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Why buy an I/O card and a breakout box when you can get all the features
of both in Matrox MXO2? This award-winning device also gives you the added
advantage of portability. It can easily be moved among the Mac Pros in your
facility as the need arises and you can take it on the road with a MacBook Pro.
It gives you highly-reliable, broadcast-quality input/output via HDMI, SDI, and
analog; professional audio inputs and outputs including built-in 5.1 surround
sound monitoring; and HDMI video monitoring with calibration controls including
blue-only. You also benefit from a wide variety of HD and SD workflows with
Final Cut Studio thanks to Matrox MXO2’s 10-bit hardware up/down/cross scaling
engine and support for a wealth of file-based formats and industry-standard
codecs. Enjoy maximum I/O flexibility with Matrox MXO2 – edit anything,
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Matrox MXO2 is also available with Matrox MAX technology for faster
than realtime high definition H.264 file creation3.
Key features
- Works with Intel-based MacBook Pros, Mac Pros, and Apple Xserve systems
- Lightweight – less than 3 ½ lbs. (1600 grams)
- Fits in your laptop bag – 13" x 9½" x 2" (330mm x 241mm x 51mm)
- Can run off a field battery or its AC adapter
- HD/SD SDI, HD/SD analog component, Y/C, and composite inputs and outputs
- Genlock – SD analog black burst (bi-level) or HD tri-level sync
- HDMI input, output, and monitoring with calibration controls including
blue-only
- 10-bit realtime hardware up/down/cross conversion on capture and output
- Up to five user selectable simultaneous video outputs – HD and/or SD on
HDMI, SDI, and analog
- Professional audio inputs and outputs with 5.1 surround sound monitoring
- RS-422 machine control for frame-accurate capture and print-to-tape
- Captures to a variety of codecs – Apple ProRes 422 HQ, 10-bit uncompressed
HD, and many more
- File-based workflow support – XDCAM, XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX, P2, P2HD
- RED workflow support
- HD-SDI closed captioning support
- Works with Final Cut Pro, Apple Color, Adobe After Effects and all QuickTime
applications that support the V-out component
- Also available with Matrox MAX for faster than realtime H.264 encoding
- Three-year hardware warranty and complimentary telephone support
Truly portable
Matrox MXO2 is the first truly portable I/O device for the Mac. It fits
easily into your laptop bag and can run off standard field batteries or the
included AC power adapter. It connects to your MacBook Pro via Apple's
ExpressCard/34 slot or to your Mac Pro via a PCI Express adapter card. Both
adapters are included.
HD and SD inputs and outputs
Matrox MXO2 features a full complement of professional inputs and outputs.
RS-422 machine control is provided for frame-accurate capture and print-to tape
with Final Cut Pro.
Inputs
Video
- SDI - HD/SD
- Component - HD/SD - 10-bit
- Y/C - 10-bit
- Composite - 10-bit
- HDMI - HD - 10-bit
Audio
- 2 XLR - balanced
- 2 RCA - unbalanced
- 2 AES/EBU
- SDI embedded – up to 8 channels
- HDMI embedded - up to 8 channels
Outputs
Video
- 2 SDI - HD/SD
- Component - HD/SD - 12-bit
- Y/C - 12-bit
- Composite - 12-bit
- HDMI - HD/SD - 10-bit
Audio
- 4 XLR - balanced
- 6 RCA - for surround sound monitoring (unbalanced)
- 2 AES/EBU
- SDI embedded – up to 8 channels
- HDMI embedded - up to 8 channels
Up to five user selectable simultaneous video outputs, HD and/or SD on HDMI,
SDI, and analog are supported.
Genlock
Matrox MXO2 provides SD analog black burst (bi-level) or HD tri-level sync
genlock. It can genlock to any type of video input or to house sync. Timing
offset controls can be used to align your video output relative to your external
genlock source to compensate for cable delays within your facility.
Flexible workflows
Capture to a variety of codecs
Matrox MXO2 lets you capture to all HD and SD codecs supported by Final Cut
Pro. On a Quad-Core MacPro, you can capture HD to ProRes 422 HQ, DVCPRO HD, DV,
DVCPRO, and DVCPRO50. On a MacBook Pro Core2 Duo 2.4 GHz or faster, you can
capture HD to ProRes 422 HQ (720p at 24, 25, and 30 fps) and DVCPRO HD. On
systems equipped with proper storage you can capture uncompressed 8- and 10-bit
HD.
Use your favorite file-based formats
Matrox MXO2 lets you work with file-based formats such as XDCAM, XDCAM HD,
XDCAM EX, P2, and P2HD. You can play out these formats directly from Final Cut
Pro – no intermediate codec is needed. Matrox MXO2 lets you play out these
formats from a MacBook Pro without dropping frames.
RED workflow support
RED users can benefit from Matrox MXO2 to capture, monitor, and playback on
set. Back in the post suite, they can use Matrox MXO2 to work with 1K and 2K RED
timelines and output to SD, 720, or 1080 via MXO2’s realtime 10-bit hardware
scaling feature.
HD-SDI closed captioning support
You will no longer need to spend time and money recreating HD captioning data
that is typically lost when editing projects in Final Cut Pro. Matrox MXO2
offers a unique workflow to capture, playback, and preserve closed captioning
data while editing. Nothing is destroyed even when trimming or color correcting
video clips. In addition, Matrox has worked with CPC, the closed captioning
software leader, to develop an innovative solution that allows the MacCaption
software to encode, decode, edit, and create HD and SD closed captioning for use
with Matrox MXO2. Matrox MXO2 also provides a cost effective way to monitor HD
timelines containing closed captioning data on SDI and component SD monitors,
while also inserting closed captioning information into line 21 of active video
for SD deliverables. You can deliver HD and SD masters containing closed
captions simultaneously.
HD and SD video monitoring
Matrox MXO2 turns your HDMI monitor into a true-color video display you can
trust, even for color grading. It’s packed with features that make it the ideal
monitoring solution for Final Cut Pro, Apple Color, Adobe After Effects, and
other QuickTime-based applications. You won’t need to buy expensive HD
monitoring equipment. In addition, MXO2’s realtime downscaling feature lets you
view your HD projects on an SD monitor.
HDMI monitoring with 10-bit 4:2:2 color precision
Matrox MXO2 lets you adjust and control your HDMI monitor exactly like you
would a broadcast HD/SD monitor. Controls for hue, chroma, contrast, brightness,
and blue-only are provided. This unique control gives you accurate color
representation so that you can use your HDMI monitor even for color grading.
Pixel-to-pixel mapping on the HDMI display
Matrox MXO2 provides 1:1 pixel mapping on HDMI monitors that support this
feature. You get accurate monitoring on your HDMI display in the following
resolutions:
- 720 x 486 (NTSC)
- 720 x 576 (PAL)
- 1920 x 1080
- 1280 x 720
Audio monitoring
Matrox MXO2 provides built-in 5.1 surround sound monitoring via RCA so you
don't need to invest in additional equipment as you do with some other I/O
products. Matrox MXO2 also gives you the flexibility to map any audio track in
Final Cut Pro to any audio output.
Realtime hardware up/down/cross conversion on capture and output
Matrox MXO2 lets you deliver in any format your clients demand. The 10-bit
hardware scaling provides high-quality mastering.
HD to SD downscaling
Matrox MXO2 provides realtime HD to SD downscaling with proper conversion of
the HD color space to the SD color space and proper aspect ratio conversion to
anamorphic, letterbox, and center cut. You can monitor or record an SD master of
your HD project in real time.
SD to HD upscaling
Matrox MXO2 provides realtime SD to HD upscaling with proper conversion of
the SD color space to the HD color space. MXO2 will "pillarbox" 4:3 footage and
scale 16:9 SD footage to full screen.
Cross conversion
Matrox MXO2 offers realtime cross conversions from 720 to 1080 and 1080 to
720. Realtime frame rate conversion is also supported with 2:3:2:3 and 2:3:3:2
cadences. This feature is useful if, for example, your source material is
recorded at a different frame rate or resolution than the delivery format your
client requires. It also facilitates monitoring when, for example, you need to
work with 23.98 fps footage but your monitor does not support that frame rate.
You can use MXO2's realtime frame rate conversion to view your project at 29.97
fps. Conversion from 23.98 fps to 25 fps is handled by Final Cut Pro and the
host.
Hardware acceleration of Final Cut Pro Dynamic RT segments, HDV, and DVCPRO
HD
When you are working with Final Cut Pro Dynamic RT segments or the HDV and
DVCPRO HD formats, the Matrox MXO2 10-bit hardware scaler takes some of the
burden off your CPU, saving processing power for other Final Cut Pro operations,
so you get better realtime performance.
In Dynamic RT editing mode, Final Cut Pro automatically reduces frame size to
let you preview non-realtime segments of your project at a better frame rate.
With the Matrox MXO2 hardware scaler, these segments are accelerated to their
original frame size.
Matrox MXO2 accelerates HDV and DVCPRO HD to full resolution during
playback.
Matrox MXO2 kit contents
- Matrox MXO2 input/output device
- Matrox MXO2 PCIe host adapter (for use with Mac Pro)
- Matrox MXO2 PCIe host ExpressCard/34 adapter (for use with MacBook Pro)
- Matrox MXO2 PCIe cable (1 meter)
- Matrox MXO2 external power supply
- IEC-C13 power cord
- (The Matrox MXO2 battery power cable and additional Matrox MXO2 host
adapters may be purchased separately. A third-party RS422 cable is required for
machine control.)
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