Matrox Electronic Systems Matrox RT.X2 - Manual (Page 195)

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Supported video compression formats
Supported video compression formats
The following table lists the supported video compression formats for performing
various operations on Matrox RT.X2 depending on your project’s video format.
SD project
HD project (not
supported on RT.X2 SD)
Capture 1
1 On Matrox RT.X2 SD you can capture native HDV 1080i/p (1440 × 1080i/p) material
over the 1394 interface in an SD project using Adobe Premiere Pro’s HDV capture
feature as explained in
“Capturing HDV material on Matrox RT.X2 SD” on page 35 .
DV/DVCAM
DVCPRO
MPEG-2 I-frame
MPEG-2 IBP (for capture to
.m2v files only)
DV-1394 input only:
HDV
Analog component input
only:
MPEG-2 I-frame HD (for
1440 ×1080i projects only)
Playback
2
2 Realtime playback is also supported for Panasonic P2 .mxf files in SD and 720p
formats, Sony XDCAM EX .mp4 files in 720p and 1080i/p (HQ and SP) formats, and
when mixing SD and HD clips in the same project as explained in
“Mixing SD and HD
clips in a project” on page 20 . (RT.X2 SD does not support .mxf or .mp4 files.)
DV/DVCAM
DVCPRO
MPEG-2 I-frame
HDV
MPEG-2 I-frame HD
Offline HD (for playback of
Matrox Axio offline HD
projects)
Export to
disk
DV/DVCAM
DVCPRO
MPEG-2 I-frame MPEG-2 I-frame HD
(Can also downconvert to any
supported SD format)
3
3 When exporting an HD project to a Matrox .avi file, you can choose to downconvert the
HD video to any of the supported SD video formats. For details, see
“Exporting to a
Matrox .avi file” on page 36 .
Render
previews
DV/DVCAM
DVCPRO
MPEG-2 I-frame
MPEG-2 I-frame HD
DV-1394
export to
tape
DV/DVCAM
DVCPRO HDV (for 1440 ×1080i/p
projects only)