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Creating Matrox EZ-MXF files for playback with VFW applications
Remarks
• Windows Media Player does not support .mxf files. You can therefore use the
Matrox EZ-MXF utility to create reference .avi and .wav files for your .mxf
files that you want to play back using Windows Media Player.
•For .mxf files that have a frame size of 1440×1080, the created reference .avi
files will have a frame size of 1920×1080 and a 1.333 pixel aspect ratio. To
display these .avi files correctly in Adobe After Effects or Adobe Premiere
Pro, you’ll need to use the
Interpret Footage command to change the pixel
aspect ratio to 1.0.
You can configure Matrox EZ-MXF to create only video files, only audio files, or
both types of files. By default, Matrox EZ-MXF is set to create both video and
audio files.
°To create Matrox EZ-MXF files:
1 In Windows Explorer, right-click the desired .mxf file (or selected files), and
choose
Matrox EZ-MXF AVI > Configure.
2 In the Configure Matrox EZ-MXF AVI dialog box, specify the type of files
you want to create (video and/or audio), and click
OK.
¦NoteThe file type settings will remain in effect until you change them.
3 Right-click the desired .mxf file (or selected files), and choose Matrox
EZ-MXF AVI > Create
. The reference .avi and .wav files for all .mxf files
except Panasonic P2 are created in the same folder as your source .mxf files.
Panasonic P2 files are created as per the folder structure for Panasonic P2 as
explained in the next section.
¡ Importan t Once the Matrox EZ-MXF files are created, do not change the
location or name of the referenced .mxf files or your VFW program won’t be
able to locate your .mxf material. If this occurs, Matrox Axio will display an
appropriate error message.
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