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The following encode options are available for Calibrated MPEG2-X Create
Important Note: The options can only be set from within the application that is using Calibrated MPEG2-X Create – look
for a ‘settings’ or ‘options’ button in the application. You may have to set the options of Calibrated MPEG2-X Create in
the application BEFORE every encode depending on the application using the codec, please see the ‘Windows
Applications’ or ‘Mac OSX Applications’ chapter for more details.
Encode Options
Quick Colorspace Setup
These are the following quick setup options - please see the ‘Windows Applications’ or ‘Mac OSX Applications’
chapter to see which setup is best for your application. Some applications may not export and give a codec error
if a Colorspace is selected that the application does not support – usually this happens with 8-bit YUV422
 Custom – this setup enables you to
 8-bit YUV 422/Gamma – this setup requests incoming video frames to be 8-bit YUV 422 with a 2.22 Gamma.
 8-bit YUV 422 – this setup requests incoming video frames to be 8-bit YUV 422 with a Source Gamma (i.e
disregards Gamma).
 8-bit RGB/FULL/GAMMA – this setup requests incoming video frames to be 8-bit RGB with a 2.22 Gamma – the
8-bit RGB->8-bit YUV conversion is done using the 709 FULL RANGE Matrix.
 8-bit RGB/FULL - this setup requests incoming video frames to be 8-bit RGB with a Source Gamma (i.e.
disregards Gamma) – the 8-bit RGB->8-bit YUV conversion is done using the 709 FULL RANGE Matrix.
 8-bit RGB/SMPTE - this setup requests incoming video frames to be 8-bit RGB with a Source Gamma (i.e.
disregards Gamma) – the 8-bit RGB->8-bit YUV conversion is done using the 709 SMTPE RANGE Matrix.
Supported Colorspaces
There are five Colorspace options:
 “All Supported” –8-bit YUV422, and 8-bit RGB(A) 444(4) are requested colorspaces – please note though that
when requesting all supported colorspaces that this can cause an application to report a ‘codec error’ if that
application does not support 8-bit YUV422 exporting.
 "8bit YUV & 8bit RGB" – 8-bit YUV422 and 8-bit RGB(A) 444(4) are requested colorspaces – please note
though that when requesting these colorspaces that this can cause QuickTime to internally convert 8-bit RGB to
8-bit YUV422 if an application sends 8-bit RGB video frames – the internal RGB->YUV conversion by QuickTime
may introduce unintended Gamma changes/corrections (this may vary from application to application and also
depends on the RGB to YUV Gamma Correction setting too)
 "8bit RGB" - 8bit RGB(A) 444(4) is the requested colorspace