Supported Video Compression Formats - Matrox RT.X2 User Manual

Supported video compression formats

The following table lists the supported video compression formats for performing
various operations on Matrox RT.X2 depending on your project's video format.
Capture
Playback
Export to
disk
Render
previews
DV-1394
export to
tape
1
On Matrox RT.X2 SD you can capture native HDV 1080i/p (1440 × 1080i/p) material
over the 1394 interface in an SD project using Adobe Premiere Pro's HDV capture
feature as explained in
2
Realtime playback is also supported for Panasonic P2 .mxf files in SD and 720p
formats, Sony XDCAM EX .mp4 files in 720p and 1080i/p (HQ and SP) formats, and
when mixing SD and HD clips in the same project as explained in
clips in a project"
3
When exporting an HD project to a Matrox .avi file, you can choose to downconvert the
HD video to any of the supported SD video formats. For details, see
Matrox .avi file"
SD project
DV/DVCAM
DVCPRO
1
MPEG-2 I-frame
MPEG-2 IBP (for capture to
.m2v files only)
DV/DVCAM
2
DVCPRO
MPEG-2 I-frame
DV/DVCAM
DVCPRO
MPEG-2 I-frame
DV/DVCAM
DVCPRO
MPEG-2 I-frame
DV/DVCAM
DVCPRO
"Capturing HDV material on Matrox RT.X2 SD"
on page 20. (RT.X2 SD does not support .mxf or .mp4 files.)
on page 36.
HD project (not
supported on RT.X2 SD)
DV-1394 input only:
HDV
Analog component input
only:
MPEG-2 I-frame HD (for
1440×1080i projects only)
HDV
MPEG-2 I-frame HD
Offline HD (for playback of
Matrox Axio offline HD
projects)
MPEG-2 I-frame HD
(Can also downconvert to any
supported SD format)
MPEG-2 I-frame HD
HDV (for 1440×1080i/p
projects only)
Supported video compression formats
3
on page 35.
"Mixing SD and HD
"Exporting to a
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