"Until now, controlling digital media from a lighting console has involved keeping lists of which DMX value corresponds to which media file, or constantly moving from console to server to preview clips," says Nigel Sadler of Scene Change. "H-MAP changes that, allowing previews of media clips to appear on the console's screen. We think this feature will prove invaluable to all of those working with digital media."
H-MAP is an open-source standard made freely available by Scene Change and Green Hippo to console manufacturers or other interested parties. H-MAP has already been implemented by manufacturer Chamsys, and visitors to this year's PLASA Show could have seen the system in action on a Chamsys MagicQ console. Certain other console manufacturers are already in discussion with Scene Change, and enquiries from all others are welcome, say the company.
"We believe that this is yet another first for the Hippotizer range, which over the last year has constantly led the digital media server field for new features - including HD operation, support for up to 16 layers and audio as well as video playback," adds Sadler. "We hope that console manufacturers will follow Chamsys' lead in building this functionality into their products so that life becomes easier for everyone working in the digital media field!"
(Lee Baldock)
