Thumbnail View; Manual Retrieval Of Thumbnails; Automated Retrieval Of Thumbnails; Live Previews - ChamSys MagicQ User Manual

ChamSys Ltd
Other Media Servers
MagicQ supports the MSEX (Media Server Exchange) protocol which enables it to communicate with any
media servers that support this protocol. Select MSEX (Arkaos) and set the version number to 0.
MagicQ also supports a generic protocol based on accessing the media folder of a media server and a
generic csv index file to determine the mapping of thumbnails files to DMX values. Select "Generic" and
set the version number to 0.

26.4 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.
Thumbnail support is available when using Arkaos, Coolux Pandoras Box, Catalyst, Hippotizer, Mbox,
Maxcedia and any other media servers that support the MSEX or generic protocols.
26.4.1

Manual retrieval of thumbnails

If Autothumbs is set to No, you can manually reload thumbnails as and when required by pressing the
Reload Thumbs soft button in the media window. We recommend you leave this set to No since you will
normally know when you have changed the media on the media server and can then request an update.
There is a GET THUMBS soft button in Setup, View System, View Media. This enables all the
thumbnails to be updated for the media server which the cursor is on.
To force a reload of all the media from the media server, move the cursor to the required media server in
the Media View of the Setup Window and press the ERASE CACHE soft button. Then press the GET
THUMBS soft button to retrieve the new thumbs.
Individual pages of thumbs can be reloaded in the Media Window using the RELOAD THUMBS soft
button. Press SHIFT and RELOAD ALL THUMBS to reload all pages.
26.4.2

Automated retrieval of thumbnails

This method is not normally recommended as it may cause unnecessary network traffic.
In the Setup Window, Media View, if Autothumbs is set to Yes, the thumbnails will reload every time a
page is loaded.
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.

26.5 Live Previews

MagicQ User Manual 236
www.chamsys.co.uk
Version 1.4.9.0