Matrox RT2000 Operation manual

Installation & User Guide
March 30, 2001
10652-201-0300
Matrox RT2000
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Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. ........................................Matrox®, Flex 3D™, Infinite Capture™, Matrox DVD Player™, Matrox
File Converter™, Matrox Disk Benchmark™, Matrox MediaTools™,
Matrox Video Tools™, RT2000™
Matrox Graphics Inc........................................................Matrox G200™, Matrox G400™, Matrox Millennium™,
Matrox PowerDesk™
Adobe Systems Inc. ........................................................Acrobat®, Adobe®, Photoshop™, Premiere™
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc ..........................................AMD Athlon™
Apple Computer, Inc. ......................................................Apple®, FireWire™
Inscriber Technology Corporation ....................................Inscriber®, TitleExpress™
Intel Corporation.............................................................Intel®, Pentium®
International Business Machines Corporation...................IBM®, VGA®
JVC .................................................................................Digital-S™
Microsoft Corporation .....................................................Microsoft®, Windows®, ActiveMovie™, DirectShow™, DirectX™, Video
for Windows™
Panasonic (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.) ...................Panasonic®, DVCPRO™
Pixélan Software..............................................................Pixélan Software™, Video SpiceRack Lite™
Sonic Foundry, Inc...........................................................ACID Music™, Sonic Foundry®
Sonic Solutions................................................................cDVD™, DVDit!™, Sonic Solutions™
Sony................................................................................DVCam™
Ulead Systems, Inc. .........................................................Ulead®,Cool 3D™
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Electronic Systems Ltd. for its use; nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties resulting from its use. No
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Thank you for choosing Matrox
Please register on our web site at www.matrox.com/video in the
RT2000 Customer Support section or fill in and mail the
included registration card to be eligible for customer support,
software updates, new product announcements, and
information on special offers and upcoming events.
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A. Limited Warranty Statement
Warranty
A. Limited Warranty Statement
1 Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. (“Matrox”) warrants to the end-user customer who provides adequate proof of purchase, that Matrox
hardware products purchased from Matrox authorized dealers will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of three (3)
years from the date of purchase. This warranty applies only to the original end-user purchaser and is non-transferable. Conditions and
limitations of Matrox’s warranty are stated below.
2 Matrox’s limited warranty covers only those defects that arise as a result of normal use of the hardware and does not apply to any:
a improper or inadequate maintenance;
b incompatibilities due to the user’s hardware or software applications with or in which the Matrox product interfaces;
c product of a special or custom-made nature;
d unauthorized modification or misuse;
e improper installation, misapplication or negligence;
f operation outside the product’s environmental specifications;
g improper site preparation or maintenance;
h software;
i other causes that do not relate to a product defect;
j defects or damage suffered as a result of force majeure (including theft);
k defects or damage suffered as a result of normal wear and tear; and/or
l stolen goods.
3 If Matrox receives, during the applicable warranty period, notice of a defect in a warranted hardware product and the defective Matrox
product in question, Matrox shall at its sole option, either repair or replace the product, and shall return the repaired product or a
replacement product within a reasonable delay. The replacement product may not be new, provided that it has functionality at least equal to
that of the product being replaced.
4 This warranty is valid in any country where Matrox hardware products are distributed by Matrox or its authorized dealers.
5 This Limited Warranty Statement gives the customer specific legal rights. The customer may also have other rights which vary from state to
state in the United States, from province to province in Canada, and from country to country elsewhere in the world.
B. Limitations of Warranty
1 NEITHER MATROX NOR ANY OF ITS THIRD PARTY SUPPLIERS MAKES ANY OTHER WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO MATROX PRODUCTS. MATROX SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS (and the customer,
by accepting the Matrox product, specifically accepts such disclaimer and waives) ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESSED OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR OR INTENDED PURPOSE OR USE AND THE WARRANTY AGAINST LATENT DEFECTS, WITH RESPECT TO THE
HARDWARE AND/OR SOFTWARE. MATROX FURTHER DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY THAT MATROX PRODUCTS, IN
WHOLE OR IN PART, WILL BE FREE FROM INFRINGEMENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR
PROPRIETARY RIGHTS."
2 To the extent that this Limited Warranty Statement is inconsistent with the law of the locality where the customer purchases the Matrox
product, this Limited Warranty Statement shall be deemed modified to be consistent with such local law. Under such local law, certain
limitations of this Limited Warranty Statement may not apply to the consumer.
3 To the extent allowed by local law, the remedies provided in this Limited Warranty Statement are the customer’s sole and exclusive
remedies.
C. Limitations of Liability
1 EXCEPT FOR THE OBLIGATIONS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH IN THE LIMITED WARRANTY STATEMENT, IN NO EVENT
SHALL MATROX BE LIABLE FOR:
a any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, foreseeable or unforeseeable, or punitive damages, whether based on contract, tort,
delict or any other legal theory and whether advised of the possibility of such damages; and/or
b damages arising from the loss of use, data, production revenue and/or profit of in connection with the Matrox product or any business
interruption.
2 Without prejudice to the foregoing, any liability of Matrox for any breach of warranty shall be limited to the amount paid by the customer
for the defective hardware in question.
3 To the extent allowed by local law, Matrox’s entire liability and the customer’s exclusive remedy shall be the repair or replacement of any
defective product during the warranty period. Matrox does not offer any other warranty with respect to Matrox hardware or software or any
other hardware or software.
4 Customer shall be responsible for all applicable taxes, duties and customs fees on any replacement unit, as well as all transport, insurance,
storage and other charges incurred on all returned products.
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Warranty
D. Obtaining Service in North America
1 Verify that your Matrox product was installed and configured according to the information in its accompanying documentation.
2 Read the “Troubleshooting” information included with the Matrox product to see if you can solve the problem yourself.
3 If you are still experiencing difficulties, please contact your dealer where you purchased your Matrox product.
4 If you must return a Matrox product, leave the configuration as it was when you were using it, and leave all identification stickers on the
product. Pack the product in its original box and return to your Matrox dealer where the product was purchased, together with your proof of
purchase. Your Matrox dealer will return the product for you. Alternatively, if this first option is unavailable to you, you may contact the
Matrox Technical Support group who will issue a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number, upon receipt of adequate proof of
purchase, and inform you of shipping instructions. DO NOT RETURN THE PRODUCT TO MATROX WITHOUT MATROX’S RMA
NUMBER AND EXPRESS AUTHORIZATION.
E. Obtaining Service outside North America
1 Verify that your Matrox product was installed and configured according to the information in its accompanying documentation.
2 Read the “Troubleshooting” information included with the Matrox product to see if you can solve the problem yourself.
3 If you are still experiencing difficulties, please contact your dealer where you purchased your Matrox product.
4 If you must return a Matrox product, leave the configuration as it was when you were using it, and leave all identification stickers on the
product. Pack the product in its original box and return to your Matrox dealer where the product was purchased, together with your proof of
purchase. Your Matrox dealer will return the product for you.
F. G e n e r a l
This limited warranty shall be governed by the laws of the Province of Quebec, Canada and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein and
the courts of the Province of Quebec shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and decide any dispute instituted by the customer in connection
with this limited warranty; the customer waives, by accepting the product, its rights to institute proceedings in connection with this warranty
against Matrox in any jurisdiction other than Quebec.
Software license agreement
Single-user products This Matrox software (the “Software”) is copyrighted by Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. All rights are reserved.
The purchaser is granted a license to use the software only, subject to the following restrictions and limitations.
1 The license is for the original purchaser only, and is not transferable without written permission of Matrox.
2 The original purchaser may use the Software on a single computer owned or leased by the original purchaser. You may not use the Software
on more than a single machine, even if you own or lease more than one machine, without written consent of Matrox.
3 The original purchaser may make back-up copies of the Software for his or her own use only, subject to the use limitations of this license.
4 The original purchaser may not engage in, nor permit third parties to engage in, any of the following:
✄ Providing or disclosing the Software to third parties.
✄ Providing use of the Software in a computer service business, network, time-sharing, multiple CPU or multi-user arrangement to users
who are not individually licensed by Matrox.
✄ Making alterations or copies of any kind in the Software (except as specifically permitted above).
✄ Attempting to unassemble, de-compile or reverse engineer the Software in any way.
✄ Granting sublicenses, leases, or other rights in the Software to others.
✄ Making copies, or verbal or media translations, of the user’s guide.
✄ Making telecommunication data transmissions of the Software.
Matrox reserves the right to terminate this license if there is a violation of its term or default by the Original Purchaser. Upon termination, for
any reason, all copies of the Software must be immediately returned to Matrox, and the Original Purchaser shall be liable to Matrox for any and
all damages suffered as a result of the violation or default.
Limited warranty Matrox warrants to you, for a period of ninety (90) days normal use from your date of purchase, that:
1 The CD/disks on which the software is furnished and the documentation are not defective.
2 The Software is properly recorded upon the CD/disks included.
3 The documentation is substantially complete and contains all the information Matrox deems necessary to use the software.
4 The Software functions substantially as described in the documentation.
Matrox’s entire liability and your exclusive remedy shall be the replacement of any CD/Disks or documentation not meeting these warranties,
which is returned to Matrox or an authorized dealer, together with a copy of your paid receipt. The above is the only warranty of any kind, either
express or implied, including, but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular use that is made by Matrox
on this Licensed Software. In no event shall Matrox be liable to you or to any third party for consequential, special, indirect or incidental
damages which you may incur as a result of using the licensed software, including, but not limited to, loss of data, or information of any kind
which you may experience.
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Contents
Chapter 1
Introducing Matrox RT2000
Welcome.............................................................................................................. 2
Matrox RT2000 features ...................................................................................... 2
Hardware supplied .............................................................................................. 3
Software supplied ................................................................................................ 3
System requirements ........................................................................................... 4
About this manual ............................................................................................... 5
Style conventions ............................................................................................... 5
Other documentation .......................................................................................... 6
Installation overview............................................................................................ 7
Chapter 2
Preparing Your System
Upgrading an existing RT2000 system .............................................................. 10
Upgrading to Windows 2000 or Windows Me ................................................. 10
Installing RT2000 for the first time.................................................................... 10
Check our web site for recommendations ........................................................ 10
New installation overview.................................................................................. 11
If you have a new computer with no display card............................................. 11
If you’re using a computer with an existing display card ................................... 11
For new systems with no existing display card.................................................. 12
Install your Millennium Flex 3D Edition card .................................................... 13
Plan your storage configuration and install your devices.................................. 16
General storage considerations......................................................................... 16
EIDE storage considerations ............................................................................. 18
Install Windows 2000 or Windows Me ............................................................. 20
About computers with multiple operating systems............................................ 20
Set your AGP aperture size ................................................................................ 21
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Configure your DMA settings.............................................................................21
Methods of enabling DMA................................................................................21
Enabling DMA bus-mastering............................................................................22
Disable “write-back caching” on your drives ....................................................25
Install Adobe Premiere.......................................................................................27
Do not install Inscriber TitleExpress from the Adobe Premiere CD ....................27
Remove your existing display card’s device listing............................................27
Are you ready?....................................................................................................30
Chapter 3
Installing Your RT2000 Card Set
Getting started ...................................................................................................32
Remove your display card..................................................................................32
Connect the ribbon cable...................................................................................33
Install the card set..............................................................................................34
Connect the CD audio cable ..............................................................................36
Chapter 4
Connecting Your Devices
Connecting your computer monitor...................................................................40
Connecting your RT2000 breakout box .............................................................40
RT2000 breakout box overview..........................................................................41
Available S-Video and composite video connections.........................................42
Composite input/output connections.................................................................43
S-Video input/output connections......................................................................45
DV video device (1394 connection) ...................................................................47
Hot-plugging ....................................................................................................47
Typical RT2000 connections ..............................................................................48
DV-1394 connections.......................................................................................48
S-Video connections using same device for capture and print-to-tape ...............49
Composite connections using separate source and record devices ....................50
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Chapter 5
Installing Your Software
and Testing Your Hard Drives
Installation choices ............................................................................................ 52
Installing Matrox Video Tools
on a computer with Windows 2000.................................................................. 52
Installing Matrox Video Tools
on a computer with a new copy of Windows Me.............................................. 56
Upgrading from a previous version of Matrox Video Tools
on a computer with Windows Me..................................................................... 58
Uninstall previous version of Matrox Video Tools ............................................. 58
Testing the performance of your hard drives .................................................... 60
Installing the Matrox DVD Player...................................................................... 62
Installing Inscriber TitleExpress......................................................................... 63
Installing Ulead Cool 3D ................................................................................... 63
Installing Sonic Foundry ACID Music................................................................ 63
Installing Sonic Solutions DVDit! LE.................................................................. 64
Installing the Matrox VFW software codecs
on a computer without the RT2000 hardware .................................................. 64
Removing and re-installing Matrox Video Tools ............................................... 65
Chapter 6
Configuring Your System
for Use with Matrox RT2000
Monitor setup .................................................................................................... 68
Disabling energy saving mode .......................................................................... 68
Display setup ..................................................................................................... 70
Accessing the Matrox PowerDesk property sheets ............................................ 70
Audio setup........................................................................................................ 71
Using Windows Volume Control with the
Matrox RT Mixer ............................................................................................ 73
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Notes on your Millenium Flex 3D Edition card..................................................76
Display driver updates ......................................................................................76
Do not overclock..............................................................................................76
Available display resolutions .............................................................................76
Chapter 7
Defining Your Adobe Premiere Settings
Important—Do not press Ctrl+Alt+Delete
while running Premiere on Windows 2000 .......................................................78
A note about running other programs with Adobe Premiere.............................78
Loading project presets ......................................................................................78
Setting up your scratch disks .............................................................................79
Defining your General settings ..........................................................................80
Selecting your NTSC setup level for analog video..............................................83
Selecting your editing aspect ratio.....................................................................84
Selecting your realtime Adobe Premiere transitions...........................................84
Selecting your AVI file creation method for large clips in Windows 2000 ..........86
Defining your Video settings..............................................................................87
Defining your Audio settings..............................................................................89
Defining your Capture settings ..........................................................................90
Defining your Export Movie settings..................................................................94
Selecting your MPEG-2 I-frame video quality ....................................................97
Selecting your MPEG-2 IBP options ...................................................................98
Setting up DV-1394 device control ..................................................................100
Exporting your Adobe Premiere Timeline to DV tape......................................101
Preparing your tapes for recording ..................................................................101
Preparing your Timeline for recording.............................................................101
Exporting to DV tape with device control........................................................102
Things you need to know about using DV-1394 devices .................................103
About Matrox Infinite Capture and creating
video clips greater than 2 GB ..........................................................................105
Creating a production in 16:9 format ..............................................................106
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Chapter 8
Setting Up Realtime Effects with Adobe Premiere
Available effects............................................................................................... 108
How to place your effects for optimal results ................................................. 109
How to apply a Matrox transition.................................................................... 110
How to apply a Matrox video effect ................................................................ 111
Using common controls in the plug-in............................................................ 112
Previewing your effects .................................................................................. 114
Using text boxes and sliders ........................................................................... 115
Selecting colors .............................................................................................. 116
Creating a 2D/3D DVE..................................................................................... 117
Creating a 3D tile............................................................................................. 119
Creating a distortion effect .............................................................................. 121
Creating a page curl......................................................................................... 122
Creating a particle effect ................................................................................. 123
Creating an organic wipe................................................................................. 125
Adding your own organic wipe patterns ......................................................... 126
Creating a colorization effect........................................................................... 128
Using the custom colorization settings............................................................ 129
Transforming your clip .................................................................................... 131
Using the transform controls........................................................................... 132
Using the Transform menu............................................................................. 133
Transforming a clip using the Preview Window .............................................. 134
Cropping your effect........................................................................................ 135
Using the crop controls .................................................................................. 136
Using the Crop menu..................................................................................... 136
Cropping an effect using the Preview Window ............................................... 137
Working with keyframes.................................................................................. 138
Using the effect controls for keyframes ........................................................... 138
Creating new keyframes................................................................................. 140
Modifying keyframes...................................................................................... 140
Resetting a track to default settings................................................................. 140
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Selecting keyframes ........................................................................................140
Copying and moving keyframes......................................................................141
Pasting attributes of a keyframe (“selective paste”) ..........................................141
Deleting keyframes.........................................................................................143
Saving and loading keyframe files ...................................................................143
Interpolating between keyframes ....................................................................144
Keyboard shortcuts.........................................................................................147
Setting up realtime graphics overlays ..............................................................148
Setting up realtime speed changes ..................................................................150
When you’ll need to render your effects..........................................................151
Chapter 9
Rendering Matrox Video for Windows AVI Files
Overview ..........................................................................................................154
Using VFW programs without the RT2000 hardware ......................................154
Before you start rendering ...............................................................................155
Selecting color space conversion options ........................................................156
Rendering material to a Matrox VFW .avi file ..................................................157
Chapter 10
Using Matrox MediaTools
About Matrox MediaTools................................................................................160
Preparing your tapes for use with MediaTools ................................................160
Starting Matrox MediaTools.............................................................................161
Using the Matrox MediaTools interface...........................................................162
Using the MediaTools pop-up menu...............................................................164
Navigating through clips with the transport controls ........................................165
......................................................................................................................166
Using the time code fields ..............................................................................166
Defining your capture settings.........................................................................169
Selecting your video and audio drives.............................................................170
How MediaTools assigns clip names ...............................................................171
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Scanning and capturing clips........................................................................... 171
Capturing individual clips............................................................................... 172
Creating a batch capture list............................................................................ 173
Scanning clips ................................................................................................ 173
Adding clips to a batch capture list................................................................. 174
Capturing clips from a batch capture list ........................................................ 175
Editing clips ..................................................................................................... 175
Updating and recapturing clips....................................................................... 175
Changing a clip’s In and Out icons ................................................................. 176
Working with the clip list................................................................................. 176
Adding clips................................................................................................... 176
Saving and loading a clip list........................................................................... 177
Copying clips ................................................................................................. 177
Moving clips .................................................................................................. 177
Deleting clips................................................................................................. 178
Detaching and resizing the clip list ................................................................. 179
Grabbing a single-frame image ....................................................................... 180
Exporting your clip list to an Adobe Premiere project..................................... 181
Keyboard shortcuts.......................................................................................... 182
Chapter 11
Using the Matrox File Converter
About the Matrox File Converter ..................................................................... 184
Converting your files ....................................................................................... 185
Commands for working with conversion lists .................................................. 186
Notes............................................................................................................. 187
Chapter 12
Using Inscriber TitleExpress
Overview.......................................................................................................... 190
Creating a simple title ..................................................................................... 191
Remarks ........................................................................................................... 193
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Chapter 13
Using Ulead Cool 3D
Overview ..........................................................................................................196
Required settings to create a title for use with Adobe Premiere......................197
Tips on creating titles.......................................................................................199
Chapter 14
Using Sonic Foundry ACID Music
Overview ..........................................................................................................202
Getting started in ACID Music .........................................................................203
Saving your project for use in Adobe Premiere................................................203
Chapter 15
Using Sonic Solutions DVDit! LE
and the Matrox DVD Player
Overview ..........................................................................................................206
Exporting material for your DVD project .........................................................207
Creating a DVD volume ...................................................................................210
Playing your DVD volume using the Matrox DVD Player ................................213
Chapter 16
RT2000 Troubleshooting
Problems, possible causes, and solutions........................................................216
Up-to-date information ..................................................................................216
Possible solutions............................................................................................216
Multiple solutions ...........................................................................................216
Appendix A
Creating an RT2000 Hardware Profile
Creating a specific RT2000 hardware profile...................................................240
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Appendix B
Data Rates and A/V Disk Space Requirements
DV/MPEG-2 qualities and required disk space................................................ 244
Audio sampling and required disk space ........................................................ 244
Recommended MPEG data rates for distribution on DVD-R or CD-R ............ 245
Appendix C
Using Additional Millennium
Flex 3D Display Resolutions
Available display resolutions ........................................................................... 248
Appendix D
RT2000 Specifications
Matrox RT2000 codec card specifications....................................................... 254
Video............................................................................................................. 254
Audio ............................................................................................................ 254
Environmental specifications .......................................................................... 254
Millennium Flex 3D Edition specifications ...................................................... 255
Features......................................................................................................... 255
Video specifications ....................................................................................... 255
Environmental specifications .......................................................................... 255
Appendix E
RT2000 Glossary
Glossary of terms............................................................................................. 258
Appendix F
RT2000 Customer Support
Getting the most support ................................................................................ 270
Register your RT2000..................................................................................... 270
Keep up to date with our web site.................................................................. 270
Contacting us ................................................................................................... 271
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Appendix G
Matrox Around the World
Worldwide Headquarters ...............................................................................274
Europe, Middle East, Africa.............................................................................274
France............................................................................................................274
Germany ........................................................................................................274
Asia Pacific .....................................................................................................274
Index............................................................................................. 275
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Chapter
Introducing Matrox RT2000
This chapter outlines some of the features of your RT2000, lists the
contents of your kit, and explains the organization of your RT2000
documentation.
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Chapter 1, Introducing Matrox RT2000
Welcome
Thank you for purchasing Matrox RT2000. Discover a whole new universe of
digital video: realtime editing, superior effects technology, the latest compression
and distribution formats, and the industry’s leading content creation software, all
available in an affordable realtime video editing package.
Matrox RT2000 features
✃Lets you work with two video streams and a 32-bit, uncompressed graphics
layer in real time.
✃Native DV and MPEG-2 editing.
✃Realtime, broadcast-quality 2D/3D digital video effects (DVEs) and
transitions.
✃3D DVE powered by Matrox Flex 3D.
✃Choose from organic wipes, 2D and 3D DVEs, page curls, 3D tiles,
distortions, and particle effects, as well as transparency effects—in real time
without rendering!
✃Analog and digital video input/output—S-Video, composite, 1394.
✃MPEG-2 output for distribution applications such as DVD authoring.
✃Integrated Matrox Millennium Flex 3D Edition display card drives your
high-performance desktop.
✃Stereo audio input/output synchronized to video ensures perfect lip-sync.
✃Complete content creation software suite for nonlinear video editing, titling,
audio editing, and DVD authoring.
✃Matrox Infinite Capture overcomes the Windows Me 2-GB AVI file size
limit by providing seamless capture and playback of unlimited file size
within Adobe Premiere.
✃Hard disk benchmark utility ensures optimal system performance.
✃Matrox Video Player lets you play back any of your Matrox video clips with
audio.
✃Matrox File Converter lets you convert your MPEG-2 or DV clips to various
formats.
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Hardware supplied
Hardware supplied
Software supplied
✃Matrox Video Tools Includes the necessary drivers for Matrox RT2000,
the realtime plug-in for Adobe Premiere, the Matrox Disk Benchmark
program, the Matrox File Converter, Matrox MediaTools, and the Matrox
Video Player.
✃Adobe Premiere A nonlinear video editing program. Premiere includes
several web export programs that you can use to export your projects to
various web-optimized formats.
✃Adobe Photoshop LE A digital photo image editor (provided on your
Adobe Premiere CD-ROM).
✃Sonic Foundry ACID Music A music composition program.
✃Inscriber TitleExpress A television-quality character generator.
✃Ulead Cool 3D A 3D titling program.
✃Sonic Solutions DVDit! LE An interactive DVD creation program.
✃Matrox DVD Player A software DVD player (provided on your Matrox
RT2000 CD-ROM).
TOMARVELboard
TORTboard
TOVideoOut
RT2000 codec card Millennium Flex 3D
Edition card
Breakout box
RT2000 cable Ribbon cable 4-to-6 pin
1394 cable
CD audio cable
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Chapter 1, Introducing Matrox RT2000
System requirements
Matrox RT2000 requires the following minimum system configuration:
✃Microsoft Windows 2000 (Service Pack 1 is recommended)
1
or Windows
Me (Millennium Edition) operating system.
✃Intel Pentium II CPU, 350 MHz or AMD Athlon CPU.
2
✃Physical RAM:
✄256 MB physical memory (RAM) for Windows 2000 or Windows Me on
systems with motherboards limited to 64-MB AGP aperture.
✄128 MB physical memory (RAM) for Windows Me on systems with
motherboards that support 128- or 256-MB AGP aperture.
✃Free PCI slot.
✃500 MB of free space for software installation on system drive.
✃Separate hard drive for A/V content.
✃16-bit soundcard.
✃CD-ROM drive for software installation.
✃Video camera or VCR.
Certain complex realtime effects may require a more powerful system. For
optimal system performance, we recommend the following configuration:
✃Pentium III or AMD Athlon CPU, 750 MHz or faster.
✃DV video camera (to use 1394 connections).
✃NTSC or PAL video monitor.
¯Note All Matrox RT2000 effects will run on a properly configured computer that
meets the minimum system requirements outlined above. Some of the complex
effects, however, may cause dropped frames during playback. For those cases, you
can use the Force render option to ensure smooth playback without dropped
frames. For more information, see “Using common controls in the plug-in” on
page 112.
Check our web site for equipment information
For up-to-date information about recommended computer systems,
motherboards, and other RT2000-compatible devices such as DV cameras and
soundcards, please see the RT2000 Customer Support section of our web site at
www.matrox.com/video.
1
All Matrox testing and validation of compatible motherboards and computer systems is
carried out using Windows 2000 with Service Pack 1.
2
The current generation of Intel Celeron processors cannot be used with RT2000 because they
have a 66-MHz Front Side Bus whereas RT2000 requires at least a 100-MHz FSB.
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