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Chapter 12, Using Matrox A/V Tools
Defining your capture settings
The Matrox Capture Settings dialog box has pages that you can use to specify
your settings for capturing video and audio in A/V Tools. The settings available
are based on your editing video format and your input source (video is always
captured to your selected editing video format). For a list of the supported
capture formats, see
Appendix C, “Matrox MXO2 Supported Input and Capture
Formats .” For a list of the supported video output formats for monitoring the
video that you’re capturing, see “Supported video output formats for monitoring”
on page 324 .
¦ Note When you specify your capture settings in A/V Tools, VU meters can be
displayed to let you monitor your audio input levels. For more information, see
“Monitoring audio levels for capture” on page 196 .
Specifying your video capture settings
You can capture video to MPEG-2 I-frame or uncompressed format, depending
on your selected editing video format and source video format. For example, you
can choose to capture analog NTSC clips to Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame .
avi files.
° To specify your settings for capturing video in A/V Tools:
1 Click the Options button in the Matrox A/V Tools dialog box.
2 Click the Capture Settings button. This displays the Matrox Capture
Settings dialog box.
¦ Note You can also access the Matrox Capture Settings dialog box by
right-clicking the clip list and selecting Capture Settings .