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Rendering material to a Matrox VFW .avi file
$ Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame HD + Alpha Renders video to MPEG-2
intra-frame format with alpha using the 4:2:2 Profile @ High Level at a
selected data rate. This codec is supported only on a system that has the
Matrox Axio hardware.
$ Matrox Uncompressed SD Renders video to 8-bit or 10-bit
uncompressed SD format.
$ Matrox Uncompressed SD + Alpha Renders video to 8-bit or 10-bit
uncompressed SD format with alpha.
$ Matrox Uncompressed HD Renders video to 8-bit or 10-bit
uncompressed HD format.
$ Matrox Uncompressed HD + Alpha Renders video to 8-bit or 10-bit
uncompressed HD format with alpha.
$ Matrox Offline HD Renders video to a proxy HD video format for
offline editing purposes.
¦NoteThe Matrox M-JPEG codec will also be available to create clips for
use on Matrox DigiSuite or DigiSuite LE. For information about configuring
the Matrox M-JPEG codec, see your Matrox DigiSuite documentation.
2 If you’ve selected a Matrox codec that requires configuration, such as to
select a data rate (video quality), click the
Configure button. For details, see
the following sections.
Configuring the Matrox Uncompressed codecs
When you click your program’s Configure button to configure a Matrox
Uncompressed codec (SD or HD resolution, with or without alpha), a dialog box
similar to the following appears:
1 Under Bit Depth, select the bit depth you want for your video.
2 Under Scan Mode, select the scan mode of your video.
3 Click OK to save your selection. The settings you selected will be used each
time you render material with your program, until you change the settings
again.
Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 235 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM