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Chapter 9, Using Matrox MXO2 with Supported Programs
Working with Avid Media Composer and
Symphony
You can use Avid Media Composer and Avid Symphony with MXO2 to capture
and play back video and audio. For a list of the supported input and capture video
formats, see Appendix C, “Matrox MXO2 Supported Input and Capture
Formats.” For a list of the supported video output formats, see Appendix D,
“Matrox MXO2 Supported Output Formats.”
This section includes information on how to:
• Create a new Matrox MXO2 project. (page 116)
• Define your playback settings. (page 116)
• Define your capture settings. (page 117)
• Add a voice-over to your sequence. (page 119)
• Specify settings for capturing, playing back, and exporting Matrox 4VANC
AFD and closed caption data. (pages 117–122)
• Specify your audio output settings. (page 123)
• Define settings for exporting your sequence to tape. (page 124)
Creating a new Matrox MXO2 project
You can create a new Avid Media Composer/Symphony project for working with
Matrox MXO2 as explained in your Avid documentation, with the following
exceptions:
• Avid supports only standard raster dimensions for projects created on
Matrox MXO2 hardware. This means that when you create an HD project
for MXO2, the raster dimension will be set to 1280×720 for a 720p project,
or 1920×1080 for a 1080i/p project. You can, however, still import, export,
and play back thin raster material in your HD project.
• Matrox MXO2 supports YCbCr video only. If you set your project’s color
space to RGB, Avid Media Composer/Symphony will convert your material
to YCbCr for output on Matrox MXO2. To capture video using your Matrox
MXO2 hardware, your project’s color space must be set to YCbCr.
Defining your playback settings
This section details how to specify various settings for playing back video and
audio in Avid Media Composer and Symphony using the Matrox MXO2 outputs.
For a list of the supported video output formats, see Appendix D, “Matrox
MXO2 Supported Output Formats.”