Anyone using MXO here ?

Dear All,

I am just wondering if someone is using Matrox MXO here and could give me some idea what that box is capable of? Especially if used with Macbook Pro.

Thanks!

It is capable of making your Apple 23" or Dell 24" display an HD color correction monitor...as well as giving you the ability to output your project to a variety of decks. HDV monitoring...DVCPRO HD monitoring...LOTS of stuff:

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Excellent. What kind of performance can I expect regarding the playback when editing HDV/DVCPRO HD if using a laptop? 2-3 streams with picture-in-picture effect applied? More?

Does it support XDCAM 35mb format?

Playback performance in terms of how many streams all depends on the hard drives you have the media stored on, not the capture card you use. Need 2-3 streams of RT, then you are going to need a 2-4 drive eSATA Raid. A Firewire 800 drive might get you two streams...possibly 3.

The MXO is format agnostic, meaning that it will output any format that FCP works with...including XDCAM.


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got a question, Shane..

is there SD Monitoring as well?
or is that a separate model?

oops - that's 2.


nick

The MXO will downconvert HD to SD, and play back regular SD as well.


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<<format agnostic>>

I love that. So, Shane, you are saying that the MXO believes in the existence of HDV, but doesn't want to call it High Def????

sorry, just had to chime in.

Cameron Young

Sorry about the language ;

Mulla ollut käytössä about 2 kk. Pääosin homma toimii hyvin muttei täysin sovellu omiin tarpeisiini sillä käytän normaalisti kahta 23" Cinema Displaytä joista siis Matroxin käyttö varaa (aina) toisen. Jos olet Suomessa ja kiinnostunut laitteesta ota yhteyttä. Myyn sen uutta vastaavana täysin takuuehdoin jne reippaalla alennuksella. Lisäksi voit vähentää ALV:t koska myyn sen firmani kautta.

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I got one here, setting up a testbed.

Version 2.0 software has just been released.

It apparently supports *older* 23"-- and 20" Cinema Displays as well, with ADC to DVI adapters-- Matrox says it's betatetsing these inhouse without issues. Well, we'll see.

- Loren
Today's FCP 4 / 5 keytip:
Fast scan your clips or timeline with Control-F12 !
Go slower with lower F keys.
Go reverse with F6 down to F2

The FCP KeyGuide?: your power placemat.
Now available at KeyGuide Central.
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Nick: I sent you a private message...

Loren, I would be very, very interested to hear about your experiences with MXO... especially the performance when running something a bit more demanding stuff through it to the monitor... i.e. some video with loads of effect on it etc.

What stuff is a "bit more demanding" than DVCPRO HD and HDV? I have tested it with those formats and a whole slew of plugins...looks great.


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"The MXO will downconvert HD to SD, and play back regular SD as well."

thanks Shane.
i had the (wrong) impression there were different models for either SD or HD.

tommi...
you may have to send that again, not sure i got it

nick

Nick, I meant Nicknasty... sorry...