Creating And Viewing Content Thumbnails; Viewing Thumbnails In A Browser - PRG MBOX User Manual

Creating and Viewing Content Thumbnails

The Mbox Daemon software will create thumbnail images of the content. This process happens automatically when new
content is added to the Media or Models folders. No user interaction is required unless some thumbnails seem to be
missing.
If some or all thumbs are missing, use the Mbox Daemon app:
+ To trigger an update of missing thumbs click on the Commands pop-up in Daemon and select "Update Thumbnails".
+ To force a rebuild of all the thumbs, click on the Commands pop-up and select "Rebuild Database".
Thumbnail images are stored in a standard location on the computer and are grouped with HTML files that allow any
networked computer (Mac or PC) to use an HTML browser to view the thumbnails on the server. Individual thumbnails
can also be used by consoles connected to the server via CITP/MSEX. The thumbnail files are located in folders on each
server at /Library/Application Support/Mbox.
CAUTION! While thumbnails are being created, playback performance on the server may be slightly affected. Thumbnail
creation time will depend on the amount of content in the Media and Models folders. While thumbnails are being created
or rebuilt, they will not be viewable them from either a browser or the Mbox Remote application.

Viewing Thumbnails in a Browser

Another way to view media thumbnails on an Mbox server without a CITP-connected console or Mbox Director, is to use
the web browser of any computer connected to the Mbox network. Enter the following into the browser:
+ If using a browser on the local Mbox sever, the address http://127.0.0.1/Mbox can be used to view the local
thumbnails.
+ To view thumbnails on a remote machine, enter the machine's IP address. For example: http://192.168.0.123/Mbox
When accessing the web pages on a rental Mbox server, the /Mbox portion of the address can be omitted.
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