Matrox MXO2 Release Notes (Mac OS Version)
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Matrox MXO2 Release Notes (Mac OS version) December 4, 2012 Y11077-401-0261 Trademarks Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. .........................................................Matrox®, Matrox MAX™, Matrox Vetura™, MXO™ Adobe Systems Inc............................................................................Adobe®, After Effects®, Encore®, Photoshop®, Premiere® Pro Apple Inc...........................................................................................Apple®, Final Cut Pro®, iPad™, iPhone®, iPod®, Mac®, QuickTime®, Snow Leopard™, Soundtrack® Avid Technology, Inc. ........................................................................Avid®, Media Composer® HDMI Licensing LLC..........................................................................HDMI™ Panasonic (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.)....................................Panasonic®, DVCPRO™ RED Digital Cinema Camera Company ..............................................RED™ Sonic Solutions .................................................................................Sonic™, Sonic Solutions™, Roxio™, Roxio Toast™ Sony Corporation .............................................................................Sony®, Blu-ray Disc™ Intel Corporation ...............................................................................Intel®, Thunderbolt™ Thunderbolt and the Thunderbolt logo are trademarks of Intel Corportation in the U.S. and/or other countries. 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Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. 1055 St. Regis Blvd., Dorval, Quebec, Canada H9P 2T4 Tel: (514) 685-2630 Fax: (514) 685-2853 World Wide Web: www.matrox.com Contents About these release notes .................................................................... 1 Visit our website for the latest downloads ............................................ 1 What’s new in this release .................................................................... 1 Known issues ........................................................................................ 1 Third-party applications ............................................................................... 1 Matrox MAX H.264 encoding (MAX option)................................................ 4 Matrox Vetura ............................................................................................ 6 ii Your notes Contents 1 About these release notes These release notes provide a list of new features and known issues applicable to the version 2.6.1 software for Matrox MXO2 products. This information supplements the Matrox MXO2 Installation and User Guide, which is provided in PDF format in the Matrox MXO2 Support section of our website at www.matrox.com/video/support. Visit our website for the latest downloads To ensure that you have the latest software updates and documentation available for your Matrox MXO2 product, check the Matrox MXO2 Support section of our website at www.matrox.com/video/support. Our website also offers up-to-the-minute information about Matrox products, access to our user forums, and special promotional offers. What’s new in this release Version 2.6.1 provides the following: • Fixes a capture issue with Matrox Vetura Capture and Apple Final Cut Pro 7 on late-model Mac systems when scaling the source video. Known issues Please be aware of the following issues with version 2.6.1. Third-party applications • If your MXO2 is connected to your Mac system using the Matrox MXO2 Thunderbolt adapter, we recommend that you do not disconnect the Apple Thunderbolt cable when a video application that is running an MXO2 project is open. If you do so, you may receive an error message in the application, and you may have to close and re-open the application in order for it to detect your MXO2 hardware when you reconnect the Apple Thunderbolt cable. (Ref# VPG-490 and VPG-491) • If your computer enters sleep mode when playing back video in Final Cut Pro using MXO2, once your computer comes out of sleep mode, Final Cut Pro may become unresponsive and the MXO2 SDI/HDMI output may disappear or freeze. If this occurs, you must Force Quit (CMD + OPT + ESC) and then restart Final Cut Pro. We recommend that you disable your computer’s sleep mode option to prevent this issue. (Ref# VPG-653) • When returning to Adobe After Effects after switching to another application, you may experience a slight delay on the MXO2 outputs during playback. (Ref# VPG-395) About these release notes 2 • To avoid playback issues in Avid Media Composer when in 1394 mode, make sure that MXO2 is not selected as the audio input or output device in your Mac OS sound settings (System Preferences > Sound). (Ref# 57756) • In order to have access to the Matrox presets/player in Adobe Premiere Pro/Encore, make sure that MXO2 is not selected as the audio input or output device in your Mac OS sound settings (System Preferences > Sound) before opening Adobe Premiere Pro/Encore. Once the application is open, keep MXO2 audio disabled in the Mac OS sound settings to ensure proper functionality with MXO2. (Ref# 56018, 57588) • If your audio input is not detected in Soundtrack Pro when using MXO2 as the input device for recording, ensure the following settings: $ Matrox MXO2 is set as the input (Matrox MXO2 Audio Input) and output (Matrox MXO2 Audio Output) audio device in your Mac OS sound settings (System Preferences > Sound). $ Matrox MXO2 Audio Input is selected as the recording input source in Soundtrack Pro (Soundtrack Pro > Preferences > Recording). $ The MXO2 input to which your audio source is connected is selected as the audio input source on the A/V Input pane of the MXO2 preferences window. If you are not using MXO2’s SDI or HDMI input for audio, make sure that SDI or HDMI are not selected as the video input source. If the audio input is still not detected in Soundtrack Pro after ensuring the above settings, the following steps may resolve the issue: a Start Final Cut Pro, and load an MXO2 Easy Setup. b Open the Log and Capture window (CTRL+8). Make sure that your audio input is detected. c Close Final Cut Pro. (Ref# 52815) • When MXO2 is set as the input audio device (Matrox MXO2 Audio Input) in the Mac OS Sound preferences window, if the Sound preferences window is open and is on the Input pane, you won’t be able to hear audio from the MXO2 outputs when playing back a clip in Final Cut Pro. To regain the audio output from MXO2, either switch the Sound preferences window to a pane other than the Output pane, or close the window, and then in Final Cut Pro choose View > External Video, and then click Refresh A/V Devices. (Ref# 55666) • You may get an error when switching between Soundtrack Pro and Final Cut Pro when they are both using the Matrox MXO2 for video output. To avoid this, stop the playback in Soundtrack Pro before switching to Final Cut Pro. (Ref# 47232) Known issues 3 • When playing back a clip using Premiere Pro with MXO2, you won’t be able to output audio from your system using the Built-in Line Output audio option in Premiere Pro > Preferences > Audio Hardware. (Ref# 55566) • When working in Adobe After Effects, selecting a Matrox MXO2 10-bit Output Mode for your video preview is not supported. As a workaround, choose a Matrox MXO2 8-bit Output Mode instead. (Ref# 47283) • Video distortion may appear on the output when playing back a DV NTSC (720×480) project in Apple Motion. To resolve this issue, in Apple Motion make sure that Field Rendering is enabled (View > Field Rendering), and set the project to NTSC Broadcast SD as follows: a Choose Edit > Project Properties. b On the General pane, from the Preset menu, select NTSC Broadcast SD. (Ref# 47728) • When performing an edit-to-tape using Final Cut Pro with MXO2, the video preview in the Edit to Tape window may appear to be too bright, however this does not affect the video that is recorded to tape. (Ref# 47443) • When sending a project from Apple Color to Final Cut Pro, you may lose MXO2’s video output in Final Cut Pro. To prevent this from occurring, disable the video output in Color before sending the project to Final Cut Pro. To disable the video output in Color: a Choose Color > Preferences. b On the User Prefs pane, from the Video Output menu, select Disabled. (Ref# 47992) • To output a DV PAL project using Final Cut Pro with MXO2, use a Matrox MXO2 - PAL video playback setting, instead of a Matrox MXO2 - DV PAL video playback setting. For example, to output a DV PAL (720×576) 8-bit project, use the Matrox MXO2 - PAL YUV 8-bit (720×576) video playback setting.