Specifying your general settings – Matrox Electronic Systems Matrox MXO User Manual
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Defining your settings in the MXO Preference pane
Specifying your General settings
To specify your General settings on Matrox MXO:
1
From the
Apple
menu, click
System Preferences
, and
then click the
Matrox MXO
icon.
2
Click the
General
tab.
3
Under
Video Output Control
, select the setup level you want for your
NTSC analog video from the
Set analog pedestal to
menu:
$
7.5 IRE
Applies the standard NTSC setup level of 7.5 IRE.
$
0 IRE
Applies a setup level of 0 IRE. You should select this option only
when working with a commercial DV-1394 device that uses the Japanese
analog NTSC setup of 0 IRE. For example, if the video appears too bright
when you play back DV clips on your NTSC monitor, you can change the
setup to 0 IRE to output your DV clips at the correct brightness.
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Note
This setting is applicable for NTSC video only. It has no effect when
working with HD material.