Matrox Electronic Systems MXO2 - Manual (Page 24)

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Matrox MXO2 Family for PC Product Guide
Matrox Max option and Matrox a/V tools
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Matrox A/V Tools application for fast capture/playback of
audio, video, and still frames
Matrox A/V Tools is a stand-alone application for fast capture and playback
of your audio/video assets. It’s very useful with Adobe applications such as
Encore, Media Encoder, and After Effects, as well as other Video for Windows
compatible applications because video sources can be digitized without the
need to capture through Adobe Premiere Pro.
Matrox A/V Tools lets you capture HD and SD analog, SDI, or HDMI video
from your camera or VTR into AVI files on your computer. You can choose
to capture to the uncompressed 8- or 10-bit codecs for the highest quality
or to the highly efficient Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame codec at up to 300 Mb/s.
When your acquisition format is XDCAM or AVCHD, using the Matrox MPEG-
2 I-frame codec as an intermediate format for editing greatly improves
productivity.
Matrox A/V Tools provides on-screen transport controls to let you navigate
quickly and easily through clips on disk. You can create playlists and change
the order of clips by simply dragging and dropping them. You can also grab
single-frame images and save them as TGA files to create photo montages.
Matrox MAX option for lightning fast H.264 encoding
The Matrox MXO2 devices are available in versions that include Matrox MAX
H.264 encoding acceleration hardware.
Matrox MAX is a unique technology that speeds up H.264 encoding for
resolutions ranging from iPod to HD. It uses a dedicated hardware processor
to accelerate the creation of H.264 files for Blu-ray, the web, and mobile
devices. By using specialized hardware acceleration, jobs are finished
with amazing speed and system resources are liberated for other tasks.
Quality and flexibility are ensured through direct integration with professional
applications such as Adobe Media Encoder and Adobe Premiere Pro on the
PC.