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MBOX EXTREME
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MEDIA SERVER USER MANUAL 91
MEDIA UTILITY APPLICATIONS
Mbox Extreme Media Lock
The Mbox Extreme Media Lock application allows you to lock (copy protect) custom content that you place
on the Mbox Extreme server. Before going any further, please note that you should never lock your original
copy of any content. Once you lock content it can only be played on Mbox Extreme and not on any other
computer.
Only lock content that you place onto an Mbox Extreme!
All of the stock movie, object and digital
gobo content on Mbox Extreme is also locked and cannot be used on any other computer or media server.
Media Lock can lock .mov, .obj, .ai, and .svg files.
Media Lock is based upon a username and password system. You can enter a username and password and then lock
a piece of content under that username/password combination. Once locked, content cannot be unlocked and can
only play on another Mbox Extreme server where the same username and password have been entered into the
Media Lock application. This means that you can lock your content on one Mbox Extreme server and it will always be
available to you on any Mbox Extreme server if you enter the same username and password into the Media Lock
application on that machine.
Mbox Extreme Media Lock can be found in the MboxEx Utilities folder. Open
the application and you will see this window on the screen.
There may already be some existing usernames entered on the server. You can
view the existing usernames (but not the passwords) by pressing the "+" and
"-" buttons. Do not remove any existing usernames as this may lead to the
stock content becoming unplayable. To add your own username and
password to the system, type each into the appropriate box. Do not use
spaces or any punctuation marks in either field; letters and numbers only. Capitalization does matter, so if in doubt, do
not capitalize anything. Once you have entered a username and password, click the
Add button to add this
information to the system. If you want to remove yourself as a user, click the " + " or " - " button until your username
appears in the field (password will not appear) and click the Remove button. Once again, do not remove any
usernames other than your own.
Once you have entered yourself as a user, you can begin to lock your content. To lock your content, make sure that
your username is being displayed and either choose
Lock Files... from the File menu on the menu bar at the top of the
screen or press [
a
L] on the keyboard. This will open a file selection dialog window. Navigate to the file you wish to
lock, select and click the Open button to lock. You can select multiple files in one folder by using the [Shift] or [
a
] keys
while selecting files. You can also select an entire folder by selecting a folder that holds numbered files.
After pressing the Open button, the dialog window will disappear and Media Lock will lock the items. If you are
locking a great number of files, this process may take a minute. Mbox Extreme will display an indication of how many
files were processed and if there were errors. Look at the fields "Files" and "Errors" for information. If errors occurred,
you can click the
Log... button to open the console log and see more information about the errors. Errors will occur if
content is already locked or if the file type is not compatible.
To render your custom content unplayable on an Mbox Extreme server,
simply remove your username from the system. To make it playable again,
re-enter the username and password with which the content was originally
locked. If you attempt to play locked content on an Mbox Extreme server
and the correct username and password are not in the system, you will see
the locked content image on the screen.
CAUTION: There is no undo function! Once content is locked, it
cannot be unlocked.
You will only see this image if "No Diagnostics" is not checked on the Setup
tab. Otherwise, you will receive no notification that a file is locked as
nothing will appear on the screen.