MXO2 Mini - Desktop

DESCRIPTION
This sleek little device for Mac and PC also gives you the added advantage of portability. You can take it with you wherever you go. Use it with desktop system and your favorite applications including Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro and Photoshop, and many more. Capture and playback high definition video via HDMI and analog component; or NTSC and PAL via analog component, S-Video, and composite. Convert your standard definition videos to high definition, or vice versa, while capturing or playing out, using Matrox MXO2 Mini's high-quality dedicated hardware. Turn your HDMI screen into a professional-grade video monitor with Matrox's unique color calibration tool. Easily edit AVCHD footage by capturing into an edit-friendly compressed or uncompressed format. Count on uncompromising Matrox quality and reliability in MXO2 Mini, backed by a three-year warranty.

Features

• Works with Mac and PC desktops
• Small, lightweight, external box that's easily connected to your cameras and monitors
• Capture and playback high definition video via HDMI and analog component; or NTSC and PAL via analog component, S-Video, and composite
• Turns your HDMI screen into a professional-grade video monitor with color calibration tools including blue-only
• High-quality 10-bit hardware scaling engine for real-time upscaling, downscaling, and cross conversion on capture and playback (See Specifications section for scaling features supported on Mac and PC)
• Stereo RCA and up to 8 channels of HDMI audio input and output
• 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound monitoring on the HDMI output
• Easily edit AVCHD footage by capturing into an edit-friendly compressed or uncompressed format
• Works with your favorite applications including Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Photoshop, and many more
• Also available with Matrox MAX for faster than real-time H.264 encoding
• Three-year hardware warranty and complimentary telephone support

New Features (MAC)

• New Matrox Vetura Playback application.
• Core audio support.
• Updates to address specific customer issues and to improve overall stability.

Inexpensive HDMI monitoring with 10-bit 4:2:2 color precision
This one feature is reason enough to buy Matrox MXO2 Mini. It turns your HDMI screen into a professional-grade video monitor with Matrox's unique color calibration tool. Controls for hue, chroma, contrast, brightness, and blue-only are provided. You get accurate color representation so that you can use your HDMI monitor even for color grading. Matrox MXO2 Mini provides 1:1 pixel mapping on HDMI displays that support this feature so your video will not be stretched and distorted by the monitor. You get accurate monitoring on your HDMI display in the following resolutions:

• 720 x 486 (NTSC)
• 720 x 576 (PAL)
• 1920 x 1080
• 1280 x 720

High quality 10-bit hardware scaling at an amazing price
There is no other device near this price point that lets you adapt to any delivery format your clients demand. Matrox MXO2 Mini's dedicated 10-bit hardware scaling engine provides high-quality capture and playback in the formats you need, no mater what you started with.

• HD to SD downscaling—Matrox MXO2 Mini provides real-time HD to SD downscaling with proper conversion of the HD color space to the SD color space and proper aspect ratio conversion to anamorphic, letterbox, and center cut. You can monitor or record an SD master of your HD project in real-time.
• SD to HD upscaling—Matrox MXO2 Mini provides real-time SD to HD upscaling with proper conversion of the SD color space to the HD color space. MXO2 will "pillarbox" 4:3 footage and scale 16:9 SD footage to full screen.
• Cross conversion—Matrox MXO2 Mini offers real-time cross conversions from 720 to 1080 and 1080 to 720.

Editing workflows for Mac
On the Mac, Matrox MXO2 Mini lets you capture from either the analog or HDMI input to uncompressed video or to any of the compression formats supported by Apple Final Cut Pro including ProRes. This means you can easily edit AVCHD material which is otherwise very difficult to work with. Matrox MXO2 Mini works with Final Cut Pro, Apple Color, Adobe After Effects, and all QuickTime applications that support the V-out component.   New drivers now available for Premiere CS4 version 4.2!

Editing workflows for PC
On the PC, Matrox MXO2 Mini lets you capture to uncompressed or to the highly-efficient Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame HD/SD codec from either the analog or HDMI input. This means you can easily edit AVCHD material which is otherwise very difficult to work with. As an added benefit, Matrox MXO2 Mini includes Matrox A/V Tools, an easy-to-use application for fast capture and playback of your audio/video assets. This stand-alone application is ideal when all you need to do is quickly capture video for web streaming or DVD authoring. Matrox A/V Tools also lets you grab frames from your video and save them as TGA files. Matrox MXO2 Mini works with Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 on the PC and provides WYSIWYG support for popular applications such as Adobe Encore CS4, Photoshop CS4, and After Effects CS4; Autodesk 3ds Max and Combustion; and NewTek LightWave 3D (32-bit versions only).

MXO2 Mini

SPECIFICATIONS

• Weight: 9.9 ounces (280 grams)
• Dimensions: 6 1/2in x 4 5/16 x 1 1/2in (166mm x 110mm x 40mm)
• Regulatory compliance
  • FCC Class A, CE Mark Class A, C-Tick Mark, VCCI
  • RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC
• Video inputs
  • HDMI: HD -10-bit
  • Component: HD/SD 10-bit
  • Y/C (S-Video): 10-bit
  • Composite: 10-bit
• Audio inputs
  • 2 RCA: stereo pair (unbalanced)
  • HDMI embedded: up to 8 channels
  • 24-bit 48 kHz
• Video outputs
  • HDMI: HD/SD 10-bit
  • Component: HD/SD 12-bit
  • Y/C: (S-Video) -12-bit
  • Composite: 12-bit
• Audio outputs
  • 2 RCA: stereo pair (unbalanced)
  • HDMI embedded: up to 8 channels
• HDMI capture: The HDMI specification defines that Matrox MXO2 Mini cannot capture when connected to copy protected sources. It is the user’s responsibility to confirm copyright ownership before capture or distribution of content.
• Codecs
  • Mac: On systems with a 2.4 GHz or faster Core2 Duo CPU you can capture to DVCPRO HD and to SD codecs including uncompressed, DV, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, ProRes 422, and ProRes 422 HQ. On systems with at least two Dual-Core or a Quad-Core 2.4 GHz or faster CPU you can also capture to more HD codecs including ProRes 422 and ProRes 422 HQ. On systems equipped with storage that has sufficient transfer bandwidth, you can capture uncompressed 8and 10-bit HD.
  • PC
    • Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame HD adjustable from 50 to 300 Mbps
    • Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame SD adjustable from 10 to 50 Mbps
    • Uncompressed 8 and 10-bit
• 10-bit hardware scaling
  • Mac: Up/down/cross conversion on capture and output
  • PC: First release supports down conversion on output. Additional features will be made available in subsequent software releases at no charge.

INCLUDED ITEMS

• Matrox MXO2 Mini input/output device
• Matrox MXO2 PCIe cable (1 meter)
• Matrox MXO2 Mini external power supply
• Two S-Video adapters
• Matrox MXO2 PCIe x 1 host adapter

REQUIREMENTS

• Mac Pro running Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.6 or higher (Snow Leopard support available via driver update on Matrox site)
• PC desktops running Microsoft Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate (64-bit), Windows Vista Business or Ultimate (32- or 64-bit) with Service Pack 2, or Windows XP Professional (32-bit) with Service Pack 3.
• A computer that supports Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 (SSE2), such as an Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 or later.
• Dual-CPU, or one dual-core CPU.
• 2 GB of RAM.
• One free PCIe slot on a desktop computer to install the Matrox PCIe host adapter.
• If you want to use MXO2 with Adobe Premiere Pro, you must have Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 version 4.2 or later. For Matrox MAX H.264 encoding, you must have Adobe Media Encoder CS4 version 4.2 or later.
• We recommend an HDMI monitor that supports 1920×1080 for previewing all HD formats, and "dot-by-dot" mode for 1:1 pixel mapping.