Matrox Electronic Systems MXO2 manual

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    Matrox MXO2 Family for PC Product Guide[...]

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    2 Matrox MXO2 Family for PC Product Guide Family for PC Product Guide 2 Matrox MXO2 Family for PC Product Guide Table of Contents T able of Contents Matr o x MXO2 f or PC Overview ....................................................................................................................... 3 K ey f eatures .................................[...]

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    3 Matrox MXO2 Family for PC Product Guide Family for PC Product Guide W h y b uy a n I/ O ca r d a n d a b r e a ko ut b o x wh en y ou c an g e t a l l t h e f ea tu re s of b ot h in o n e o f t he M a tr o x M X O 2 p r od uc ts ? The award-winning Matrox MXO2 devices can easily be moved among the Windows desktop systems in your facility , insta[...]

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    Con venient form factor s The Matrox MXO2 products connect to your laptop via an ExpressCar d slot or to your desktop or workstation via a PCI Expr ess adapter card. (Refer to Kit Contents for more information.) P or table MXO2 Mini, MXO2 LE and MXO2 ar e lightweight, portable devices that easily fit into your laptop bag. Can run off standard fie[...]

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    Broadcast-quality HD/SD video and audio input/output Video I/O The Matrox MXO2 products pr ovide a full range of pr ofessional video inputs and outputs. MXO2 LE, MXO2 and MXO2 Rack provide RS-422 machine control for frame- accurate capture and print-to tape with Adobe Pr emiere Pro CS5. Matrox MXO2 LE, MXO2 and MXO2 Rack provide SD analog black bur[...]

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    A udio I/O The Matrox MXO2 products provide a full range of audio inputs and outputs with the flexibility to map any audio track in Adobe Premiere Pro to any audio output. 6 Matrox MXO2 Family for PC Product Guide Inputs and Outputs Audio Audio Inputs MXO2 Mini MXO2 LE MXO2 MXO2 Rack RCA Audio (unbalanced) 2 channels 2 channels 2 channels No XLR A[...]

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    Matro x MXO2 Mini Connections 7 Matrox MXO2 Family for PC Product Guide Connections Matrox MXO2 Mini Analog component HD/SD or Y/C (with adapter) and composite HDMI – HD with up to 8 channels of embedded audio P ower connector HDMI – HD/SD with up to 8 channels of embedded audio Host interface RCA – 2 channels of unbalanced audio RCA – 2 ch[...]

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    Matro x MXO2 LE Connections - Outputs Matro x MXO2 LE Connections - Inputs 8 Matrox MXO2 Family for PC Product Guide Connections Matrox MXO2 LE P ower switch P ower connector (connects directly to standard field batteries or the included AC po wer adapter) RS422 Host interface Analog component HD/SD XLR - 2 channels of balanced audio T wo SDI – [...]

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    Matro x MXO2 Connections - Outputs Matro x MXO2 Connections - Inputs 9 Connections Matrox MXO2 P ower switch Host interface P ower connector (Matrox MXO2 battery power cable sold seperately) RS422 RCA - 2 channels of unbalanced audio XLR - 2 channels of balanced audio Y/C – S-Video Analog component – HD/SD Genlock – bi-le vel and tri-lev el g[...]

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    Matro x MXO2 Rack Connections 1 0 Matrox MXO2 Family for PC Product Guide Connections Matrox MXO2 Rack XLR - 8 channels of balanced audio Analog component HD/SD T wo SDI – HD/SD with up to 8 channels of embedded audio per output P ower connector RS422 Host interface XLR - 4 channels of balanced audio Y/C Y/C SDI – HD/SD with up to 8 channels of[...]

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    1 1 Matrox MXO2 Family for PC Product Guide Flexible Workflows Flexib le support for leading codecs, file formats, cameras, and workflo ws The MXO2 product family lets you work with vir tually any codec, file format, camera, and workflow out there. W orks with a variety of codecs The Matrox MXO2 devices let you work with all the codecs suppor t[...]

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    Extensive application support The Matrox MXO2 products amplify your productivity with editing, content creation, and H.264 encoding/authoring applications on the PC. Editing applications Y ou benefit from the full range of Matr ox MXO2 features with Adobe Premier e Pro CS5. Matrox MXO2 Mini provides a cost-ef fective HD monitoring solution for Avi[...]

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    1 3 Matrox MXO2 Family for PC Product Guide Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 Matrox RT Technology Matro x RT tec hnology for Adobe Premiere Pro Th e Ma tr ox MX O2 pl at fo rms wi th MA X f ea tu re Ma tr ox R T te chn ol ogy t ha t en ha nce s th e Ad ob e Mer c ur y Pl ay bac k En gin e to pr ov id e fu ll- r es ol uti on , ful l- fr am e-r at e, mu lti -l[...]

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    1 4 Matrox MXO2 Family for PC Product Guide Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 Realtime Matrox Flex CPU Effects Realtime proc amp contr ols The Matrox MXO2 devices let you easily adjust four proc amp contr ols - hue, saturation, brightness, and contrast. Hue adjusts the tint of the colors in the image, saturation adjusts the vividness, contrast adjusts the dif[...]

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    1 5 Matrox MXO2 Family for PC Product Guide Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 Realtime Matrox Flex CPU Effects Realtime input/output level contr ol Using the histogram display and level controls, luminance levels can be remapped to maximize the dynamic range of a clip. For example, bright areas can be made brighter and dark areas can be made darker . Five par[...]

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    1 6 Matrox MXO2 Family for PC Product Guide Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 Realtime Matrox Flex CPU Effects Realtime secondary color correction The secondar y color corrector is an advanced tool used for fine-tuning or dramatic effects creation. It offers all the controls found in the primary color correction filter with the added capability of limiting [...]

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    1 7 Matrox MXO2 Family for PC Product Guide Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 Realtime Matrox Flex CPU Effects The realtime luma keyer gives you low clip, low gain, high clip, high gain, and transparency contr ols. Realtime speed changes Y ou can use speed changes to emphasize special moments, extend the duration of shots to match voiceover timing, or enhance[...]

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    1 8 Matrox MXO2 Family for PC Product Guide Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 Realtime Matrox Flex CPU Effects Realtime move & scale This effect lets you apply multiple 2D DVEs simultaneously in real time to easily set up picture-in-picture effects. Y ou can also use the move & scale effect to animate multiple titles in r eal time. Realtime SD clip up[...]

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    1 9 Matrox MXO2 Family for PC Product Guide Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 Matrox MPEG-2 I-Frame Intermediate Codec Matro x MPEG-2 I-frame intermediate codec with Adobe Premiere Pro The Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame inter mediate codec is a high-quality , highly- efficient 8-bit 4:2:2 video codec used mainly as a less processor -intensive way of working with long[...]

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    2 0 Matrox MXO2 Family for PC Product Guide Avid Editing Systems A vid Editing Systems Ma tr ox MX O2 Mi ni is yo ur ne w c ho ic e f or HD mo ni to ri ng wi th A vi d e dit in g s ys te ms . • T urns your HDMI screen into a professional-grade video monitor with color calibration tools including blue-only • Small, lightweight, external box for [...]

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    HD and SD video monitoring The Matrox MXO2 devices provide full quality previews on all digital and analog outputs for popular applications such as Adobe Premier e Pro, Encore, Photoshop, and After Effects so you don’t need to r ely on just a small preview window on your desktop. In addition, MXO2’ s r ealtime downscaling feature lets you view [...]

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    2 2 Matrox MXO2 Family for PC Product Guide Hardware Scaling Realtime hard ware up/down/cross con version on capture and output The Matrox MXO2 products let you deliver in any for mat your clients demand. The 10-bit hardwar e scaling provides high-quality mastering. HD to SD downscaling The Matrox MXO2 products provide realtime HD to SD downscaling[...]

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    Matro x MAX option for lightning fast H.264 encoding The Matr ox MXO2 devices are available in versions that include Matrox MAX H.264 encoding acceleration hardwar e. Mat r ox MAX is a u niq ue techn olo gy that speeds up H.264 encod ing for r eso luti ons ranging fr om iPod to HD. It uses a dedicated hardware processor to accelerate the creation o[...]

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    2 4 Matrox MXO2 Family for PC Product Guide Family for PC Product Guide Kit contents The Matrox MXO2 products are packaged with the most popular accessories. Optional components including additional Matrox MXO2 host adapters can be purchased separately . Matro x MXO2 Mini Matrox MXO2 Mini input/output device Matrox MXO2 PCIe cable (1 meter) Matrox [...]