The MXO2 Rack with MAX (Thunderbolt) from Matrox is a 2 RU device that's designed to provide all the features of an I/O card in a sturdy breakout box for your equipment rack. It's got connections for both professional audio and video, including an input and output each for HDMI, component video, composite video, and Y/C (S-Video); for audio, there's four XLR ins and eight outs as well as four-channel I/O of AES/EBU. In addition, you've got an HD/SD-SDI input and two such outputs. Your options for high-quality audio/video monitoring couldn't be more versatile. And of course, this configuration of MXO2 Rack includes a Thunderbolt adapter, which supplies the blazing-fast connection to a computer for a data transfer rate of up to 10 Gb/s.
Designed for Mac laptop and desktop systems with a Thunderbolt port, 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 freed up for other tasks. This technology allows direct export to higher-quality H.264 Blu-ray compliant files from Compressor.
Along with broadcast-quality audio & HD video input and output, the MXO2 Rack provides calibration controls that include blue-only. Audio monitoring is a strong suit of the unit, as well: With eight XLR analog audio outs and embedded audio channels on the HDMI and SDI outs, you can perform full 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound monitoring. You also benefit from a wide variety of HD and SD workflows with Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro thanks to Matrox MXO2 Rack's 10-bit hardware up/down/cross-conversion scaling engine and support for a wide variety of file-based formats and industry-standard codecs.
Works with Mac desktop systems and laptops with Thunderbolt portsHD/SD-SDI, HD/SD analog component, Y/C, and composite inputs and outputsXLR and AES/EBU audio inputs and outputsGenlock with loop-through output - SD analog black burst (bi-level) or HD tri-level sync10-bit HDMI input, output, and monitoring with calibration controls including blue-only via the Matrox Calibration Utility10-bit real-time hardware up/down/cross-conversion on capture and outputUp to five user selectable simultaneous video outputs: HD and/or SD on HDMI, SDI, and analogRS-422 machine control for frame-accurate capture and print-to-tapeCaptures to virtually all codecs, including Apple ProRes 422 HQ and 10-bit uncompressed HDFile-based workflow support - XDCAM, XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX, P2RED workflow supportHD-SDI closed captioning supportWorks with Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, Apple Color, Adobe After Effects and all QuickTime applications that support the V-out componentThree-year hardware warranty and complimentary telephone support from MatroxRack-Mountable
Matrox MXO2 Rack is a 2 RU rack-mountable I/O device
HD and SD Inputs & Outputs
Matrox MXO2 Rack features professional inputs and outputs. RS-422 machine control is provided for frame-accurate capture and print-to tape with Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere Pro. Up to five user-selectable simultaneous video outputs - HD and/or SD - on HDMI, SDI, and analog are supported
Audio Inputs & Outputs
Matrox MXO2 Rack offers four channels each of XLR (balanced) and AES/EBU (unbalanced) audio inputs, in addition to embedded audio on the HDMI and SDI inputs. For outputs, the box has eight channels of XLR and four AES/EBU channels as well as embedded HDMI & SDI audio out
Genlock
Matrox MXO2 Rack provides SD analog black burst (bi-level) or HD trilevel sync genlock. It can genlock to any type of video input or to house sync. Timing offset controls can be used to align your video output relative to your external genlock source to compensate for cable delays within your facility
Capture to a Variety of Codecs
Matrox MXO2 Rack lets you capture to HD and SD codecs supported by Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere Pro. On a Quad-Core Mac Pro, you can capture HD to ProRes 422 HQ, DVCPRO HD, DV, DVCPRO, and DVCPRO50. On systems equipped with proper storage you can capture uncompressed 8- and 10-bit HD
File-Based Formats
Matrox MXO2 Rack lets you work with file-based formats such as XDCAM, XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX, P2, and P2HD. You can play out these formats directly from Adobe Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro. No intermediate codec is needed. Matrox MXO2 Rack lets you play out these formats from a MacBook Pro without dropping frames
RED Workflow
RED users can benefit from Matrox MXO2 Rack to capture, monitor, and playback on set. Back in the post suite, they can use Matrox MXO2 Rack to work with 1K and 2K RED timelines and output to SD, 720, or 1080 via MXO2 Rack's real-time 10-bit hardware scaling feature
HD-SDI Closed-Captioning Support
You will no longer need to spend time and money recreating HD captioning data that is typically lost when editing projects in Final Cut Pro. Matrox MXO2 Rack offers a unique workflow to capture, playback, and preserve closed-captioning data while editing. Nothing is destroyed even when trimming or color-correcting video clips. In addition, Matrox has worked with CPC, the closed-captioning software leader, to develop an innovative solution that allows the MacCaption software to encode, decode, edit, and create HD & SD closed captioning for use with Matrox MXO2 Rack. Matrox MXO2 Rack also provides a cost-effective way to monitor HD timelines containing closed-captioning data on SDI and component SD monitors, while also inserting closed-captioning information into line 21 of active video for SD deliverables. You can deliver HD and SD masters containing closed captions simultaneously
HD & SD Video Monitoring
Matrox MXO2 Rack turns your HDMI monitor into a true-color video display you can trust, even for color grading. It's packed with features that make it the ideal monitoring solution for Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Color, Adobe After Effects, and other QuickTime-based applications. You won't need to buy expensive HD monitoring equipment. In addition, MXO2's real-time downscaling feature lets you view your HD projects on an SD monitor
HDMI Monitoring with 10-bit 4:2:2 Color Precision
Matrox MXO2 Rack lets you adjust and control your HDMI monitor exactly like you would a broadcast HD/SD monitor. Controls for hue, chroma, contrast, brightness, and blue-only are provided. This unique control gives you accurate color representation so that you can use your HDMI monitor even for color grading
Pixel-to-Pixel Mapping on HDMI Displays
Matrox MXO2 Rack provides 1:1 pixel mapping on HDMI monitors that support this feature
Real-Time Conversion, Capture & Output Matrox MXO2 Rack lets you deliver in any format your clients demand. The 10-bit hardware scaling provides high-quality mastering
Hardware Acceleration
Matrox MXO2 Rack offers hardware acceleration of Final Cut Pro Dynamic RT segments, HDV, and DVCPRO HD
HD to SD Downscaling
Matrox MXO2 Rack 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 Rack 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 Rack offers real-time cross-conversion from 720 to 1080 and 1080 to 720 lines. Real-time frame rate conversion is also supported with 2:3:2:3 and 2:3:3:2 cadences. This feature is useful if, for example, your source material is recorded at a different frame rate or resolution from the delivery format that your client requires. It also facilitates monitoring when, for example, you need to work with 23.98 fps footage but your monitor does not support that frame rate. You can use MXO2 Rack's real-time frame rate conversion to view your project at 29.97 fps. Conversion from 23.98 fps to 25 fps is handled by Final Cut Pro and the host
AFD Support
Via its HD-SDI connectors, Matrox MXO2 Rack supports Active Format Description (AFD) transmission
H.264 & .MOV Playback Application The Matrox Vetura standalone application conveniently plays back your H.264 and .mov files
Matrox MAX
Faster-than-real-time creation of H.264 files supports resolutions ranging from iPod to HD at bitrates up to 50 Mb/s. MAX technology is designed to save you timeA specialized, dedicated hardware processor liberates system resources for other tasks. Matrox MAX offloads CPU-intensive encoding tasks to a dedicated hardware engine to crunch out your files for Blu-ray, the web, and mobile devices, without sacrificing quality. The Matrox MAX hardware engine offers sophisticated encoding capabilities such as:Baseline and main profile encoding algorithmsCABAC entropy encoding for high qualityCAVLC entropy encoding for mobile devicesHigh-quality scaling with de-interlacingColor space conversions: HD to SD, SD to HD, RGB to YUVGOP structure controlsBitrate controls from 100 Kb/s to 50 Mb/sAccelerated encoding is available for Blu-ray, PS3, Apple TV, YouTube, Flash, web formats, and mobile devices, including iPhone and iPod from various video sources, including 2K filesDirect integration with Apple Compressor lets you quickly create H.264 files for Blu-ray, PS3, Apple TV, YouTube, Flash, web formats, and mobile devices including iPhone and iPod. You can take advantage of all the familiar settings in your favorite application or use the Matrox MAX presets - or customize your own. As an added benefit, Matrox MAX technology lets you directly export to higher-quality H.264 Blu-ray compliant files from Compressor. A growing list of presets are available, including:HD 1080i, 1080p, 720pNTSC, PALApple TViPodiPhoneYouTubeCustomizable settings can be created easily to meet special needsMatrox MAX technology is also accessible to all applications that support the QuickTime codec component, such as Final Cut Pro and QuickTime. You get delivery of H.264 files at resolutions from iPod to HD directly from the applicationMatrox MAX technology lets you create Blu-ray H.264 video files directly from Compressor that can be authored in Adobe Encore CS5 and burned without re-encoding. To create a Blu-ray disc without Matrox MAX technology, you typically rely on your authoring application and your system CPU to re-encode your project into a Blu-ray compliant fileSupport is available for Apple Qmaster to take advantage of multiple systems with a Matrox MAX processing engine, for distributed encoding across a network
