07/14/2010
New MXO2 Releases now available.
Regardless if you are on a Mac or PC Matrox has recently released new drivers all registered users can download on the Matrox website.
Release 2.0 for Matrox MXO2 Family and CompressHD for Mac Now Available:
The key feature of this release is the addition of many new control parameters for Matrox MAX such as variable bit rate, constant quality, scene detection, noise filtering and many more, that let users optimize encoding speed and video quality. Web video publishers, in particular, will appreciate the ability of Matrox MAX 2.0 to deliver superb quality video at low bit rates.
Release 2.0 provides the following new features for the Matrox MXO2 family:
• Support for Mac OS X Snow Leopard only (v10.6.4).
• 1080p at 23.98 fps, 25 fps, and 29.97 fps support on HDMI and SDI outputs.
• Genlock support for 23.98 fps on MXO2, MXO2 Rack, and MXO2 LE.
• New Matrox MAX H.264 encoding features:
For Apple Compressor:
– Variable bit rate.
– Scene detection.
– Constant quality.
– Noise filter.
– Chapter marker support for Matrox MAX H.264 .mov and .264 files.
– H.264 level 3.1 support for encoding HD video for use with Apple iPad.
For Telestream Episode version 5.x, Apple Final Cut Pro, and Apple QuickTime:
– Constant quality.
– Noise filter.
– H.264 level 3.1 support for encoding HD video for use with Apple iPad.
Most Complete Platforms for Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium Now Shipping – Matrox MXO2 Family for PC:
Matrox Mtx.utils 3.0 provides the following new features:
• Support for Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium software, including Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, Adobe Encoder CS5, and Adobe Encore CS5 (earlier versions of these programs are not supported).
• You can now add many Matrox effects to your Adobe Premiere Pro sequences, including chroma key, luma key, and wipes.
• On MXO2 systems that have MAX technology or a Matrox CompressHD card, new Matrox RT technology gives you full-resolution, full-frame-rate, multi-layer, realtime video editing in Premiere Pro. With Matrox RT technology, all the Matrox effects are realtime, and many Premiere Pro effects and transitions are accelerated for realtime playback, including Motion effects, dissolves, fades, and speed changes.
• Up/down/cross conversion for video capture and output, and support for selecting analog component RGB or YUV output.
• Matrox RS-422 device control for capturing clips and exporting your Matrox sequences to tape in Adobe Premiere Pro.
• New 32-bit and 64-bit Matrox Video for Windows (VFW) codecs, including “+ Alpha” versions of the Matrox uncompressed and MPEG-2 I-frame codecs.
• The Matrox WYSIWYG plug-ins now support 32-bit and 64-bit applications.
• When encoding using the Matrox MAX H.264 codec on MXO2 products with MAX technology and CompressHD, the following new features are provided:
– Support for H.264 levels 4.1 and 4.2, and a maximum data rate of 50 Mb/sec.
– A maximum GOP size of 254.
– A slider is provided to let you adjust the bitrate for AAC audio.
– Support for transcoding directly to Matrox H.264 format for Blu-ray Disc authoring in Adobe Encore.
Note: This release is not supported for use with Avid editing software. At present, you must use Mtx.utils version 2.2 if you want to use your MXO2 Mini or MXO2 Mini with MAX with Avid Media Composer or NewsCutter.
05/19/2010
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05/13/2010
Matrox announces Matrox VFW software codec package
In the past, Matrox has offered the Matrox M.Key/100 USB device that unlocks the Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame HD, DVCPRO HD, HDV, and other Matrox Video for Windows (VFW) codecs for use on 32-bit systems that don’t have Matrox editing cards. Since the launch of this product, M.Key/100 has supported only 32-bit Windows operating systems. With the recent surge of 64-bit operating systems, M.Key/100 is now incompatible in many environments. The popularity of Matrox codecs has also grown, which has increased the market demand for open codecs from Matrox. Therefore, Matrox will no longer be offering the Matrox M.Key/100 USB device. As an alternative to M.Key/100, Matrox is pleased to announce our new Matrox VFW software codec package, which will be available for download free of charge from our website.
This package provides the following VFW software codecs for use on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows operating systems:
• Matrox DV/DVCAM
• Matrox DVCPRO
• Matrox DVCPRO50
• Matrox DVCPRO HD
• Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame in SD and HD resolutions, with or without alpha
• Matrox Uncompressed in SD and HD resolutions, with or without alpha
• Matrox Offline HD
• Matrox M-JPEG and HDV (playback only)
The new Matrox VFW software codec package will allow any system to use AVI files that have been captured on Matrox Axio, RT.X, and MXO2 systems, and to also create these AVI files for use on Matrox systems. This flexibility lets you use any workstation to do a rough cut, then copy the project and assets to an Axio, RT.X, or MXO2 system to finish the job. There is no need for time-consuming recapturing. As well, dedicated compositing or animation workstations can render finished elements that will play back in real time on Matrox editing and playout systems.
The new Matrox VFW software codec is available to all Matrox Axio registered users as a free download from the support section of the website.
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