What is the MA Video Processing Unit (VPU)?

The MA Video Processing Unit (VPU) is a Media Server that was designed to be fully integrated into the MA system.

The MA VPU comes in three sizes:

• MA VPU plus
• MA VPU basic
• MA VPU light

There is a second generation of the plus and basic called MK2.

The MA VPUs are media servers capable of handling a 3D environment.

It has all the normal features for media servers. Effects, Soft edge, Pixel mapping, Warping, and so on.

One of the big advantages of the MA VPU is the option to use the pixel mapper internally. This means that fixtures can be positioned in a 3D environment in the console and then the MA VPU software can be used to run complex video content, mapped to the fixtures.

The MA VPU is a feature-rich software and hardware and it got its own manual.