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Chapter 15, Using MXO2 with Webcam Applications
Overview
You can use your Matrox MXO2 system as an input device that emulates a USB
webcam on your computer to feed live video and audio to streaming applications
that use webcam devices. For example, you can select any video and audio source
connected to the MXO2 inputs as the A/V sources that you want to be used as a
webcam stream for video conferencing with applications such as Skype,
GoToMeeting, and AdobeConnect.
¦NoteYou won’t be able to specify your Matrox USB webcam emulator
settings for use with MXO2 if you’re currently running another application that
uses your MXO2 hardware, such as Matrox A/V Tools. You must close other
applications that use your MXO2 hardware before starting the Matrox USB
webcam emulator.
Specifying your settings for media streaming
The following instructions are guidelines for using MXO2 with the Matrox USB
webcam emulator to stream live video and audio when working with webcam
applications such as Skype, GoToMeeting, and Adobe Connect. See your
webcam application’s documentation for details on how to apply settings within
the application.
1 Connect the video and audio input sources that you want to stream to the
corresponding inputs on your MXO2 hardware. Live video and audio
passthrough are provided on all the MXO2 outputs.
¦NoteIf you want to use a microphone input for your audio stream, you can
connect your microphone directly to the microphone input on your system’s
sound card. If you want to stream an audio input connected to your MXO2
hardware (such as to stream the HDMI or SDI embedded audio), use an
appropriate adapter cable to connect any of the audio outputs from your MXO2
hardware to the microphone input on your sound card.