking or other effects The mask 15 automatically stretched to fit the output layer and its opacity cannot be controlled The mask parameters work in exactly the same way as the Media Layer mask parameters folder file invert and mirror flip 8 9 Keystone The keystone parameters apply keystone distortion to the output image The 8 keystone parameters move the corners of the image within the output screen MagicHD User Manual 42 58 The range of each parameter 15 the full screen width or height with bottom left at 0 0 and top right at 1 1 Parameter names match the encoder wheels on MagicQ consoles Tip When setting up keystone it can help to turn on the HUD grid as shown in these screenshots The grid also enables keystone configuration with no media playing 8 10 HUD Control The HUD control parameter turns the HUD overlay on and off and selects which layer s DMX parameters are displayed It is a bitmask and details are given in the DMX parameter description 8 11 Audio Volume This parameter controls
36. frame Advance to the next frame then automatically pause 1 Note that these modes ignore playback speed always show the selected frame If the start or end frames changed the displayed frame will change This allows the user to view the start and end points as they are moved around within a clip 2 Play mode must go back to Pause before this mode can be used again 10 5 19 Scale Pseudo logarithmic scale factor with the values O to 65535 corresponding to a multiplication factor of 0 0 to 10 0 with 32768 being 1 0 10 5 20 Screen Offset Linear scale with the values O to 65533 corresponding to an offset in screen position of 1 0 to 1 0 32768 corresponds to 0 1 e no offset value of in the X position of a layer for example would move the layer one screen width to the left 1 effectively taking 1t just out of view 1f 1ts width was unchanged 10 5 21 Scroll Position Linear scale with the values 0 to 65535 corresponding to a scroll position of 100 0 to 555 0 When scrolling in X the position is in characters When scrolling in Y the position is in lines 0 0 is the top left of the first character in a piece of text 10 5 22 Scroll Speed When used to scroll the content of a layer the speed is in units of width or height In other words a speed of 1 0 will scroll the entire width or height in 1 second 0 0 Resertostartposition 1 127 1 0 0 008 Negative Left Down Stop 129 255
37. hanges are made to the personality the updates are also made to the head files MagicHD demo show that are installed as part of MagicQ A 1 Changes in Version 1 6 6 1 Text Layer 1 6 6 0 166 1 26 Pause 1 Scroll char Pause 1 removed Scroll char was Not implemented yet now implemented 28 Pause 2 Scroll line Pause 2 removed Scroll line was Not implemented yet now implemented 30 Scroll char Scroll time Scroll char moved Scroll time was Not implemented yet now implemented 32 Scroll line Border Scroll line moved lo t ETE 34 Soroll ime moved A 2 Changes in Version 1 6 1 4 Colour Effect New effect New effect New effect Carve Not implemented yer Carve Not implemenied yet Ces Not inplemenied yet MagicHD User Manual 57 58 A 3 Changes in Version 1 6 1 6 HUD Control 1 6 1 5 1 6 1 6 355 Newfeue Keystone 1615 1 6 16 1 0 to 1 0 0 0 to 1 0 Range and defaults changed Output Layer Channel 1 6 1 5 1 6 1 6 Notes A 4 Changes in Version 1 6 5 0 Output Layer Channel 1 6 1 6 1 6 5 0 Volume New Media Layer 1 6 1 6 1 6 5 0 a Ario Ga a tio Pan A 5 Changes in Version 1 6 5 1 Colour Effect L65 5 Mak Mask Added fixed colour mode as option 7 Me Name change only 8 Cuei efe Nwa 9 Cue2 wet Newest 10 Covel Nor implemeniedye SS ad Cuv2 N
38. he MagicQ menu Media Player View Media Output to start MagicHD A blank window should appear This can be moved around your screen s and maximised without a border by pressing F11 Mac Shift Cmd F Linux Shift Ctrl F Media Player Select Server allows you to choose the ID for the local MagicHD window media will show the MagicQ media window The MagicHD that you just patched should appear as a button along with buttons to select the media text and output layers If you have media thumbnails should appear below the layer buttons SERV LOCATE T BANK 1 yt ZERO T I m ME Layer 1 Layer 2 Layer 3 Layer 4 Layer 5 Layer amp Layer 7 Layer 8 Start Point Media MagicHD Output Text 2 aaa D Y A S MEDIA Media Folder Media File mrj PC 13 Nov 2013 14 24 14 1 6 0 1 Page 1 Output LOCATE gt Layer 1 LOCATE will display the media from Media Folder 1 Media File 1 at full intensity 2 3 Adding a Mask media MagicHD gt Layer 1 Mask then use Mask Folder and Mask File to select a mask Thumbnails should be displayed for each folder simply select the mask by clicking a thumbnail 2 4 HUD media MagicHD Output Media will allow encoder wheel A to select the HUD Alternatively press and hold HUD Control to bring up soft buttons for each option or click the top and bottom of HUD Control to cycle through the optio
39. ications Although you can t see the mouse pointer if you move it to the extreme top right the application menu bar should re appear including the fullscreen button which you can press to leave fullscreen 3 2 Media Conversion 3 2 1 New files are not being converted For MagicHD to spot a new media file that needs to be converted the file must be in the right place Does the filename start with a number and underscore e g 001 example mov s the file in a numbered directory e g 99 001 example mov s the directory under MagicQ PC convert e g MagicQ PC convert 99 001 example mov MagicHD User Manual 8 58 Check for the new file in the show Continuing the example above you should see MagicQ PC show media 99 001_example mov If the new media file is not getting converted you might see an error message flash up on the HUD or MagicQ input window Even if you miss this there is a conversion log file Check here for warnings or errors Tip To make it easier to analyse the log file restart MagicHD and try the conversion by itself The log file will be small and should only contain messages relating to the problem file 3 2 2 MagicHD won t play new file For MagicHD to play a media file it must be in MagicHD s index The automatic conversion process normally does this for you If media has been added directly or conversion was interrupted the index file might be out of date To ensure the index is right either dele
40. ld also change 6 13 5 First frame The current first frame 1s always shown Although playback is therefore not dynamic the start frame parameter can be altered in real time to control playback 6 13 6 Last frame The current last frame is always shown Although playback is therefore not dynamic the end frame parameter can be altered in real time to control playback 6 13 7 Pause Playback is paused at whatever the current frame is This mode can be used in conjunction with other modes and cues to achieve more complex playback effects For example it allows playback to be paused without setting the speed to zero so playback can be restarted with the previous speed The resume cue does not need to have the playback speed programmed 6 13 8 Next frame Advances the frame that is displayed according to the speed parameter i e direction and frame skipping for high speeds still apply then automatically pauses The mode must be changed away e g to Pause then back before this mode can change the frame again Tip Pause can be used in conjunction with Next Frame or other modes to achieve more complex playback effects such as moving through a slide show 6 14 Transition Not implemented yet 6 15 Mask Opacity This parameter controls how opaque the mask is If the opacity 15 full the mask has complete control over the transparency of the layer As the opacity is reduced the mask has less effect black areas th
41. m the Media Player menu Select Player From the patched MagicHDs in the show select which one to lien eel window Demo Full Screen Toggle full screen mode Deploy Media 4 7 Status MagicHD is intended to output on a projector or video screen in a show environment controlled using DMX As such there is no mechanism to feed status back to the user Apart from the HUD there 1s no GUI MagicHD reports warnings errors and some supporting information to its log file but this is only intended for post mortem analysis When there is status to feed back to the user it appears in the status bar on the HUD and in the combined version in the input display window in MagicQ PC 4 8 Window Size Dialogue The window size dialogue box is launched from the menu It allows the output window to be positioned accurately and its size to be fixed MagicHD User Manual 16 58 MagicHD Window WADISPLAY 7 border Width 500 Fixed size Height 5001 The title of the window shows which screen the output window is displayed in Note The screen s aspect ratio is not accurate because the displayed rectangle stretches with the dialogue box The window is scaled correctly within the screen area 4 8 4 No Border This option turns off the title menu and border for the output window When the border is hidden the menus are also hidden These can either be accessed on the control window if you a
42. mode then apply a ramp effect to the start frame channel MagicHD User Manual 29 58 Note Although any values can be set in the DMX channels the actual start frame will never exceed the end frame nor will the end frame ever be earlier than the start frame If you are using start and end frame to permanently edit a clip i e you don t change them or use a different part of the file in another cue consider editing off line since 1 the resulting file will be smaller and 2 using dedicated video editing software can produce better results The values in the DMX channels refer directly to the frame numbers within the media Frame numbers run continuously from 0 to the end of the file The time that a frame number equates to depends on the frame rate of the file For audio only media the frame rate is 25 fps Tip Turning on the HUD for the layer being programmed will help since the start and end frame markers are shown on the media bar 6 12 Speed Use the speed parameter to control the speed and direction of media playback Negative speeds cause playback in reverse A speed of stops playback although see pause mode Up to 2 times normal speed every frame is played Bear in mind therefore that playing an HD clip x1 9 faster will nearly double the processing load for that layer Above x2 frames are dropped to reduce the processing load There is still an increased load for all but whole number multipliers at x4 7 3 out
43. nail Regeneration Each media file has a small thumbnail image associated with 11 These thumbnails are used by MagicQ to display the contents of each media folder in the media window If any thumbnail file 15 found to be missing or older than the corresponding media file 1t will be automatically regenerated Frame at 10 duration Sound with The attached picture attached picture Fixed text thumbnail MagicHD User Manual 22 58 1 Note that there is no way for MagicHD to know whether the chosen frame is representative or useful 2 For example MPEG 4 audio file format m4a supports attached pictures Tip Thumbnail regeneration can be forced from the menu 5 1 7 Index Regeneration If the media index file is missing MagicHD will automatically regenerate it from the media files in the show Note that all media will be included in the index There is no way to mark a file as not part of the show other than obscuring its folder and or file number e g add or hide at the start of the folder or file name If multiple files or folders have the same number MagicHD will take the youngest one This favours recently added or changed media The old media will still be there but will not be in the index This also means that if you make a mistake during conversion or file copying you will not lose any media unless the file name is exactly the same Tip Index regeneration can be forced from the menu 5 2 Masks
44. ns MagicHD User Manual 5 58 2 5 Keystone media MagicHD Output Frame 2 6 Projector Colour Control media gt MagicHD Output Col Red Green and Blue encoders control the colour balance of the output 2 7 Displaying Text media MagicHD Text LOCATE Use Text Folder Text File to select your text file At this point you should see your text Use Pos to size and position the text layer default is full screen Use Media No Of Lines to control how much text is shown in the window Use Media Scroll Dir to control how the text scrolls if it doesn t fit into the window 2 8 MagicHD Window MagicHD is launched from the MagicQ PC application via the Media Player menu It can also be closed from here or by closing 1ts window The MagicHD window can be positioned and sized just like any other application window To go full screen with no borders 1 e ready for output to a projector e select the window and press F11 Mac Shift Cmd F Linux Shift Ctrl F in the MagicQ application menu Media Player Full Screen or in the MagicHD application menu View Full Screen MagicQ will remember the position and size of the window for when you next open it 2 9 Adding Media From the MagicQ PC application menu Media Player Convert file or From the MagicHD application menu Media Convert file Select the file you want to convert and press Open
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46. omatic Conversion MagicHD monitors a folder called convert When media files are added to that folder they are automatically converted if required then moved to the show s media folders Once converted the files are added to MagicHD s media index and can be used right away without restarting Files must be placed in a subfolder under convert whose name starts with a number nnn below This number is taken to be the folder number of the resulting media file The rest of the folder name is optional and is ignored by MagicHD The file s name must start with a number fff below then an underscore This number is taken to be the media s number within its folder The rest of the filename after the underscore is copied with spaces converted to underscores User folders start from 10 and file numbers start from 1 MagicQ PC convert t nnn folder name fff file name mov MagicHD User Manual 19 58 Monitoring for new files and converting them are background activities and do not impact playback MagicHD only looks for changes to files or the addition of files or folders Any files already in place when MagicHD starts will be ignored To trigger conversion of existing files just edit the file or folder name adding or removing a leading zero is sufficient From the MagicQ PC menu Media Player Convert Media can be used to force MagicHD to re convert everything in the convert folder This can be useful if new media has been prepa
47. ong with the converted value e g angle is shown as a 16 bit value and also as the resulting angle in degrees This helps you to understand the effect that the parameters have on the output The HUD can also display a grid to help with projector alignment and keystoning Like the normal HUD display the grid is not subject to output intensity or colour control and appears whether or not any media is displayed MagicHD User Manual 9 1 HUD Anatomy Selected layer Parameter name Current DMX value Invalid parameter Selected layer highlighted Layer 1 intensity Layer 1 End frame marker Start frame marker Media bar L Current frame marker Media file name a p 44 58 Changing parameter Converted value Layer 4 Text layer Output layer Colour bars start current end _ frame numbers Configuration information Status bar The top part of the HUD displays the DMX parameter for the selected layer Each parameter occupies one row Below the DMX data are the layer thumbnails These are updated live and show the content of each layer individually Next to each thumbnail is a bar indicating the intensity of that layer In the example above layers 1 to 4 and the text layer are programmed The thumbnail of the resulting output layer can be seen even though its intensity 1s The colour bars are part of the HUD to ensure that there 1s always full col
48. ot implemented yet Carve 3 Not implemented yet 5 7 10 11 2 MagicHD User Manual 58 58 A 6 Changes in Version 1 6 6 6 Media Layer 1 6 65 1 6 6 6 a Physical eect C asd parameter New ae parameters A 7 Changes in Version 1 6 6 8 Media Layer 155 1668 Mirror Flip Mirror Flip Details changed Physical effect Physical effect Added scroll to index and tile Output Layer 0 Piee 43 New Be parameter New 44 parameter3 A 8 Changes in Version 1 6 6 9 Colour Effect 1 6 6 8 1 6 6 9 Notes Added Transparent and Inverse Transparent modes
49. our in the output no matter which effects have been applied This gives confidence in what is being output to the projector Whenever a media layer is showing moving content the media bar is displayed This shows dynamic information about the movie The bottom right area shows static configuration information This typically doesn t change unless the system is re configured and the player restarted MagicHD User Manual 45 58 Chapter 10 DMX Personality Note that all multi channel parameters are read big endian 1 e coarse setting followed by fine Parameters shown in italics are reserved but not currently implemented 10 1 Universe The MagicHD personality has been designed to fit within a single universe of DMX Channel 0 o E 39 o 22 2 X39 EE 359 EE 39 Em 359 ARAS w NENNEN 459 NENNEN 10 2 Output Layer Parameter Offset Default E Screen offset Screen offset Position Y MagicHD User Manual 46 58 Default 32768 32768 32768 Parameter Offset 2 Scale X Scale Y Rotation Mirror flip Number or Scroll Speed depending on effect Red 255 255 293 Green Blue Colour effect FX parameter R parameter FX parameter Mask folder Mask file Mask invert Mask mirror flip Keystone Keystone B Keystone Keystone D Keystone E Keystone F Keystone X Keystone Y HUD control Audio Volume Physical effect
50. out colour effects 6 9 Blend Blend controls how each layer is blended with the one below in terms of colour and intensity Blending takes place from the lowest layer upwards Layer 2 blends with Layer 1 then Layer 3 blends with the result of 1 and 2 and so on Normally layers are simply blended by brightness and transparency when a layer is completely opaque full intensity no mask nothing can be seen through it Normally as a layer 15 faded it becomes transparent so things below it start to show through If a mask 15 applied dark areas of the mask make the layer transparent allowing layers beneath to show through 6 10 Folder and File These allow the media for the layer to be selected If either are zero the layer is switched off 6 11 Start and End Frame Start and end frame allow frame wise control of which part of a clip is played The default values are a start frame of zero and an end frame of 16777215 224 1 which mean the whole file is to be used If the end frame is less than the length of the clip playback will stop or loop when the end frame is reached Similarly playback can be started at any point in the file by setting the start frame To set the start and end frame accurately you can use the First Frame or Last Frame Play Mode whilst changing the start or end frame values respectively To take complete control of playback speed e g to bounce a clip between two points in time to a beat use First Frame play
51. out of date Once the thumbnails are ready the combined version will show new thumbnails as soon as you change folder in the media window For remote servers press the RELOAD THUMBS button or shift for RELOAD ALL THUMBS MagicHD User Manual 21 58 Until the index has been rebuilt MagicHD will not be able to display new media If the contents of an existing file changes MagicHD will not automatically reload it To force a reload select a different file then the original one Feedback on progress 1s displayed on the status line of the HUD and recorded in the conversion log file The results of media conversion are logged in a dedicated log file For each file some some basic statistics are reported and the reason for conversion is logged If you bypass the conversion process and put new media directly into the show folders MagicHD will not get the chance to convert the file format to one that 1t understands MagicHD might not be able to read your media If you choose to manage media files directly make sure you test every file before the show 5 1 5 Tips Tip You can monitor conversion progress by bringing up the HUD Tip To force MagicHD to reload a file that has changed select a different file then select the original one Tip To force conversion of an existing file edit the filename and add remove a 0 at the start This doesn t change the file s number but does cause a change that MagicHD will notice 5 1 6 Thumb
52. re in split output mode or by pressing the ALT key in the output window The ALT key makes the menu appear while pressed You can then access the menu by pressing one of the highlighted keys or by clicking with the mouse Tip If you start interacting with the menu it will not automatically hide itself again Press ALT again to make it hide 4 8 2 Fixed Size This option fixes the window size on startup Normally MagicHD will try to start fullscreen With this option selected the last window position and size are remembered and MagicHD will start with the output window in the same place MagicHD User Manual 17 58 4 8 3 Live Changes This option makes the changes in the dialogue box immediately show in the real window This makes interactive fine tuning easier If the dialogue is cancelled the changes are also cancelled MagicHD User Manual 18 58 Chapter 5 Media Media refers to movies images audio and text files MagicHD can display all common image formats and play almost any format of movie or sound file although a number of restrictions apply If you want to do anything other than play the entire movie forwards at normal speed the movie must contain only I frames 2 This 15 because playing backwards skipping frames or randomly accessing points within the clip requires that any frame can be displayed by itself Performance will also be affected by file size so consideration must be given to the quality 1 e degree of compre
53. red in situ before starting MagicHD The criteria for triggering conversion rather than just copying the media are Non I frames Converted to mp4 H 264 video 3 with all I frames Note that this process decompresses the video usually resulting in a much larger file than the original Video codec Any content encoded with the jpeg2000 or cinepak codecs is converted to H 264 These codecs have been found to cause problems with thumbnail extraction Pixel Format MagicHD can only decode a fixed number of pixel formats the representation of colour data within each frame Content that uses unknown formats is converted to H 264 with a known pixel format Pictures and text files are copied unchanged as are any movies or sound files that already meet the criteria above If you wish to exercise full control over the quality and format of your content prepare it offline before placing it in the conversion area If the content meets the basic criteria of all I frames and no audio it will not be converted thus preserving the original quality and format This diagram illustrates the relationship between the convert folder and the resulting media User files Resulting media 22 Magico 22 Mag co Show convert media Oy cios 010 IES ay ee al pa IBID ES t 2 _planets mp4 002_planets mp4 MO SIE mov 003 Concert mod 1 0ll_masks 011 10_mask1 bmp 010_mask1 bmp
54. results are as follows MagicHD User Manual 23 58 And if we use a coloured mask this 1s the result x 0 33 5 2 2 Flipping and Inverting One image can produce a number of different masks depending on its flip and invert parameters Normal Horizontal Flipped Vertical Flipped H amp V flipped Normal Inverted MagicHD User Manual 24 58 Output Layer Note that it is not actually necessary to use the mask on layer 1 since layer 2 overlays it anyway The effect of the mask in layer 1 is that as layer 2 is faded out layer 1 retains the black masked out area 5 2 3 Notes Whatever the aspect ratio of an image used as a mask its screen is the extent of the media for that layer If the mask is stretched to Fill X amp Y it will fill the area occupied by the media not necessarily the whole screen This can be overridden by the mask stretch parameter for the layer 5 3 Audio MagicHD can play most common audio formats directly Audio files should be added just like any other media If audio is present in a movie file it will automatically be converted to the correct format when the media is converted even if the video is already in the correct format MagicHD will then play the audio content if the following criteria are met Normal i e 1 0 Once Once Black Loop Gain Intensity gt 0 Audio Codec 16 bit PCM MagicHD does not play audio backwards or at different speeds so Play
55. s parameter controls the audio level for the layer A gain of zero turns off the audio playback Note that the range is O to 10 For most purposes 0 5 to 2 0 will suffice High gains can be used to boost very quiet clips This parameter is mainly intended to allows clips with different peak levels to be equalised 6 21 Audio Pan This parameter allows the stereo image to be moved from left to right 6 22 Physical Effect This parameter allows a variety of physical effects to be applied to the layer independently from the Colour Effect Full details are the DMX parameter MagicHD User Manual 32 58 Chapter 7 Text Layer The text layer displays the contents of the chosen text file over the top of the other media layers Text is displayed in a rectangular window which by default occupies the whole screen If position and scale are set to something other than full screen the result is a text window appearing over the media layers The chosen text 15 sized to fit this window If the resulting text overflows the window it is clipped but can be scrolled The text lines parameter controls how much text is shown in the window The colour of the window background and its transparency can be altered giving control over the contrast and visibility of the text when viewed over media The Text Layer expects media in the form of txt files When adding your own media only this type of file will be converted Although text files
56. sparency inverse intensity colour as for 4 9 Chroma Key FX parameters are colour scale values specifying the colour to match The matched colour 15 made transparent FX R Hue FX G Narrow 255 Wide FX B Gradual 235 transparent 10 lo Hue Offset FX R controls the hue offset ro Noelia Turns red into cyan yellow into blue etc No effeci Hue Filter Apply a bandpass filter to the hue Filtered out hue becomes black amp white FX R Hue FX G Selectivity FX B Fall off Invert Invert RGB Shortcut for RGB select with parameters 5 6 7 Not implemented yet Not implemented yet di N Un oo Narrow Wide Triangle Square 5 7 10 11 2 Not implemented yet 1 Intensity is the overall brightness of the image effectively the black amp white version of it 2 Not implemented in the output layer because it is an inter layer effect 3 The best way to understand this effect is to select some media in layer 1 then select the HSL image from folder 3 masks in layer 2 then play with the effect parameters 4 The best way to understand this effect is to select the HSL image from folder 3 masks then play with the effect parameters 5 Hue refers to the HSL colour model 4 6 Leave Hue and Lightness at for no colour so that the mask just controls the transparency of the layer below 10 5 6 Colour Scale Colour intensity transparency etc are specified by a line
57. ssion of the media Media is always addressed by a pair of DMX channels folder and file Wherever a media file can be selected you will find the folder file parameters If MagicHD can t make sense of the selected file in the context it will be ignored For example an audio file could be selected as a mask but it will not have any effect because it is not an image When selecting media if either the folder or file is zero the effect 1s selection MagicHD translates DMX folder file values into actual filenames by looking in an index file For MagicHD to be able to open a media file the file must be in the index The index file is automatically generated and the user is not expected to read or edit it 5 1 Adding Media MagicHD is supplied with a library of basic content to get you started but most users will want to add their own content Folders to 9 are reserved for ChamSys libraries and you are free to use folders 10 to 255 in any way you like Folder and file numbers do not have to be sequential Internally MagicHD stores media in numbered folders Within each folder the file names start with a number The folder and file number are the DMX folder file parameters used to select that file An index file is used to tell MagicHD which files to actually use For MagicHD to be able to use a new file it must be named correctly placed in the right folder and added to the index To simplify this process it is automated 5 1 1 Aut
58. te that variable width fonts this will not be precise The character spacing is based on the average character width over the whole piece of text The start of the line is character Positive numbers scroll the text to the left and negative numbers scroll the text to the right When this parameter changes the text will be scrolled to the new value immediately 7 15 Scroll Line When scroll direction is set to Char Line this parameter selects the line that is displayed at the top of the text window The top of the text 15 line Positive numbers scroll the text up and negative numbers scroll the text down When this parameter changes the text will be scrolled to the new value immediately 7 16 Scroll Time This parameter controls how fast the text scrolls when scroll direction is set to Char Line The range is from to 10 seconds Every time scroll char or scroll line changes the scrolling re starts and will complete after this amount of time 7 17 Border This parameter controls the width of the border between the edge of the text window and the text itself The range is to 0 25 and represents the border width as a proportion of overall text window size MagicHD User Manual 38 58 Result Curabitur id lorem sed elit 5 im enim urna Duis eu diam nisl tincidunt tristique purus sit amet lacini sagittis purus cd erat sed enim augue faucibus quis dictum nol _ aucto justo et cursus Phas
59. te the index file or regenerate it via the menu If you still can t play the media check in the MagicHD log file for errors or warnings Tip To make it easier to analyse the log file restart MagicHD locate the output layer and layer 1 then in layer 1 select the problem media file The log file will be small and should only contain messages relating to the problem file 3 3 Thumbnails The most common cause of incorrect or missing thumbnails is a mismatched network configuration This only applies to the standalone configuration Symptoms include Missing thumbnails Out of date thumbnails No result from RELOAD THUMBS or RELOAD ALL THUMBS in the media window Thumbnails are retrieved via the CITP MSEX protocol which requires both peers in this case MagicHD and MagicQ to be able to see each other Normal control of MagicHD is via Art Net which is a broadcast protocol Traffic is one way MagicQ to MagicHD and does not require MagicHD to be in contact with MagicQ 3 4 Network Configuration The PC running MagicHD and the MagicQ console must both have their IP address and netmask set so that they are on the same subnet For example MagicHD IP Address 1020508 100 Netmask 255 0 0 MagicQ IP Address 10 0 L 1 Netmask MagicHD User Manual 9 58 Both machines are on the 10 x x x subnet so they should be able to see each other To test this ping MagicHD from MagicQ and vice versa MagicQ type
60. the overall volume of audio from all media layers Audio volume 15 faded with output layer intensity Therefore DBO also kills audio output 8 12 Physical Effect This parameter allows a variety of physical effects to be applied to the layer independently from the Colour Effect Full details the DMX parameter MagicHD User Manual 43 58 Chapter 9 Head Up Display The HUD allows the user to see live control data and the status of the media player overlaid on the projected output The HUD is always displayed on top of the output layer and does not have any colour effects applied to 1t It does get keystoned It displays a border round the entire screen so that you can see the full extent of the projection area even when the output has been modified distorted or turned off This allows a projector to be aligned even without media Unless you are projecting on a very irregular surface you should always be able to see the HUD no matter what configuration has been applied to the other layers The DMX channel that controls the HUD allows it to be positioned left centre or right of screen and selects the layer whose DMX data is shown Thumbnails of each layer are shown whether or not they are visible in the output This allows the user to see all the content that is making up the output not just what is visible Changing DMX parameters are highlighted as are illegal erroneous values The raw DMX channel data is shown al
61. traditionally use just the ASCII character set MagicHD can read and display extended characters if they are present in the text file The DMX parameters for the layer allow you to control the following features 7 1 Intensity Intensity is used to fade the layer into or out of the output As the layer s intensity reduces the text will become less visible 7 2 Position Position controls where the centre of the text layer appears in the output 7 3 Scale Scale increases or reduces the size of the text layer in the output 7 4 Rotation Rotation allows the layer to be rotated around its centre point The centre point 15 controlled by Position 7 5 R G B These parameters control the colour of the text MagicHD User Manual 33 58 7 6 Background R G B These parameters control the colour of the text background When the text layer 1s positioned smaller than full screen the edges of the text window becomes visible and you will notice the background colour of the layer 7 7 Background Transparency This parameter controls how transparent the text background is To ensure text can be seen over any media transparency be set to 0 but this will completely block out what is behind the text window more gentle effect 1s to set the transparency to something between 25 and 50 giving some contrast for the letters but allowing the media beneath to show through Setting transparency to 255 effectively removes the text
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63. uracy regardless of length or speed Values greater than the number of frames in the clip are taken to mean the end i e a 200 frame clip will restart at 200 frames rather than 61 2 days later if the end frame is left at the default of 16777215 10 5 17 Physical Effect Physical effect is usually accompanied by up to 3 additional parameters called FX 1 FX 2 and FX 3 Effect Shake Gentle FX 1 Horizontal Range 0 1 of screen width amplitude FX 2 Vertical Range 0 1 of screen height amplitude FX 3 Rotation Range 1 5 amplitude FX 1 FX 2 3 4 Shake Horizontal Range 1 screen width e N Vertical Range 1 screen height F Rotation Range 180 None Sco OU Scroll to Index FX A FX 3 Mirroring 64 127 Horizontal mirror es 128 191 Vertical mirror O CN 192 255 H V mirror odd tiles Note Changing between Scroll and Scroll to Index does not reset the position so they can be combined to give static and moving scrolls 1 2 3 4 5 10 5 18 Play Mode MagicHD User Manual 53 58 Once Play clip once hold last frame gt S Goid ins fame 1 Onciheblack Play clip once then go to black 2 Loop in the current direction of play 3 Bounce Reverse direction at first last frame La Fist frame Show start frame Show the end frame 6 Pause Show the current frame regardless of speed 7 Next
64. y _ 10 5 13 Keystone Linear scale with the values O to 65535 representing the range 0 to 1 0 The default value 15 0 0 0 or 1 0 65535 depending on the corner 10 5 14 Layer Stretch Mode Value Original Aspect Ratio Sireich o Ml S S 1 Stretch to fill screen Preserved Other dimension might exceed the target area and become clipped Stretch X and Y to fil sereen Stretch X E Y to layer Maihaspctro amp sveiolyer Stretch 4 Y to layer 2 Match aspect ratio amp size to layer 2 Stretch Y to layer 3 Match aspect ratio amp size tolayer3 7 SuihX amp Yilye4 Mahaspetrtio amp szetolyerd 10 5 15 Mirror Flip Value Normal MEE 31 Howonallip Co f Veia O OS oo oo 3 H amp V flip 7 67 Miro Vip 9H Vmio amp H p o oooO Reseed SCS MagicHD User Manual 52 58 Note Mirroring is not available in all places a Mirror Flip channel appears such cases just the first 4 options apply 10 5 16 Number The DMX channel value 18 used as sent with no decoding Note that the media start and end frame parameters use 3 channels Their range is therefore 0 to 16777215 274 1 At a typical frame rate of 30 frames a second the largest value corresponds to 155 hours or nearly 6 days Although this might seem excessive it does mean that points within a media file can be specified with frame acc
65. yboard shortcut the shortcut is also shown next to Full Screen in the menus Windows F11 Mac Shift Cmd F Linux Shift Ctrl F or in the MagicQ PC window menu Media Player Full Screen or in the MagicHD window menu View Full Screen The stand alone version always starts full screen ready to start or continue a show This is because there will not normally be any user interaction with MagicHD There might not even be a keyboard connected To prevent this select fixed size in the window size dialogue When the combined version detects a PC wing or other MagicQ console that has encoder wheels it also starts full screen if it was last used in full screen mode The assumption is that this setup is part of a show and the user does not want to waste time positioning the window Note that on a system with a single screen if you press 11 the MagicHD window will take over the screen and the mouse cursor will vanish This can be confusing because it appears that you have lost control of the computer Just press F11 again to leave fullscreen mode Tip On Mac OSX the shortcut Cmd command comma brings up the preferences window even in fullscreen mode MagicHD User Manual 14 58 4 5 Split Output Mode The MagicHD output window be separated from the application window so that it can be positioned independently This means the menus are still accessible the main window even when th

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