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Chapter 11, Using Matrox Vetura Capture and Vetura Playback
Matrox Vetura Capture
The Matrox Vetura Capture stand-alone application gets installed with your
MXO2 software. Through the use of your MXO2 hardware’s inputs, Vetura
Capture lets you capture video clips with up to 16 channels of audio, including
AFD and closed caption data. You can use any codec that is installed on your
system to capture your clips. The captured clips are saved as .mov files, and can
be played back using a video application, such as Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe
Premiere Pro, or Matrox Vetura Playback. Vetura Capture also features video and
audio passthrough. This lets you monitor the video and audio from your input
source using the MXO2 outputs.
Capturing AFD and closed caption data
If you have an SDI video source that contains AFD and closed caption data in the
VANC (vertical ancillary data space), Vetura Capture can capture the AFD and
closed caption data along with your video using MXO2’s Matrox 4VANC tool.
When Matrox 4VANC capture is enabled in your MXO2 preferences window,
Vetura Capture will automatically capture the AFD and closed caption data from
your source video’s VANC using SDI audio tracks 15 and 16 respectively. For
information on how to enable Matrox 4VANC capture in the MXO2 preferences
window, see “Matrox 4VANC capture and playback” on page 70.
¡ Importan t To capture AFD and closed caption data, the Capture video only
option must be disabled, and you must have 16 audio tracks enabled (see “Setting
the Vetura Capture preferences” on page 122).
Once captured, the Matrox 4VANC audio tracks that contain the AFD and closed
caption data can then be used in a video application, such as Final Cut Pro,
Premiere Pro, or Matrox Vetura Playback, to play back the AFD and closed
caption data through MXO2’s SDI output.
Supported codecs
You can use any of the codecs that are installed on your system to capture your
clip using Vetura Capture. However, how well a codec performs depends on your
system’s CPU speed and storage size. To play back the captured clip on another
system, the same codec that was used to capture the clip must be installed on the
system.
¦NoteThe Matrox MAX H.264 codec is not supported for capture with Vetura
Capture.
Starting Vetura Capture
1 In the Finder menu, choose File > New Finder Window.
2 Choose Applications > Matrox MXO2 Utilities, and double-click Matrox
Vetura Capture
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