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Chapter 11, Using Matrox A/V Tools
About Matrox A/V Tools
Matrox A/V Tools is an application that allows you to capture and play back
clips. With A/V Tools, you can:
• Capture analog, SDI
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, or HDMI video from your camera or VTR into .avi
files on your computer.
• Use onscreen transport controls to navigate quickly and easily through clips
on disk.
• Grab single-frame images and save them as .tga files, such as to create photo
montages.
• Change the order of clips in your clip list by simply dragging and dropping
clips into the sequence you want.
Starting Matrox A/V Tools
1 Choose Start > Programs > Matrox Mtx.utils > Matrox AV Tools.
2 The Options dialog box pops up every time A/V Tools starts. For
information about the settings in the
Options dialog box, see “Defining your
A/V Tools options” on page 170. To close the
Options dialog box and start
working with A/V Tools, click
OK.
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SDI is not supported on Matrox MXO2 Mini.