Ma lighting VPU, VIDEO PROCESSING UNIT User Manual

MA Video Processing Unit (VPU)

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The sMArt way of video control

MA Video Processing Unit – ease and power

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The MA philosophy –
the familiar way of controlling video

MA Lighting’s new MA Video Processing Unit (VPU) provides the right toolset to control video
just as if it were lighting. Nothing to change, nothing new to learn. Open the door to new
elds of visual design and realise astonishingly creative ideas.

With the MA VPU gone are the days of complicated setup procedures and endless references
to

the manual. Just connect the MA VPU to your grandMA console and experience state-of-the-

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video control. The MA Video Processing Unit reacts just like another lighting xture.

There are many things you can do with the MA VPU that you cannot with a conventional
media server – and some that you can do much better – as the MA VPU is massively more than
just a computer with media server software.

MA Video Processing Unit (VPU)

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Timesaving – thanks to •
familiar operation and easy access

Plug & play for instant show start•

Best hardware components for •
outstanding performance and
rock-solid reliability

Ecient backup solution•

Fast and simple programming via any •
grandMA2 and grandMA ‘series 1’
console

Powerful pre-programming and •
real-time visualisation with
grandMA 3D

3 versions to suit all needs: •
MA VPU pro, plus and basic

Would you like to use video technology as a new or additional design element for your
lighting show? And do you like to control it as fast, smoothly and easily as possible? Just like
any other lighting xture?

If you already know the grandMA system there is almost nothing new you have to learn. The
whole operation relies on the well established MA philosophy and is highly intuitive. Even if
you have never used video before you will instantly feel at home with the MA VPU.

Via four DVI-outs (MA VPU pro) you can control four individual outputs with one MA VPU.
Thanks to the power of the MA VPU you can display all your videos also in Full-HD (1,080p)
or HD (720p in case of the MA VPU basic). Furthermore the internal output synchronisation
of the MA-Net ensures the highest frame and DMX synchronicity.

To scale your video to any size desired by your own imagination just use the valuable horizontal
and vertical softedge blending, the keystone correction and enjoy expressive show designs
you have never seen before. Size doesn’t matter anymore. More than that the MA VPU oers a
convenient 3D Keystoning functionality and enables you to t your content to any 3D objects
irrespective of size and shape.

If there is a video running too fast or too slow, just use frame interpolation and smooth speed
control to adjust the playback.

Beyond that there is a myriad of functions, features and eects available like frame blending,
colour booster, dynamic colour key, contrast, brightness, hue, saturation as well as blur, sepia,
black/white, ocean and invert. All of them can be easily accessed and are self-explanatory
in their use. Combinations of video and still images can be mixed and controlled, and JPEG
images and standard Windows® bitmap images such as *.bmp as well as *.gif are supported.

The MA VPU can also follow the blind programming of the grandMA console.

With up to 32 3D-video-layers (8 for the MA VPU basic) the MA VPU can help you realise
additional creativity.

Based on the rock solid techology of MA Lighting, the MA VPUs oer extreme reliability, are
optimized for transportation, longevity and on the road use, as well as for xed installations
like theatres, TV studios etc.

Finally each MA VPU comes with a pre-installed content library comprising of more than
17GB of professional pre-installed HD and SD video content.

Three dierent versions of the MA VPU are available to suit all needs: MA VPU pro,
MA VPU plus and MA VPU basic.

Up to 4 individual Full-HD (1,080p) •

outputs

Professional eects + write your own •

eects and import them easily

17GB content library pre-installed•

Advanced pixelmapping functionality •

Live Video-In•

Sound playback•

Convenient 3D keystoning & •
softedging

Up to 32 3D-video-layers•

Blind programming support•

Highest frame and DMX synchronicity•

Convenient setup, preview and sys-•
tem monitoring via 7” touchscreen

Rock solid and easy to use: •
MA VPU basic

Powerful video control: •
MA VPU plus

The agship: MA VPU pro