How video formats are expressed, Last-minute information – Matrox MXO2 PCIe Host Adapter User Manual

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Chapter 1, Introducing Matrox MXO2

• Menus and commands that you need to choose are displayed in the form

Menu > Command

. For example,

File > Save

means click

File

in the

menu bar, then click

Save

in the menu that appears.

• The names of keys are displayed in small capital bold letters, such as the

CTRL

key.

• A plus (+) sign is used to indicate combinations of keys and/or mouse

operations. For example:

$

CTRL+C

means to hold down the

CTRL

key while pressing the

C

key.

$

SHIFT+

click

means to hold down the

SHIFT

key while you click an item

with the mouse.

How video formats are expressed

With the exception of NTSC and PAL, all SD and HD video formats are
expressed in the Matrox MXO2 documentation as follows:

VRp

or

i

or

PsF

@

n fps

Where:

VR

is the vertical resolution. For 1440× 1080 video, however, both the

horizontal and vertical resolutions are specified.

p

or

i

or

PsF

represents progressive, interlaced, or progressive segmented

frame video.

n fps

is the frame rate in frames per second.

Here are some examples:

486p

@

23.98 fps

Represents 720 × 486 progressive video at 23.98 frames

per second.

720p

@

59.94 fps

Represents 1280× 720 progressive video at 59.94

frames per second.

1440x1080i

@

29.97 fps

Represents 1440 × 1080 interlaced video at 29.97

frames per second. This format is used for HDV 1080i material.

1080i

@

29.97 fps

Represents full-size 1920 × 1080 interlaced video at

29.97 frames per second.

Last-minute information

Any important information that wasn’t available for inclusion in this manual by
publication time is provided to you in the

Matrox MXO2 Release Notes

.

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