Selecting Your Mpeg-2 I-Frame Settings - Matrox RT.X2 User Manual

Selecting your MPEG-2 I-frame settings

When you select the Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame or Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame HD
format to capture or export your video using Adobe Premiere Pro, you can
specify various settings for the MPEG-2 I-frame compression.
° To select your MPEG-2 I-frame settings:
Click the Configure button. This displays a dialog box similar to the
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following:
Drag the Data Rate slider until your desired data rate is displayed. The
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higher the data rate you select, the better the video quality will be. The range
of available data rates depends on whether you're using the Matrox MPEG-2
I-frame HD or SD format.
¡ Important Depending on the capabilities of your system, you may drop
frames if you select a data rate higher than about 90 Mb/sec.
To apply advanced settings to your MPEG-2 I-frame file, click the
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Advanced
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applications. We recommend that you change these settings only when needed
for special purposes.
Under Rounding Type , select one of the following:
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MPEG-2
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when calculating the quantization coefficient.
Matrox Custom
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number when calculating the quantization coefficient. In some cases, this
setting may yield less artifacts in graphics.
Under DC Precision , select the bit-depth precision of the DC intra block.
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button.
The default advanced settings should provide good results for most
Rounds the AC coefficients up to the nearest whole number
Truncates the AC coefficients to the lowest whole
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