07/25/2010
Loyalty Discount on MXO2 for Matrox Axio, RT.X2, and RT.X100 owners
For a limited time, Matorx is offering Matrox Axio, RT.X2, and RT.X100 owners a loyalty discount on purchases of selected versions of the MXO2 products with the MAX H.264 encoding option.
Matrox MXO2 Rack with MAX (Save $500)
Matrox MXO2 with MAX (Save $500)
Matrox MXO2 LE with MAX (Save $200)
Here are just a few of the reasons why you will want to take advantage of this offer:
The MXO2 devices provide the most complete platforms for Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium.
professional audio and video input and output with 10-bit hardware up/down/cross conversion
built-in color calibration tool for inexpensive HDMI monitoring
lightning fast H.264 hardware encoding for Blu-ray, the Web, and mobile devices via Matrox MAX technology
full-resolution, full-frame-rate, multi-layer, realtime video editing via Matrox RT technology
The MXO2 devices will let users continue work with the advanced realtime Matrox Flex CPU effects they are familiar with such as primary and secondary color correction, smooth speed changes, and many more.
The MXO2 devices will let users continue work with the high-quality, highly-efficient Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame intermediate codec that streamlines working with CPU-taxing footage such as AVCHD and XDCAM.
The Matrox MXO2 devices can be used with laptops for mobile editing.
The Matrox MXO2 devices offer cross-platform support for PC and Mac.
Matrox MXO2 PC systems will seamlessly integrate into RT.X2 and Axio environments, with complete project compatibility, once our CS5 drivers for RT.X2 and Axio become available in October.
Terms and conditions:
1. Offer valid until September 30, 2010.
2. Customers must show proof of ownership of any version of Matrox Axio, RT.X2, or RT.X100 by providing a valid serial number that has not previously been used in any loyalty program. Proof can consist of a print screen of the X.info page showing the serial number from a system with the Matrox card installed or a photograph/photocopy of the card showing the serial number if the card is not installed.
3. The person or company requesting the discount must be the present owner of the Axio, RT.X2, or RT.X100 card and the purchaser of the MXO2 device.
4. Customers are not obliged to return their original card to benefit from this offer.
5. This offer cannot be combined with any other discount, coupon, or promotion from Matrox.
If you are interested in take advantage of this offer. Please email sales@guygraphics.com with your name and phone number and attached the print screen or picture of card so the serial number is readable. We will contact Matrox get you discount approved and then call you to complete the order.
07/14/2010
New MXO2 Releases now available.
Regardless if you are on a Mac or PC Matrox has recently released new drivers all registered users can download on the Matrox website.
Release 2.0 for Matrox MXO2 Family and CompressHD for Mac Now Available:
The key feature of this release is the addition of many new control parameters for Matrox MAX such as variable bit rate, constant quality, scene detection, noise filtering and many more, that let users optimize encoding speed and video quality. Web video publishers, in particular, will appreciate the ability of Matrox MAX 2.0 to deliver superb quality video at low bit rates.
Release 2.0 provides the following new features for the Matrox MXO2 family:
Support for Mac OS X Snow Leopard only (v10.6.4).
1080p at 23.98 fps, 25 fps, and 29.97 fps support on HDMI and SDI outputs.
Genlock support for 23.98 fps on MXO2, MXO2 Rack, and MXO2 LE.
New Matrox MAX H.264 encoding features:
For Apple Compressor:
Variable bit rate.
Scene detection.
Constant quality.
Noise filter.
Chapter marker support for Matrox MAX H.264 .mov and .264 files.
H.264 level 3.1 support for encoding HD video for use with Apple iPad.
For Telestream Episode version 5.x, Apple Final Cut Pro, and Apple QuickTime:
Constant quality.
Noise filter.
H.264 level 3.1 support for encoding HD video for use with Apple iPad.
Most Complete Platforms for Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium Now Shipping Matrox MXO2 Family for PC:
Matrox Mtx.utils 3.0 provides the following new features:
Support for Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium software, including Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, Adobe Encoder CS5, and Adobe Encore CS5 (earlier versions of these programs are not supported).
You can now add many Matrox effects to your Adobe Premiere Pro sequences, including chroma key, luma key, and wipes.
On MXO2 systems that have MAX technology or a Matrox CompressHD card, new Matrox RT technology gives you full-resolution, full-frame-rate, multi-layer, realtime video editing in Premiere Pro. With Matrox RT technology, all the Matrox effects are realtime, and many Premiere Pro effects and transitions are accelerated for realtime playback, including Motion effects, dissolves, fades, and speed changes.
Up/down/cross conversion for video capture and output, and support for selecting analog component RGB or YUV output.
Matrox RS-422 device control for capturing clips and exporting your Matrox sequences to tape in Adobe Premiere Pro.
New 32-bit and 64-bit Matrox Video for Windows (VFW) codecs, including + Alpha versions of the Matrox uncompressed and MPEG-2 I-frame codecs.
The Matrox WYSIWYG plug-ins now support 32-bit and 64-bit applications.
When encoding using the Matrox MAX H.264 codec on MXO2 products with MAX technology and CompressHD, the following new features are provided:
Support for H.264 levels 4.1 and 4.2, and a maximum data rate of 50 Mb/sec.
A maximum GOP size of 254.
A slider is provided to let you adjust the bitrate for AAC audio.
Support for transcoding directly to Matrox H.264 format for Blu-ray Disc authoring in Adobe Encore.
Note: This release is not supported for use with Avid editing software. At present, you must use Mtx.utils version 2.2 if you want to use your MXO2 Mini or MXO2 Mini with MAX with Avid Media Composer or NewsCutter.
05/13/2010
Matrox announces Matrox VFW software codec package
In the past, Matrox has offered the Matrox M.Key/100 USB device that unlocks the Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame HD, DVCPRO HD, HDV, and other Matrox Video for Windows (VFW) codecs for use on 32-bit systems that dont have Matrox editing cards. Since the launch of this product, M.Key/100 has supported only 32-bit Windows operating systems. With the recent surge of 64-bit operating systems, M.Key/100 is now incompatible in many environments. The popularity of Matrox codecs has also grown, which has increased the market demand for open codecs from Matrox. Therefore, Matrox will no longer be offering the Matrox M.Key/100 USB device. As an alternative to M.Key/100, Matrox is pleased to announce our new Matrox VFW software codec package, which will be available for download free of charge from our website.
This package provides the following VFW software codecs for use on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows operating systems:
Matrox DV/DVCAM
Matrox DVCPRO
Matrox DVCPRO50
Matrox DVCPRO HD
Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame in SD and HD resolutions, with or without alpha
Matrox Uncompressed in SD and HD resolutions, with or without alpha
Matrox Offline HD
Matrox M-JPEG and HDV (playback only)
The new Matrox VFW software codec package will allow any system to use AVI files that have been captured on Matrox Axio, RT.X, and MXO2 systems, and to also create these AVI files for use on Matrox systems. This flexibility lets you use any workstation to do a rough cut, then copy the project and assets to an Axio, RT.X, or MXO2 system to finish the job. There is no need for time-consuming recapturing. As well, dedicated compositing or animation workstations can render finished elements that will play back in real time on Matrox editing and playout systems.
The new Matrox VFW software codec is available to all Matrox Axio registered users as a free download from the support section of the website.
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