Matrox MXO2 LE

[grassland]

Is anyone using this box as part of their FCP workflow? Does it require an Intel Mac? Any reliability issues?

Thanks,

 

[micaelb]

I've used one. We're downconverting in live trucks to microwave back. The video looks better through the Matrox then it does when making a SD file from an HD timeline. It seems you have to "Refresh AV device" sometimes. We haven't used it to ingest yet but I did hook it up and that worked fine too, I just didn't do it in the field with an actual story. I wouldn't say there have been reliability issues but I haven't used it often enough to say one way or the other. I think it might require an Intel Mac.

 

[SimonW]

Haven't used the MXO2, but I have the original MXO. The only thing I'd say is that Matrox are slow to update drivers. Very slow. I love the device though and would recommend them to anyone.

 

[AKinDC]

I've always had issues when using Matrox cards with FCP. Kona cards seem to work much better.

 

[eisenvideo]

Matrox MXO2 is very stable with FCP. Works with Leopard and Snow Leopard. Get the Max with Compress HD and your h.264 encode times will be slashed in half.