User guide

Viz Engine Administrator’s Guide

14 Matrox

Viz Engine supports a wide range of Matrox boards and dongles that all have common

installation procedures which you will find in this section.

For a more detailed overview of the different Matrox products Viz Engine supports

please see the See Also section below.

This section contains information on the following topics:

• Driver Installation

• Supported Codecs

• Mixed Mode Video Support

See Also

• Matrox DSX LE Series

• Matrox X.mio Series

• Matrox X.Open

• Matrox X.RIO

• Video, Audio and Graphics Card Installation

14.1 Driver Installation

The first time a machine is started with a Matrox board or dongle installed, the

operating system (OS) will ask you To install the Matrox driver . It is not recommended

to use the OS installation procedure, but the supplied driver installer application.

It is required To remove the Matrox driver on existing systems before a new driver is

installed; however, there are some considerations to note:

• A new driver should not be installed before the new hardware is installed.

• It is recommended not to use a different driver version than what was shipped

with the video board.

• Using a non-recommended driver version will in most cases cause the system to be

irresponsive.

IMPORTANT! As there are several driver versions available, it is always

recommended to contact your local Vizrt representative or Vizrt support

(www.vizrt.com/contact/).

After the driver has been installed, a Tray icon should be visible. It is

possible To verify the installation using Matrox X.info and/or To verify the installation

using Windows Device Manager .

As there are many driver versions available, it is important to compare the versions

of those reported by the Matrox X.info utility to verify that the driver and firmware

versions match. Viz Engine will also warn you if the versions do not match.

This section contains information on the following topics: