The MXO2 LE with MAX (Laptop) from Matrox is designed to provide all the features of an I/O card in a sturdy, portable breakout box. It features both professional audio and video connectivity. The device can easily be moved among laptops in your facility or in the field as the need arises. This model is designed for use with either PC or Mac laptops.
This model features Matrox MAX, a technology that implements faster than real-time H.264 encoding for resolutions ranging from iPod to HD. It uses a dedicated hardware processor to accelerate the creation of H.264 files for Blu-ray, the web, and mobile devices. By using specialized hardware acceleration, jobs are finished more quickly and system resources are liberated for other tasks. This technology allows direct export to higher-quality H.264 Blu-ray compliant files from Compressor.
This solution offers broadcast-quality audio & video input and output. Calibration controls include blue-only. You also benefit from a wide variety of HD and SD workflows with Adobe Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro thanks to Matrox MXO2 LE's 10-bit hardware up/down/cross scaling engine and support for a wide variety of file-based formats and industry-standard codecs.
Video
(1) SDI HD/SD
(1) Component HD/SD 10-bit
(1) Y/C 10-bit
(1) Composite 10-bit
(1) HDMI HD 10-bit
Audio
(2) XLR balanced
(2) RCA unbalanced
(1) SDI embedded up to 8 channels
(1) HDMI embedded up to 8 channels
Outputs Video
(2) SDI HD/SD
(1) Component HD/SD 10-bit
(1) Y/C 10-bit
(1) Composite 10-bit
(1) HDMI HD 10-bit
Audio
(2) XLR balanced
(2) RCA unbalanced
(1) SDI embedded up to 8 channels
(1) HDMI embedded up to 8 channels
System Requirements
PC laptop or Intel-based MacBook Pro
Mac OS X v10.5 or later (Snow Leopard support available via driver update on Matrox site)
Windows 7 (64-bit), Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows XP (32-bit) laptops and desktops
One free ExpressCard/34 slot on laptop to install the Matrox PCIe host ExpressCard/34 adapter
If using MXO2 with Final Cut Studio 2, 2GB physical memory (RAM) when working with compressed HD and uncompressed SD sources, or 4GB physical memory (RAM) when working with uncompressed HD sources
HDMI monitor that supports 1920ÿ1080 and "dot-by-dot" mode is recommended for 1:1 pixel mapping
