Matrox Electronic Systems Matrox MXO User Manual

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Chapter 3, Installing Your Matrox MXO Software and Configuring Your System

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Under

Video Output Control

, select

Downconvert HD video to SD

if

you want to downconvert HD video output to SD.

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Note

When you select

Downconvert HD video to SD

, you do not need

to change your video playback settings in Final Cut Pro. Your project’s video
playback settings should always match your sequence settings.

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If you select

Downconvert HD video to SD

, or if you are working with SD

16:9 material, you can select one of the following video output options from
the

Output 16:9 material as

menu:

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Letterbox

Outputs the widescreen 16:9 picture in letterbox mode by

adding black bars at the top and bottom of the picture for display on a
standard 4:3 television screen.

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Anamorphic

Outputs the widescreen 16:9 picture as horizontally

compressed 4:3 video, which retains the picture’s full vertical resolution
for display on a widescreen television. To display the video with the correct
proportions on an NTSC or PAL monitor, select the 16:9 display setting on
the monitor.

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Center cut

Outputs the widescreen 16:9 picture by evenly cropping the

left and right edges of the picture for display on a standard 4:3 television
screen.

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Under

Audio Output Control

, from the

Monitor audio on

menu, select

which audio channel pair you want to monitor from the embedded SDI
audio.

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