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Matrox MXO2 PCIe Host Adapter User Manual

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Chapter 16, Using Matrox MXO2 with Telestream Wirecast

Recording methods:

Selecting an input and then starting a recording session

If an input is

selected with a valid video signal when you start a recording session, a
recording is created for that input. If the selected input is invalid or
disconnected, the recording will start once a valid signal is connected to the
input. See

“Input states and video formats”

on page

231

for information on

how to determine the video format of an “invalid input.”

Selecting an input during a recording session

You can select an input at

any time during a recording session to begin recording that input. If you
clear and then re-select an input during the same recording session, a
separate file will be created for each selection sequence. The files are
differentiated by a recording number (see

“Matrox ISO recording file

naming conventions”

on page

228

).

Connecting an input source during a recording session

You can connect

a valid input source to an unselected input during a recording session, and
then select the input to record your source feed.

To stop an input recording:

Clear an input during a recording session

Clearing a selected input

during a recording session stops the recording for that input. This is done
without affecting the recording of other selected inputs.

Disconnect an input during a recording session

If you disconnect a

selected input’s source, the recording will stop. You can later connect a
source with the same or a different format to start recording to a new file. If
you connect a source with a different video format, however, you must select
the source’s video format in the

Source Settings

dialog box.

Stop the recording session

Click

to stop the recording session. The

input recording will stop for your selected input.

WAV audio recording

When you record audio to separate

.wav

files along with your video, the

.wav

files can have a maximum file size of 4 GB. This means that depending on your
specified audio settings, the

.wav

audio file has a maximum duration. This

restriction does not apply to the embedded audio in the video file, which can last
as long as the associated video. The following table lists the approximate
maximum duration for a separate

.wav

audio file based on the audio settings:

Audio Channel Type

Audio Bit Depth

Approximate

Maximum Duration

Mono

16-bit

12 hours

24-bit

6 hours