User guide

Specifying your A/V input settings

5 If you selected Scale input for capture in step 4, select the format of your

source video (MXO2 input) from the

Source format list:

¦NoteDepending on the input type selected in step 3, some options may not

be available.

$ SD 4:3 Select this option for standard 4:3 NTSC or PAL video. When

upscaling to HD, the video is captured in pillarbox format.

$ SD 16:9 Select this option for widescreen 16:9 NTSC or PAL video.

When upscaling to HD, the video is captured in anamorphic format.

$ 720p Select this option for 720p video.

$ 1080 Select this option for 1080 video.

6 From the HD to SD aspect ratio menu, select the aspect ratio conversion

option to be used when capturing to SD from an HD video source:

$ Letterbox Captures the widescreen 16:9 picture as letterbox video by

adding black bars at the top and bottom of the picture for display on a

standard 4:3 television screen.

$ Center cut Captures the widescreen 16:9 picture for display on a

standard 4:3 television screen by evenly cropping the left and right edges

of the picture.

$ Anamorphic Captures the widescreen 16:9 picture as horizontally

compressed 4:3 video, which retains the picture’s full vertical resolution

for display on a widescreen television. To display the video with the

correct proportions on an NTSC or PAL monitor, select the 16:9 display

setting on the monitor.

7 If you’re capturing 720p at 23.98 fps video from a 720p at 59.94 fps source

that was originally acquired using a standard 2:3:2:3 pulldown, MXO2

performs a reverse 2:3:2:3 pulldown to reconstruct the original 23.98 fps

video. For MXO2 to do so, you must specify where your capture In point is

relative to the start of the pulldown sequence using the

720p 59.94 to 23.98

offset

slider.

¡ Importan t If capturing 720p at 23.98 VariCam material, you don’t need to

specify your capture In point. However, you must select the

Enable

Var iC am cap tu re

option as explained in step 8.

In the following example, the capture In point is at the fourth frame of the

sequence, therefore the frame offset value is 3.