MAG Design PocketVJ - Manual for Mac users
Rev. C
© 2014
Page
Content:
First of all
2
Loading files with Webbrowser
3
Loading files with Finder
4
Loading files with Samba
5
Loading files with Fugu
6
Convert h264 movies with FFmpegX
7
Create h264 movies with After Effects®
8
Create h264 movies with Vimeo®
9
Technical Data / Specification
10
Troubleshooting
11
We don‘t take any responsibilities for errors caused by the user!
MAG Design
Seftigenstrasse 22
CH-3007 Bern
[email protected]
079 651 44 59
www.magdesign.ch
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MAG Design PocketVJ
First of all
Thank you for buying the amazing PocketVJ!
Before you power up the device with the provided power supply, make sure that:
- SD-Card is inserted
- Wifi dongle is plugged in
- HDMI cable/adaptor is connected
- Screen, Tv or Projector is powered on*
Now you can plugin the powercord and wait until the device has booted and the testvideo is
running.
*since the PocketVJ is gathering the perfect resolution for the connected screen while booting, its important that
the connected screen is powered up, otherwise you will get a standard VGA resolution (there is the possibility to
change the standard resolution)
We try our best to make you a satisfied customer, if you still have questions or recommendations,
feel free to contact us.
We don‘t take any responsibilities for errors caused by the user!
MAG Design
Seftigenstrasse 22
CH-3007 Bern
[email protected]
079 651 44 59
www.magdesign.ch
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MAG Design PocketVJ
Loading Files with Webbrowser
1. Make sure your PocketVJ is running with the WiFi dongle plugged in.
2. On your Mac computer, choose the WiFi connection of your PocketVJ (named vj112, or vj109, or vj***)
3. Enter the Password for the WiFi connection (you should have it, if not, ask us).
4. Open your favourite Webbrowser (Safari, Firefox, Chrome) and enter:
2.0.0.*** (replace the *** with the number of your PocketVJ WiFi name)
into the address bar.
6. Hit Enter and you should see an Extplorer window where you can upload, download, rename and organize your
files. Make sure that there is no space or special character in the filename.
When you upload a file, make sure that you wait until Extplorer tells you ‘Success, Upload successful’.
7. If your new file is not playing, you might reboot your PocketVJ!
We don‘t take any responsibilities for errors caused by the user!
MAG Design
Seftigenstrasse 22
CH-3007 Bern
[email protected]
079 651 44 59
www.magdesign.ch
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MAG Design PocketVJ
Loading Files with Finder
1. Remove the powercord of your PocketVJ, take the SD-card out of the slot and connect the SD-card to your
Apple computer.
2. You should see to new drives on your desktop.
3. Select your h.264 encoded videofile and copy it to the drive MEDIA
Note: if you get a write access error, you may need to install the NTFS files system:
http://www.paragon-software.com/de/home/ntfs-mac/download.html
We don‘t take any responsibilities for errors caused by the user!
MAG Design
Seftigenstrasse 22
CH-3007 Bern
[email protected]
079 651 44 59
www.magdesign.ch
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MAG Design PocketVJ
Loading Files with Samba
1. Make sure your PocketVJ is running with the WiFi dongle plugged in.
2. On your Mac Computer, choose the WiFi connection of your PocketVJ (named vj112, or vj109, or vj***).
3. Enter the Password for the WiFi connection (you should have it, if not, ask us).
4. In Finder go to: GO > Connect to Server
5. In the Server address bar type : smb://2.0.0.*** (replace the *** with the number of your PocketVJ WiFi name).
6. Connect, in the Password Prompt select Guest
7. Your Finder mounts a Network device named: media
Load and edit your files there!
We don‘t take any responsibilities for errors caused by the user!
MAG Design
Seftigenstrasse 22
CH-3007 Bern
[email protected]
079 651 44 59
www.magdesign.ch
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MAG Design PocketVJ
Loading new Files with Fugu (ssh)
1. Make sure your PocketVJ is running with the WiFi dongle plugged in.
2. On your Mac Computer, choose the WiFi connection of your PocketVJ (its named vj112, or vj109, or vj***)
3. Enter the Password for the WiFi connection (you should have it, if not, ask us).
4. Open Fugu.
5. In the Server Address Bar Type : 2.0.0.*** (replace the *** with the number of your PocketVJ WiFi name)
Username: pi
Password: *********
6. Navigate to the media directory and load or edit your files, be sure not to modify any other directories.
We don‘t take any responsibilities for errors caused by the user!
MAG Design
Seftigenstrasse 22
CH-3007 Bern
[email protected]
079 651 44 59
www.magdesign.ch
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MAG Design PocketVJ
Convert movies to h264.mp4 with ffmpegX
1. Download and install ffmpegX with all the libraries: http://www.ffmpegx.com
2. Start it and drag your movie to the From field.
3. Select the To dropdown: MP4 H.264
4. Select the Video tab,
control the Video Size, Autosize, Framerate and Video Bitrate.
5. Hit Encode
Note: If not used, disable Encode Audio.
We don‘t take any responsibilities for errors caused by the user!
MAG Design
Seftigenstrasse 22
CH-3007 Bern
[email protected]
079 651 44 59
www.magdesign.ch
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MAG Design PocketVJ
Create h264 movies in Adobe After Effects®
1. In the Render Queue tap, click on Outputmodule and select Format: H.264
2. Render your movie
We don‘t take any responsibilities for errors caused by the user!
MAG Design
Seftigenstrasse 22
CH-3007 Bern
[email protected]
079 651 44 59
www.magdesign.ch
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MAG Design PocketVJ
Create h264 movies with Vimeo.com®
1. Go to http://www.vimeo.com, if not already registered, register and upload your movie.
2. After your movie is processed and online, hit the Download button, save it to your computer.
3. You have a perfectly converted h264 movie for the PocketVJ.
We don‘t take any responsibilities for errors caused by the user!
MAG Design
Seftigenstrasse 22
CH-3007 Bern
[email protected]
079 651 44 59
www.magdesign.ch
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MAG Design PocketVJ
Technical Data / Specification
Dimensions:
110 x 76 x 31 mm
Operating voltage:
5V
Power consumption:
~3W
Operating Temperature:
1°- 35° C
Video-Ports:
1 x HDMI (1 x Compostie)
Audio-Ports:
1 x 3.5mm mini jack
Media-Ports
2 x USB 2.0
Network-Port:
1 x RJ45 10/100MB
Data-port:
1 x GPIO
Wifi:
1 x 802.11 150 Mbps 2.4Ghz
Video-Output Resolution:
various, max. 1920 x 1080 pixel
Video-output Formats
VGA, XGA, HD 720, WXGA, WSXGA, HD 1080
Storage:
12GB, SDHC
Firmware:
Linux
Supported Containers:
.mp4, .mov, .avi, might support also other container formats
Supported Codecs:
h.264
Optional:
Extension
8 x Push button
Extension
TFT Touchdisplay
We don‘t take any responsibilities for errors caused by the user!
MAG Design
Seftigenstrasse 22
CH-3007 Bern
[email protected]
079 651 44 59
www.magdesign.ch
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MAG Design PocketVJ
Troubleshooting
There is a ! in the Wifi Symbol
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Go to System Preferences, Network, Wi-Fi, Advanced..., TCP/IP,
Renew DHCP Lease
Movie is not playing
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Movie file is not playing:
Make sure that there is no space or special character in the filename and it is not longer than 16 characters.
Make sure your video is converted with the h264 codec.
Reboot your pocket vj
In Sync Mode
************
- How to set a Master to Slave:
Connect to your PocketVJ via Terminal and change in /etc/rc.local
for Master: /usr/bin/omxplayer-sync -mu /media/* &
for Slave: /usr/bin/omxplayer-sync -lu /media/* &
- When slave is trying to sync, it jumps in steps of 20s or more:
Change to GOP (i-frames) size of your encoder
The Pocketvj is programmed to seek in 1s steps, but some encoders eg. FFmpegX GOP sizes are 30s and more.
To compensate the Sync time, make the first 10s of your movie Black!
- Connected several Pocketvj over a router
Check the Gateway settings!
eg: 192.168.2.1 and 192.168.2.100 or 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.100
We don‘t take any responsibilities for errors caused by the user!
MAG Design
Seftigenstrasse 22
CH-3007 Bern
[email protected]
079 651 44 59
www.magdesign.ch
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MAG Design PocketVJ
Troubleshooting
VGA Display Adaptor
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Using HDMI to VGA converter: No signal on VGA screen
Open a new Terminal, WiFi connect to your PocketVJ
Type: ssh [email protected].***
Hit enter, provide the adminpassword, hit ENTER again and wait until you see
something like: pi@pocketvj-113 ~ $
Type: sudo nano /boot/config.txt
Navigate to #hdmi_safe=1 and remove the #
Navigate to #hdmi_force_hotplug=1 and remove the #
Hit CTRL + X
Type: y
Hit: ENTER
Type: sudo reboot
Hit: ENTER
use hdmi_force_hotplug=1 this forces to always use hdmi!
use hdmi_boost method!!
Composite old School Display
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Using the yello Cinch Plug: No signal on Tv
Open a new Terminal, WiFi connect to your PocketVJ
Type: ssh [email protected].***
Hit enter, provide the adminpassword, hit ENTER again and wait until you see
something like: pi@pocketvj-113 ~ $
Type: sudo nano /boot/config.txt
Navigate to #sdtv_mode=2 and remove the #
Hit CTRL + X
Type: y
Hit: ENTER
Type: sudo reboot
Hit: ENTER
We don‘t take any responsibilities for errors caused by the user!
MAG Design
Seftigenstrasse 22
CH-3007 Bern
[email protected]
079 651 44 59
www.magdesign.ch
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Display Modes
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Open terminal and type: tvservice -s
Now you can see which resolution is used, produce the video in this resolution!
You can also ignore the screens edid: hdmi_ignore_edid
hdmi_drive=1 #Normal DVI mode (no sound)
sdtv_mode defines the TV standard for composite output (default=0)
sdtv_mode=0
sdtv_mode=1
sdtv_mode=2
sdtv_mode=3
Normal NTSC
Japanese version of NTSC – no pedestal
Normal PAL
Brazilian version of PAL – 525/60 rather than 625/50, different subcarrier
sdtv_aspect defines the aspect ratio for composite output (default=1)
sdtv_aspect=1 4:3
sdtv_aspect=2 14:9
sdtv_aspect=3 16:9
hdmi_group defines the HDMI type
Not specifying the group, or setting to 0 will use the preferred group reported by the edid.
hdmi_group=1 CEA
hdmi_group=2 DMT
hdmi_mode defines screen resolution in CEA or DMT format: (see next page)
We don‘t take any responsibilities for errors caused by the user!
MAG Design
Seftigenstrasse 22
CH-3007 Bern
[email protected]
079 651 44 59
www.magdesign.ch
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Display Modes
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These values are valid if hdmi_group=1 (CEA)
hdmi_mode=1
hdmi_mode=2
hdmi_mode=3
hdmi_mode=4
hdmi_mode=5
hdmi_mode=6
hdmi_mode=7
hdmi_mode=8
hdmi_mode=9
hdmi_mode=10
hdmi_mode=11
hdmi_mode=12
hdmi_mode=13
hdmi_mode=14
hdmi_mode=15
hdmi_mode=16
hdmi_mode=17
hdmi_mode=18
hdmi_mode=19
hdmi_mode=20
hdmi_mode=21
hdmi_mode=22
hdmi_mode=23
hdmi_mode=24
hdmi_mode=25
hdmi_mode=26
hdmi_mode=27
hdmi_mode=28
hdmi_mode=29
hdmi_mode=30
hdmi_mode=31
hdmi_mode=32
hdmi_mode=33
hdmi_mode=34
hdmi_mode=35
hdmi_mode=36
hdmi_mode=37
hdmi_mode=38
hdmi_mode=39
hdmi_mode=40
hdmi_mode=41
hdmi_mode=42
VGA
480p 60Hz
480p 60Hz H
720p 60Hz
1080i 60Hz
480i 60Hz
480i 60Hz H
240p 60Hz
240p 60Hz H
480i 60Hz 4x
480i 60Hz 4x H
240p 60Hz 4x
240p 60Hz 4x H
480p 60Hz 2x
480p 60Hz 2x H
1080p 60Hz
576p 50Hz
576p 50Hz H
720p 50Hz
1080i 50Hz
576i 50Hz
576i 50Hz H
288p 50Hz
288p 50Hz H
576i 50Hz 4x
576i 50Hz 4x H
288p 50Hz 4x
288p 50Hz 4x H
576p 50Hz 2x
576p 50Hz 2x H
1080p 50Hz
1080p 24Hz
1080p 25Hz
1080p 30Hz
480p 60Hz 4x
480p 60Hz 4xH
576p 50Hz 4x
576p 50Hz 4x H
1080i 50Hz reduced blanking
1080i 100Hz
720p 100Hz
576p 100Hz
hdmi_mode=43
hdmi_mode=44
hdmi_mode=45
hdmi_mode=46
hdmi_mode=47
hdmi_mode=48
hdmi_mode=49
hdmi_mode=50
hdmi_mode=51
hdmi_mode=52
hdmi_mode=53
hdmi_mode=54
hdmi_mode=55
hdmi_mode=56
hdmi_mode=57
hdmi_mode=58
hdmi_mode=59
576p 100Hz H
576i 100Hz
576i 100Hz H
1080i 120Hz
720p 120Hz
480p 120Hz
480p 120Hz H
480i 120Hz
480i 120Hz H
576p 200Hz
576p 200Hz H
576i 200Hz
576i 200Hz H
480p 240Hz
480p 240Hz H
480i 240Hz
480i 240Hz H
H means 16:9 variant (of a normally 4:3 mode).
2x means pixel doubled (i.e. higher clock rate, with each pixel repeated twice)
4x means pixel quadrupled (i.e. higher clock rate, with each pixel repeated four times)
We don‘t take any responsibilities for errors caused by the user!
MAG Design
Seftigenstrasse 22
CH-3007 Bern
[email protected]
079 651 44 59
www.magdesign.ch
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These values are valid if hdmi_group=2 (DMT)
Note: there is a pixel clock limit which means the highest supported mode is 1920x1200 @60Hz with reduced blanking.
hdmi_mode=1
hdmi_mode=2
hdmi_mode=3
hdmi_mode=4
hdmi_mode=5
hdmi_mode=6
hdmi_mode=7
hdmi_mode=8
hdmi_mode=9
hdmi_mode=10
hdmi_mode=11
hdmi_mode=12
hdmi_mode=13
hdmi_mode=14
hdmi_mode=15
hdmi_mode=16
hdmi_mode=17
hdmi_mode=18
hdmi_mode=19
hdmi_mode=20
hdmi_mode=21
hdmi_mode=22
hdmi_mode=23
hdmi_mode=24
hdmi_mode=25
hdmi_mode=26
hdmi_mode=27
hdmi_mode=28
hdmi_mode=29
hdmi_mode=30
hdmi_mode=31
hdmi_mode=32
hdmi_mode=33
hdmi_mode=34
hdmi_mode=35
hdmi_mode=36
hdmi_mode=37
hdmi_mode=38
hdmi_mode=39
hdmi_mode=40
hdmi_mode=41
hdmi_mode=42
hdmi_mode=43
hdmi_mode=44
hdmi_mode=45
hdmi_mode=46
hdmi_mode=47
hdmi_mode=48
hdmi_mode=49
hdmi_mode=50
hdmi_mode=51
hdmi_mode=52
hdmi_mode=53
hdmi_mode=54
hdmi_mode=55
hdmi_mode=56
hdmi_mode=57
hdmi_mode=58
hdmi_mode=59
hdmi_mode=60
hdmi_mode=61
hdmi_mode=62
hdmi_mode=63
hdmi_mode=64
hdmi_mode=65
hdmi_mode=66
hdmi_mode=67
hdmi_mode=68
hdmi_mode=69
hdmi_mode=70
640x350 85Hz
640x400 85Hz
720x400 85Hz
640x480 60Hz
640x480 72Hz
640x480 75Hz
640x480 85Hz
800x600 56Hz
800x600 60Hz
800x600 72Hz
800x600 75Hz
800x600 85Hz
800x600 120Hz
848x480 60Hz
1024x768 43Hz DO NOT USE
1024x768 60Hz
1024x768 70Hz
1024x768 75Hz
1024x768 85Hz
1024x768 120Hz
1152x864 75Hz
1280x768
reduced blanking
1280x768 60Hz
1280x768 75Hz
1280x768 85Hz
1280x768 120Hz reduced blanking
1280x800
reduced blanking
1280x800 60Hz
1280x800 75Hz
1280x800 85Hz
1280x800 120Hz reduced blanking
1280x960 60Hz
1280x960 85Hz
1280x960 120Hz reduced blanking
1280x1024 60Hz
1280x1024 75Hz
1280x1024 85Hz
1280x1024 120Hz reduced blanking
1360x768 60Hz
1360x768 120Hz reduced blanking
1400x1050
reduced blanking
1400x1050 60Hz
1400x1050 75Hz
1400x1050 85Hz
1400x1050 120Hz reduced blanking
1440x900
reduced blanking
1440x900 60Hz
1440x900 75Hz
1440x900 85Hz
1440x900 120Hz reduced blanking
1600x1200 60Hz
1600x1200 65Hz
1600x1200 70Hz
1600x1200 75Hz
1600x1200 85Hz
1600x1200 120Hz reduced blanking
1680x1050
reduced blanking
1680x1050 60Hz
1680x1050 75Hz
1680x1050 85Hz
1680x1050 120Hz reduced blanking
1792x1344 60Hz
1792x1344 75Hz
1792x1344 120Hz reduced blanking
1856x1392 60Hz
1856x1392 75Hz
1856x1392 120Hz reduced blanking
1920x1200
reduced blanking
1920x1200 60Hz
1920x1200 75Hz
hdmi_mode=70
hdmi_mode=71
hdmi_mode=72
hdmi_mode=73
hdmi_mode=74
hdmi_mode=75
hdmi_mode=76
hdmi_mode=77
hdmi_mode=78
hdmi_mode=79
hdmi_mode=80
hdmi_mode=81
hdmi_mode=82
hdmi_mode=83
hdmi_mode=84
hdmi_mode=85
hdmi_mode=86
1920x1200 75Hz
1920x1200 85Hz
1920x1200 120Hz reduced blanking
1920x1440 60Hz
1920x1440 75Hz
1920x1440 120Hz reduced blanking
2560x1600
reduced blanking
2560x1600 60Hz
2560x1600 75Hz
2560x1600 85Hz
2560x1600 120Hz reduced blanking
1366x768 60Hz
1080p 60Hz
1600x900
reduced blanking
2048x1152
reduced blanking
720p 60Hz
1366x768
reduced blanking
We don‘t take any responsibilities for errors caused by the user!
MAG Design
Seftigenstrasse 22
CH-3007 Bern
[email protected]
079 651 44 59
www.magdesign.ch
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