Calibrated Software MPEG2-X Create v1 - Manual (Page 17)

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The following encode options are available for Calibrated MPEG2-X Create
Important Note: The options can only be set from within the application that is using Calibrated MPEG2-X Create
– look
for a ‘settings’ or ‘options’ button in the application. You may have to set the options of Calibrated MPEG2-X Create in
the application BEFORE every encode depending on the application using the codec
, please see the ‘Windows
Applications’ or ‘Mac OSX Applications’ chapter for more details.
Encode Options
Quick Colorspace Setup
These are the following quick setup options -
please see the ‘Windows Applications’ or ‘Mac OSX Applications’
chapter to see which setup is best for your application. Some applications may not export and give a codec error
if a Colorspace is selected that the application does not support
– usually this happens with 8-bit YUV422

Custom – this setup enables you to

8-bit YUV 422/Gamma – this setup requests incoming video frames to be 8-bit YUV 422 with a 2.22 Gamma.

8-bit YUV 422 – this setup requests incoming video frames to be 8-bit YUV 422 with a Source Gamma (i.e
disregards Gamma).

8-bit RGB/FULL/GAMMA – this setup requests incoming video frames to be 8-bit RGB with a 2.22 Gamma – the
8-bit RGB->8-bit YUV conversion is done using the 709 FULL RANGE Matrix.

8-bit RGB/FULL - this setup requests incoming video frames to be 8-bit RGB with a Source Gamma (i.e.
disregards Gamma)
– the 8-bit RGB->8-bit YUV conversion is done using the 709 FULL RANGE Matrix.

8-bit RGB/SMPTE - this setup requests incoming video frames to be 8-bit RGB with a Source Gamma (i.e.
disregards Gamma)
– the 8-bit RGB->8-bit YUV conversion is done using the 709 SMTPE RANGE Matrix.
Supported Colorspaces
There are five Colorspace options:
 “All Supported” –8-bit YUV422, and 8-bit RGB(A) 444(4) are requested colorspaces – please note though that
when requesting all supported colorspaces that this can cause an application to report a ‘codec error’ if that
application does not support 8-bit YUV422 exporting.

"8bit YUV & 8bit RGB" – 8-bit YUV422 and 8-bit RGB(A) 444(4) are requested colorspaces – please note
though that when requesting these colorspaces that this can cause QuickTime to internally convert 8-bit RGB to
8-bit YUV422 if an application sends 8-bit RGB video frames
– the internal RGB->YUV conversion by QuickTime
may introduce unintended Gamma changes/corrections (this may vary from application to application and also
depends on the RGB to YUV Gamma Correction setting too)

"8bit RGB" - 8bit RGB(A) 444(4) is the requested colorspace