Specifying your input settings – Matrox MXO2 PCIe Host Adapter User Manual

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Chapter 20, Using Matrox MAX H.264 Capture

7

Click

Capture

to specify where you want to store your captured clips, the

base filename to use, and start capturing clips as explained in

“Starting your

capture”

on page

274

.

Specifying your input settings

To specify your video and audio input settings for capturing clips, click the

Input

Settings

button.

1

From the

Video

Input Format

list, select the video format that matches

your source video. For a list of the video input formats supported on the
various MXO2 inputs for capturing clips, see

“Supported input formats”

on

page

304

.

¦

Note

If you select a 1080PsF video input format, you won’t be able to

capture to a 1080i format. As a workaround, select a 1080i video input format,
even though your connected video input is actually 1080PsF.

2

From the

Input Aspect Ratio

list, select the aspect ratio of your SD source

video (4:3 or 16:9). For example, to capture SD video that was recorded
using the standard TV screen format, select

4:3

. To capture SD video that

was recorded using the widescreen 16:9 format, select

16:9

. If you’re

capturing HD video, the

Input Aspect Ratio

will be set to

16:9

.

3

From the

Video

Input Source

list, select the type of input you want to

capture. For example, to capture material from your HDMI source, select

HDMI

. The available video input sources depend on your selected video

input format.

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