Specifying Your Video Output Settings For Previewing Captured Clips; Specifying Your Genlock Settings For Capture - Matrox MXO2 Installation And User Manual

Specifying your video output settings for
previewing captured clips
While capturing clips on Matrox MXO2, you can preview your captured video
using the MXO2 video outputs. You can specify various video output settings for
previewing your captured video as follows:
Choose Project > Project Settings > General .
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From the Capture Format list, select Matrox AVI to capture to an .avi file,
2
or Matrox M2V to capture to an .m2v file.
Click the Configure button, then click the Video Output tab.
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The settings provided are the same as explained in
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output settings"
(MXO2 Mini)"
settings will be set for you based on your selected capture format. For a list
of the supported video output formats for previewing your captured video,
see "Supported video output formats for monitoring"
Click OK to save your settings.
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¦ Note The video output settings that you select for capture will be applied the
next time you capture clips to the same format. For example, the video output
settings you select for clips captured to NTSC format will be retained for the next
time you capture NTSC clips. Your new video output settings will also be applied
to all sequences in your project that have that video format.

Specifying your genlock settings for capture

¦ Note This section does not apply to Matrox MXO2 Mini.
You can select the source to which you want to genlock all devices connected to
your MXO2 system during capture, as well as adjust the timing settings for all
video outputs from MXO2.
For examples of how to connect an external sync source to your system, see
"Typical Matrox MXO2 connections"
connections"
page 37. When using Matrox device control with an analog RS-422 device, you
need to connect an external broadcast-quality analog sync source, such as a
tri-level sync generator, as shown in the illustrations.
° To specify your genlock settings for capture:
Choose Project > Project Settings > General .
1
From the Capture Format list, select Matrox AVI to capture to an .avi file,
2
or Matrox M2V to capture to an .m2v file.
Click the Configure button, then click the Genlock tab.
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on page 56 and
on page 61. However, the main and secondary video output
on page 28, and "Typical Matrox MXO2 LE connections"
"Specifying your video
"Specifying your video output settings
on page 19, "Typical Matrox MXO2 Rack
Defining your capture settings
on page 311.
on
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