PRG Mbox - Adding Media Content

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MBOX® USER MANUAL
Adding Media Content
When adding content les, it is recommended that new, unique folder numbers be created for the custom content. It is
possible to have more than one folder with the same numerical prex, however, as long as the content les within such
folders do not have the same numerical prex. Also, folders need not have numerical prexes.
CAUTION! Numbered content les will be assigned a folder number that is equal to the numerical prex of their
immediate parent folder. Therefore, using folders without numbers requires caution.
A le at this location: Media/022.Water/BlueWater/001.SomeWater.mov - will be assumed to be in folder 000, because
the immediate parent of the numbered le has no numerical prex.
The correct method: Media/BlueWater/022.Water/001.SomeWater.mov - would work as desired, assigning the le to
folder 022.
To add movies or image les:
Step 1. On the computer’s content drive, open the /Mbox/Media folder.
Step 2. Using the Finder’s File menu, select New Folder and give the created folder a unique 3-digit number (that is
not already being used) followed by a descriptive name. For example, “075.My Content Folder”.
Step 3. Copy image and/or movie les into the new folder.
Step 4. For each le, add a unique 3-digit index value to each le (between 0-255) along with a descriptive name
that includes the le extension. For example, “001.earth.jpg”, “002.wind.mov”, “003.re.mov”, etc. (Note the
caution given above.)
To add 3D objects:
Step 1. On the computer’s content drive, open the /Mbox/Models folder.
Step 2. Using the Finder’s File menu, select New Folder and give it a unique 3-digit number (that is not already being
used) followed by a descriptive name. For example, “012.My Objects”.
Step 3. Place les into the new folder.
Step 4. For each le, add a unique 3-digit index value to each le (between 0-255) along with a descriptive name
that includes the le extension. For example, “001.man.obj”, “002.hammer.obj”, “003.airplane.obj”, etc.