Arkaos MediaMaster Express 6

Market-leading solution for real-time media playback and mapping turns any powerful computer into a full-fledged professional media server capable of running video shows in sync on multiple servers, featuring up to 24 layers. All controlled from any lighting desk.  

Introducing MediaMaster Express 6 features: 24 Layers, 2 effect engines, MediaHub for network sharing, LEDMapper 3 with unicast, Lyric Player, Art-Net, Kling-Net, DMX, MIDI, CITP, time code and Elgato Stream deck support. Combining maximum functionality with simplicity of operation, the new ArKaos MediaMaster Express 6 retains the user-friendly and broad functionality that has become the trademark of the ArKaos product range. MediaMasters' Theater Mode interface allows you to prepare your visual show in the software itself and then simply take control of your visual presets using a few channels on your lighting desk or notes on a MIDI controller. A straightforward interface displaying all layer’s parameters simultaneously, as well as all layers’ preview, gives lighting designers improved visibility of their shows and the best ergonomics possible, you can even generate a preview visual of your Soft Edge setup so you can't go wrong! 

Features

• Up to 24 Layers and 2 Effect Engines to prepare, play and output more visuals and effects

• With MediaHub swiftly share your content between servers or computers over networks and remotely monitor the status of any additional machine running MediaMaster

• Safely synchronize and backup your newest content on your server just before a show

• Easily synchronize text with the new Lyric Player especially designed for singers, church performances and corporate presentations

• Updated LED Mapper supporting larger network thanks to unicast

• Enhanced DMX patching over multiple universes and auto-patching feature

• Transform any powerful computer into a Media Server for professional lighting consoles driven by DMX, Art-Net, Time Code and MIDI

• Precisely align the real-time video content over non-planar or curved screens

• Interactively place LED devices on the screen and view results real-time over Art-Net and Kling-Net

• Play and mix audio tracks from movie files and turn any controller into a professional A/V mixer

• Create powerful visual animations that react to the audio input

• Advanced Graphic engine: Fully hardware accelerated and Multi-threaded on multi-core CPUs

• Optimized for HD movies, HD output support

• Intuitive user interface

Control

• 24 independent video layers

• 60+ effects

• 50+ text animations

• Audio Visualization Generators

• Build-in support for GrandMA MA-Net

• Supports fixtures customization to add new effects

• MSEX Compatible: thumbnails preview and live output on your MSEX compatible lighting desk

• Supports patching fixtures on several DMX universes

• Kling-Net support for plug-and-play configuration of LED devices

• Support for split-devices with Kling-Net Mapper

• Total control of your media: 3D position/ rotation, movie speed, color levels etc.

• Frame blending for smooth playback even at very slow speed

• Master brightness-contrast, keystone

• Geometric Correction & Soft Edge Settings per Output

Video Support

• HDR 10 compatible

• Support for movie's audio through FFMpeg (supports most formats)

• Support for Actionscrip3 in Flash animations and Flash Texts

• Support for Quartz Composer .qtz files as Sources and Effects (Mac OS X only)

• Support for Syphon on Mac, allowing to natively output to any other application that support Syphon as input

• Compatible with the NDI 5 protocol (Video over IP)

• Media library of 255 folders and 255 visuals

• Multiple video inputs (PCI card, FireWire DV / HDV, USB, etc.)

• Software Genlocking to the output monitors for perfect playback up to 60fps without dropping frame

• Multi-Screen and Wide-Screen with soft-edge

• Internal proprietary Arkaos SAGA codec with Alpha channel

• Native support of H.264 through FFMPEG 0.5

• Support of all common media formats (AVI, MPEG, QuickTime MOV, Flash, WMV, picture files etc)

• Support for movies with alpha channels

System Requirements

PC:

Version: Windows 10 64-bit

Processor: AMD or Intel quad core processor, i5 2.0Ghz or faster

Memory: 4 Gb RAM or more

Video Card: AMD, Intel or NVidia DirectX 11 graphic card supporting feature level 11.0

Sound Interface: Windows Audio Session compatible sound interface

Free space: 450 Mb available for application

Hard drive:

- avoid 5400rpm drives

- minimal required 7200rpm drives (fast codec format)

- SSD and NVMe advised (balanced and quality codec format)

MAC:

Version: macOS 10.14, 10.15 or 11 (M1 currently not supported).

Processor: Intel quad core CPU, i5 2.0Ghz or faster

Memory: 4 Gb RAM or more

Video Card: AMD, Intel or NVidia DirectX 11 graphic card supporting feature level 11.0

Sound Interface: Internal sound card or Core Audio compatible interface

Free space: 450 Mb available for application

Hard drive:

- avoid 5400rpm drives

- minimal required 7200rpm drives (fast codec format)

- SSD and NVMe advised (balanced and quality codec format)