Matrox MXO2 Mini User manual

Matrox MXO2
Installation and User Guide
(Windows version)
March 29, 2012
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THE MATROX LICENSED SOFTWARE AND ANY DOCUMENTATION RELATED THERETO ARE
NOT DESIGNED, INTENDED, OR AUTHORIZED FOR USE IN ANY TYPE OF SYSTEM OR
APPLICATION IN WHICH THE FAILURE OF THE LICENSED SOFTWARE COULD CREATE A
SITUATION WHERE PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH MAYOCCUR (E.G., MEDICAL SYSTEMS,
LIFE SUSTAINING OR LIFE SAVINGSYSTEMS). Should the LICENSEE license or use the Matrox
Licensed Software for any such unintended or unauthorized use, the Licensee shall indemnify and hold
Matrox and its officers, subsidiaries and affiliates harmless against all claims, costs, damages, and
expenses, and reasonable attorney fees arising out of, directly or indirectly, any claim of product liability,
personal injury or death associated with such unintended or unauthorized use, even if such claim alleges
that Matrox was negligent regarding the design or manufacture of the Licensed Software.
10. Choice of law
This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Province of
Quebec, excluding any conflict of laws provisions. All disputes arising out of this Agreement shall be
subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Quebec, district of Montreal, and the
parties agree and submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction and venue of these Courts.
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Contents
Chapter 1
Introducing Matrox MXO2
Welcome to Matrox MXO2..................................................................2
Matrox MXO2 system requirements....................................................2
Supported programs ....................................................................................2
Check our website for equipment information..............................................3
Battery requirements and guidelines for MXO2...................................3
About this manual...............................................................................3
Style conventions.........................................................................................3
How video formats are expressed ...............................................................4
Last-minute information................................................................................4
Chapter 2
Installing Your Matrox MXO2 Hardware and Software
Before you install your Matrox MXO2 hardware..................................6
Start with a functioning system ....................................................................6
Avoid costly damage....................................................................................6
Installing your Matrox PCIe adapter....................................................6
Installing your PCIe host adapter (for desktops)..........................................7
Installing and removing your PCIe host ExpressCard/34adapter
(for laptops).................................................................................................7
Installing Matrox Mtx.utils....................................................................8
Updating your MXO2 firmware.....................................................................8
Installing the Matrox effect patterns....................................................8
Installing additional Matrox WYSIWYG plug-ins or
removing unneeded plug-ins..............................................................9
Installing the Matrox VFW software codecs on a system
without the MXO2 hardware ..............................................................9
Updating your display card’s drivers ...................................................9
Updating drivers for using DV-1394 devices with
Adobe Premiere Pro ........................................................................10
Setting Matrox MXO2 as your default audio playback device...............10
Note about using sleep and hibernation modes with MXO2..................... 11
Removing your Matrox MXO2 software ...................................................... 11
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Chapter 3
Connecting External Devices to Matrox MXO2
Available MXO2 connections ....................................................................14
MXO2 video connections ............................................................................14
MXO2 audio connections............................................................................14
Powering MXO2 ...................................................................................... 14
MXO2 power functionality.............................................................................. 14
Connecting MXO2 to your computer..................................................... 16
Ensuring proper PCIe cable connection........................................................ 16
Using the Matrox PCIe host adapters............................................................17
MXO2 RS-422 serial connection............................................................ 18
Typical Matrox MXO2 connections........................................................ 19
Analog component video connections.......................................................... 19
Digital video connections............................................................................20
Chapter 4
Connecting External Devices to Matrox MXO2 Rack
AvailableMXO2Rackconnections....................................................22
MXO2 Rack videoconnections......................................................................22
MXO2 Rack audioconnections .....................................................................22
Rack mounting your MXO2 Rack ...........................................................22
Powering MXO2 Rack.............................................................................24
Connecting MXO2 Rack to yourcomputer........................................25
Ensuring proper PCIe cableconnection.....................................................25
Using the Matrox PCIe host adapters........................................................26
MXO2 Rack RS-422 serial connection ..................................................27
Typical Matrox MXO2 Rack connections...........................................28
Analog component video connections.......................................................28
Digital video connections............................................................................29
Chapter 5
Connecting External Devices to Matrox MXO2 LE
Available MXO2 LE connections ............................................................32
MXO2 LE videoconnections ......................................................................32
MXO2 LE audioconnections......................................................................32
Powering MXO2 LE.................................................................................32
MXO2 LE power functionality.........................................................................32
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Connecting MXO2 LE to your computer ............................................34
Ensuring proper PCIe cableconnection..................................................... 34
Using the Matrox PCIe host adapters........................................................35
MXO2LERS-422serialconnection...................................................36
Typical MatroxMXO2 LE connections ...............................................37
Analog component video connections....................................................... 37
Digital video connections ........................................................................... 38
Chapter 6
Connecting External Devices to Matrox MXO2 Mini
Available MXO2 Mini connections .........................................................40
MXO2 video and audio connections .............................................................40
Powering MXO2 Mini..............................................................................40
MXO2 Mini power supply and adapter plugs................................................40
Connecting MXO2 Mini to yourcomputer..........................................42
Ensuring proper PCIe cableconnection..................................................... 42
Using the Matrox PCIe host adapters........................................................43
Connecting S-Video devices to MXO2Mini........................................44
Typical Matrox MXO2 Mini connections.............................................45
Analog component video connections....................................................... 45
HDMI video connections............................................................................46
Chapter 7
Calibrating Your HDMI Monitor for Video
Overview.................................................................................................. 48
Calibrating your HDMI monitor...............................................................48
Loading Matrox HDMI calibration settings.........................................50
Enabling and disabling the Matrox HDMI calibration settings ............50
Chapter 8
Using Matrox MXO2 with Avid Media Composer
Creating a new project on Matrox MXO2 ..........................................54
Defining your playback settings.............................................................54
Specifying your video output settings ........................................................54
Specifying your video output settings (MXO2 Mini)......................................58
Specifying your genlock settings................................................................62
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Specifying your audio output settings ........................................................ 64
Defining your capture settings.......................................................... 66
Exporting your sequence to tape...................................................... 69
Chapter 9
Using Matrox MXO2 with Adobe Premiere Pro
Running antivirus software with Adobe Premiere Pro....................... 72
Creating a new Matrox project.......................................................... 72
Creating a custom Matrox NTSC sequence preset for
NTSC XDCAM IMX clips ............................................................................73
Defining your player settings...................................................................73
Displaying warnings in Adobe Premiere Pro’s Events panel.................74
A note about realtime playback capabilities...........................................74
Defining your sequence settings....................................................... 74
Specifying your general settings.....................................................................75
Specifying your video output settings .............................................................77
Specifying your video output settings (MXO2 Mini)........................................81
Specifying your genlock settings................................................................84
Specifying your audio output settings........................................................86
Specifying your DV-1394 output settings........................................................87
Specifying your closed captioning settings................................................88
Defining your video preview settings .........................................................90
Defining your capture settings.................................................................91
Specifying your video capture settings ...........................................................91
Specifying your audio capture settings......................................................95
Notes about capturing to Matrox .m2v files................................................99
Selecting your MPEG-2 I-frame settings ..............................................100
Selecting your MPEG-2 IBP settings ....................................................102
Exporting to a Matrox .avi file................................................................104
Exporting a Matrox NTSC or 486p sequenceto
Adobe Premiere Pro 720x480 formats .......................................... 107
Setting up Matrox RS-422 device control.............................................107
Requirements for using Matrox RS-422 device control............................110
Exporting your sequence to tape .......................................................... 111
Avoiding issues when exporting to tape ....................................................... 111
Exporting to tape using Matrox RS-422 device control............................112
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Obtaining a frame-accurate export to tape using Matrox RS-422
device control...............................................................................................114
Exporting to a DVCPRO HD device using DV-1394 device control.............115
Chapter 10
Setting Up Matrox Effects with Adobe Premiere Pro
Available effects........................................................................................118
How to apply a Matrox video effect in Adobe Premiere Pro.............119
How to apply a Matrox video transition in Adobe Premiere Pro .......119
Applying a mask to your Matrox effects. ......................................... 120
Using Select Mask.................................................................................................121
Creating a Matrox primary color correction .................................... 122
Using Split View .................................................................................................... 124
Working with Split View in the ProgramMonitor .......................................125
Using RGB curves................................................................................................ 126
Adjusting tonal range ................................................................................... 128
Using the color balance graph.....................................................................129
Performing an auto balance ........................................................................132
Matching colors between two clips ..........................................................133
Using the luma mapping graph ................................................................... 135
Creating a Matrox secondary color correction.................................137
Using the selective key graph......................................................................142
Creating a color pass effect ........................................................................146
Overview of the Matrox chroma key effects.......................................147
Creating a chroma key or chroma key shadow effect..................... 148
Using the chroma key graph to modify key colors and
perform an autokey.....................................................................................151
Overview of the Matrox luma key effect..............................................154
Creating a luma key effect .............................................................. 155
Using the luma key graph............................................................................156
Creating a wipe transition ............................................................... 158
Using the Matrox chroma clamper effect........................................ 160
Selecting your speed control method..................................................160
Using Matrox A/V Tools
About Matrox A/V Tools........................................................................ 162
Starting Matrox A/V Tools ....................................................................162
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Using the Matrox A/V Tools interface..................................................163
Using the A/V Tools pop-up menu............................................................164
Navigating through clips with the transport controls.................................164
Defining your A/V Tools options........................................................... 166
Selecting your capture folder.......................................................................168
Defining your playback settings................................................................... 168
Defining your capture settings...................................................................180
How A/V Tools assigns clip names...................................................... 187
Capturing clips ...................................................................................... 187
Capturing live video...................................................................................... 187
Capturing from tape without device control..............................................188
Editing clips ........................................................................................... 188
Updating clip information ............................................................................. 188
Changing a clip’s In and Out icons.............................................................. 188
Working with the clip list.......................................................................189
Adding clips .................................................................................................. 189
Playing back clips..................................................................................................189
Saving and loading a clip list........................................................................ 189
Copying clips ................................................................................................ 190
Moving clips.................................................................................................. 190
Deleting clips ................................................................................................190
Detaching and resizing the clip list ...............................................................191
Grabbing a single-frame image ............................................................191
Keyboard shortcuts ..............................................................................193
Chapter 12
Using the Matrox WYSIWYG Plug-ins
Overview................................................................................................ 196
Configuring the Matrox WYSIWYG Control Panel...............................196
Required steps to use the WYSIWYG plug-ins ................................... 197
Adobe After Effects...................................................................................197
Adobe Photoshop ........................................................................................ 197
Autodesk 3ds Max ................................................................................... 197
Autodesk Combustion...................................................................................198
eyeon Fusion.................................................................................................198
NewTek LightWave 3D .................................................................................198
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Chapter 13
Using Matrox MXO2 with Live Media Streaming Applications
Overview.........................................................................................200
Specifying your Matrox A/V settings for media streaming...............200
Chapter 14
Using the Matrox Video for Windows Codecs
Overview.........................................................................................204
Using VFW programs without the MXO2 hardware............................. 204
Before you start rendering...............................................................205
Selecting color space conversion options................................................206
Rendering material to a Matrox VFW .avi file ...................................... 207
Configuring the Matrox DVCPRO HD codec................................................208
Configuring the Matrox Uncompressed codecs.......................................208
Configuring the Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame codecs.....................................209
Chapter 15
Using the Matrox MAX H.264 Codec with Adobe Software
Exporting to Matrox MAX H.264 files using Adobe Media Encoder..212
Performing a direct export of an Adobe Premiere Pro sequence .... 216
Transcoding for Blu-ray Disc authoring in Adobe Encore ................... 217
Specifying your Matrox MAX H.264 settings........................................ 220
Chapter 16
Using Matrox MAX H.264 Capture
Overview.........................................................................................226
How to capture clips........................................................................227
Specifying your input settings .........................................................228
Specifying your output settings .......................................................230
Specifying your capture format settings..........................................232
Starting your capture.......................................................................236
Monitoring Your Matrox MXO2 System
UsingX.infotodisplay MXO2 information........................................240
Displaying system information.....................................................................240
Displaying hardware information .................................................................242
Monitoring your MXO2’s operating temperatures....................................243
Error notification .......................................................................................243
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Appendix A
Understanding Pulldown
Overview................................................................................................ 246
Standard 2:3 pulldown....................................................................246
Advanced 2:3:3:2 pulldown............................................................. 247
Appendix B
Matrox MXO2Connectors
Inputs ..................................................................................................... 250
MXO2 inputs.................................................................................................250
MXO2 Rack inputs........................................................................................ 251
MXO2 LE inputs............................................................................................252
MXO2 Mini inputs .........................................................................................253
Input connector descriptions....................................................................254
Input connector descriptions (MXO2 Mini)...............................................256
Outputs .................................................................................................. 257
MXO2 outputs.......................................................................................... 257
MXO2 Rackoutputs .................................................................................258
MXO2 LEoutputs.....................................................................................259
MXO2 Minioutputs...................................................................................260
Output connector descriptions..................................................................261
Output connector descriptions (MXO2 Mini)............................................263
Appendix C
Matrox MXO2 Supported Input and Capture Formats
Supported input formats.................................................................266
Supported capture formats for Adobe Premiere Pro and
Matrox A/V Tools .................................................................................267
Supported capture formats for Avid Media Composer....................268
Supported capture formats for Matrox MAX H.264 Capture...........269
Appendix D
Matrox MXO2 Supported Output Formats
Supported video output formats for playback..................................272
Playback using Adobe Premiere Pro, Matrox A/VTools,
and Matrox WYSIWYG................................................................................272
Playback using Avid Media Composer........................................................276
Supported video output formats during capture..............................278
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Adobe Premiere Pro and Matrox A/V Tools............................................. 278
Avid Media Composer .................................................................................279
Matrox MAX H.264 Capture.....................................................................280
Appendix E
Matrox MXO2 Specifications
Matrox MXO2 specifications............................................................282
General......................................................................................................... 282
Connections .................................................................................................. 282
Environmentalspecifications....................................................................286
Matrox MXO2 Rackspecifications...................................................286
General......................................................................................................... 286
Connections ..................................................................................................287
Environmentalspecifications....................................................................290
Matrox MXO2 LE specifications ...........................................................291
General ................................................................................................................... 291
Connections ..................................................................................................291
Environmentalspecifications....................................................................295
Matrox MXO2 Minispecifications ....................................................295
General......................................................................................................... 295
Connections .................................................................................................. 295
Environmentalspecifications....................................................................298
Matrox PCIe host adapter specifications.........................................299
Matrox PCIe host ExpressCard/34 adapter
(for laptops) ............................................................................................299
Matrox PCIe host adapter (for desktops) ................................................299
Appendix F
Matrox Customer Support
How to get Matrox customer support ...........................................302
Registration .................................................................................................. 302
Keep up to date with our website............................................................302
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Index.............................................................................................303
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