Introduction

Take Control of Your Video Wall

Matrox MuraControl for Windows is an intuitive, feature-rich application that allows you to manage your Mura MPX™-powered video wall. Run the software locally or remotely—and use it to create, save and edit layouts offline or in real time so your source content appears precisely where you want it, how you want it.

Layout Management Features

- Create, save, rename, copy, and delete layouts
- Switch from layout to layout with a single click
- Lock a layout to prevent accidental changes
- Import or export a layout
- Control background color as well as window border color and width
- Scroll marquee text across the wall (includes multi-lingual Unicode support)
- Create a layout offline and then push it live, or edit layouts online in real time
- Add and control external applications such as VLC®, VNC®, Internet Explorer®, PowerPoint® Viewer, and Image Viewer on the video wall
- Render HTML5 feeds such as social media, digital signage, weather & stock market updates NEW
- Create layout schedules to automatically switch from one layout to another

Window Management Features

- Position windows anywhere on the wall using a mouse or keyboard
- Resize a window precisely by entering the custom input size using four separate fields or click and drag a window corner to maintain the aspect ratio of a window while scaling
- Clone an input source to multiple windows
- Label visible windows
- Advanced window cropping—either by graphically resizing the viewport through the UI or by entering precise cropping coordinates to achieve maximum pixel accuracy
- Intuitive Z-order management
- Support for picture-in-picture configurations
- Add multi-lingual text overlay—specify font, color, size, location, and blink & scroll speed
- Window transparency and colour keying functions

Source Management Features

- Renaming, cropping, rotation (90°, 180°, and 270°), and text overlay functionality
- Source-specific hue, saturation, brightness, and contrast color correction parameters
- Multiple deinterlacing filters—including single field, bob, weave, and adaptive techniques
- Source touring for automated source switching within one or more windows in a layout

Additional Features

- Run the software locally or remotely
- Run the desktop or replace it with a static background
- Connect to the controller using an IP address or computer name
- Start and stop the controller from within the application
- Create custom gridlines and control window snap behaviour to the lines, other windows, and/or physical displays
- UPnP support enables automatic identification of all Mura controllers within the local subnet

Matrox MuraControl (Part # MURA-CTRLWF) is compatible with Matrox Mura MPX Series hardware only, and requires Mura MPX Driver version 2.02 or later. The Mura MPX Network API must be installed on the controller system in order for MuraControl to run.

MuraControl for Windows is compatible with Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server® 2008 R2.

A software license in the form of a USB dongle is required for use and may be purchased from Matrox partners. Please contact Matrox for details.

Technical details

Platform

PC

Software

Mac operating systems supported

N

Windows operating systems supported

Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 8, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows 8 Enterprise x64, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Pro x64, Windows 8 x64, Windows 8.1, Windows 8.1 Enterprise, Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64, Windows 8.1 Pro, Windows 8.1 Pro x64, Windows 8.1 x64