User guide

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Chapter 1, Introducing Matrox MXO2
Welcome to Matrox MXO2
Matrox MXO2 products connect to your desktop computer or laptop to provide
broadcast-quality video input/output, monitoring, and up/down/cross conversion.
MXO2 streamlines your workflow with supported video editing applications, and
provides WYSIWYG output when working with many popular compositing and
animation programs. You also get HDMI video monitoring with calibration
controls.
Matrox MXO2 products with Matrox MAX technology have a dedicated
hardware processor that accelerates the encoding of H.264 files for resolutions
ranging from iPod to HD. This lets you quickly and easily create H.264 files for
Blu-ray Disc, the web, and mobile devices.
Matrox MXO2 system requirements
Matrox MXO2 products require a computer system with the following
configuration:
• Intel i7 2.67 GHz CPU or greater.
• Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate, or Home Premium (64-bit)
with Service Pack 1.
• 4 GB of RAM (8 GB is recommended).
• One free PCIe slot on a desktop computer to install the Matrox PCIe host
adapter, or one free ExpressCard/34 slot on a laptop to install the Matrox
PCIe host ExpressCard/34 adapter.
• Storage requirements for Matrox ISO recording and Telestream Wirecast
recording to disk:
$ Two 7200 RPM SATA II drives in a striped RAID array.
Supported programs
• Telestream Wirecast Studio and Telestream Wirecast Pro 4.2.4.
• Beta support for the following:
$ Adobe Premiere Pro 6.0.3, Media Encoder 6.0.3, Encore 6.0.2,
Prelude 1.0.3, After Effects 11.0.2, Photoshop 13.0.1, and Flash Media
Live Encoder 3.2.
$ Avid Media Composer 6.0.3.2 and 6.5.2, Symphony 6.0.3.2 and 6.5.2, and
NewsCutter 10.0.3.2 and 10.5.2.
$ Autodesk 3ds Max 2013.
$ Autodesk Combustion 2008 (32-bit only).
$ eyeon Fusion 6.4.
$ NewTek LightWave 3D 10.