Matrox MXO2 PCIe Host Adapter - Manual (Page 26)

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Chapter 1, Introducing Matrox MXO2
Welcome to Matrox MXO2
Matrox MXO2 products connect to your desktop computer or laptop to provide
broadcast-quality video input/output, monitoring, and up/down/cross conversion.
MXO2 streamlines your workflow with supported video editing applications, and
provides WYSIWYG output when working with many popular compositing and
animation programs. You also get HDMI video monitoring with calibration
controls.
Matrox MXO2 products with Matrox MAX technology have a dedicated
hardware processor that accelerates the encoding of H.264 files for resolutions
ranging from iPod to HD. This lets you quickly and easily create H.264 files for
Blu-ray Disc, the web, and mobile devices.
Matrox MXO2 system requirements
Matrox MXO2 products require a computer system with the following minimum
configuration:
• Intel Core 2 Duo 2.67 GHz or Intel Core i7 2.67 GHz CPU.
¦ Note If you want to use your MXO2 product with Telestream Wirecast, you
must have an Intel Core i7 2.67 GHz CPU or greater.
• Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate, or Home Premium (64-bit)
with Service Pack 1.
• 4 GB of RAM (8 GB is recommended).
• One free PCIe slot to install the Matrox PCIe host adapter (for desktops), or
one free ExpressCard/34 slot to install the Matrox PCIe host ExpressCard/34
adapter (for laptops).
• Storage requirements for Matrox ISO recording and Telestream Wirecast
recording to disk:
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Two 7200 RPM SATA II drives in a striped RAID array.
• We recommend an HDMI monitor that supports the following:
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An HDMI input resolution of 1920× 1080 for previewing all HD formats.
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1:1 pixel mapping for displaying your MXO2 output at its exact
resolution, and for use with the Matrox HDMI Calibration Utility.
• Adobe Premiere Pro is required if you want to use Adobe Mercury Transmit
for playback on MXO2 with Adobe Prelude.
Supported programs
For a complete list of the third-party applications supported for using Matrox
MXO2 with the current software release, see the “Supported OS and
Applications” document provided in the “Downloads” section of the Matrox
MXO2 Support website.