Media systems and CITP

Media Systems - Media Servers / Players

A media server can be many things.

It can be a simple DMX controlled box that can display video and maybe still images. It can also be a big expensive system with multiple synchronized outputs and everything in between and beyond. There is no universal solution that fits all and makes everyone happy.

MA VPUs are made to be controlled and programmed from the grandMA2 system.

Media servers from other manufactures can be integrated into the MA system. They can be controlled via direct DMX, Art-Net, sACN or other network protocols. Some are even capable of listening to DMX information in MA-Net2.

 

CITP

The CITP protocol suite allows to exchange images, stream videos and configure fixture information.

If a 3rd party media system supports the full CITP protocol, then thumbnails can be exchanged for each of the video/image files on the media device. It is also possible to watch a video stream from the media device on a console and on a surface in MA 3D.

For more about getting thumbnails via CITP have a look at the CITP connection topic.

Have a look at the description of the CITP viewer to learn more about watching a CITP video stream on the console.

Some visualizers can also display the CITP video stream from media systems.