Matrox MXO2 Installation And User Manual page 195

Under Main Output and Secondary Output , you can specify the settings
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you want for your main and secondary outputs from MXO2. Depending on
the editing video format you chose in the Options dialog box, you may not
be able to change some of the settings.
Format Use this to select the video format you want for your outputs.
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Be aware that the format you select may not be supported on all the
MXO2 outputs. For a list of the supported formats, see
Matrox A/V Tools and Matrox WYSIWYG"
Pulldown Method
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method you want to be applied to your video output ( Standard 2:3 or
Advanced 2:3:3:2
rate and the current video output format, a pulldown method may
automatically be selected.
Aspect Ratio Conversion
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video to be output when upscaling or downscaling:
16x9 Letterbox
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mode by adding black bars at the top and bottom of the picture for
display on a standard 4:3 television screen.
4x3 Pillarbox
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adding black bars to the left and right sides of the picture for display on
a widescreen 16:9 television screen.
Anamorphic
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compressed 4:3 video, which retains the picture's full vertical
resolution for display on a widescreen television. To display the video
with the correct proportions on an NTSC or PAL monitor, select the
16:9 display setting on the monitor.
Center Cut
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the left and right sides of the picture for display on a standard 4:3
television screen.
Center Zoom
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the top and bottom edges of the picture for display on a widescreen
16:9 television screen.
¦ Note
When aspect ratio conversion is applied to both the main and
secondary outputs, the same setting will be applied to both outputs.
Under Analog Output , you can specify your analog output format, NTSC
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setup level, and output type:
Format Use this to specify whether you want the format for the analog
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outputs to be the same as the main or secondary output.
Output Type
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outputting SD analog video, the output type will be set to All Available to
If this setting is available, select the pulldown
). Depending on your editing video format's frame
Use this to specify how you want your
Outputs the widescreen 16:9 picture in letterbox
Outputs the standard 4:3 picture in pillarbox mode by
Outputs the widescreen 16:9 picture as horizontally
Outputs the widescreen 16:9 picture by evenly cropping
Outputs the standard 4:3 picture by evenly cropping
Specifies the analog video output type. If you're
"Playback using
on page 307.
Defining your A/V Tools options
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