Vizrt Selects New Matrox DSX Developer Card for Upgrade of Viz Engine Realtime Graphics and Video Renderer
Montreal, Canada – September 3, 2008 – Matrox® Products Group today announced that Vizrt, the world's leading provider of realtime 2D and 3D broadcast graphics, has chosen the Matrox X.mio2 card, part of the Matrox DSX family of developer products, to provide video and audio I/O for the next generation of the Viz Engine 3D rendering engine. Viz Engine is the heart of all Vizrt graphics solutions (CG, Virtual Set, Weather, etc.). In addition to HD and SD input and output, Matrox X.mio2 will provide many advanced features including on-board color space conversion and multi-layer HD and SD compositing as well as the ability to play uncompressed video clips and compressed clips in MPEG and DVCPRO. All of the Vizrt products can be seen at IBC 2008 on stand 2.B31. The Matrox DSX product line will be demonstrated on stand 7.B29.
"It was an easy choice for us to port Viz Engine from the Matrox X.mio card to the new Matrox X.mio2 card," said Christian Huber, Head of Vizrt Austria. "We have given added value to our customers with more inputs and more layers of HD and SD scaling and compositing. Matrox's common interface made the process quick and simple and Matrox provided superior application support along the way."
About Viz Engine
Primarily, Viz Engine is used to render graphics animations for live TV programs, but can be equally applied to post-production, webcasting, digital signage and other non-broadcast large scale displays. Viz Engine has an open control interface allowing users to integrate their proprietary control software. Viz Engine supports a command language which allows almost all graphic features to be controlled or changed on the fly from external applications. These control possibilities include editing of text, images, materials, 2D and 3D objects, audio, animations, videos, and many other effects. Viz Engine systems support up to four live video inputs which can be embedded in any graphics animations or virtual studio sets. Viz Engine also supports scaling of performance by clustering multiple systems.
The new Viz Engine 3 has been expanded to provide advanced scripting and interactivity together with enhanced features and performances. Viz Engine 3 is the core component of the whole Vizrt products platform. It is the ideal creative run-time environment for broadcasters and media companies.
About Matrox DSX
The Matrox DSX product line combines a full range of professional audio and video hardware components with comprehensive Windows XP- and Linux-based Software Development Kits (SDK) that enable OEMs and developers to create a wide variety of cost-effective products and applications including ingest/playout servers, broadcast graphics systems, NLE systems, automation and master control units, multi-layer compositors, and medical media servers. The open-architecture Matrox DSX developer products leverage scalable CPU and GPU power in conjunction with high performance hardware to lead the industry in I/O density, native codec support, file format versatility, and on-board processing capability.
Key features of the Matrox DSX platforms:
- Modular architecture gives developers the flexibility to meet technical and price targets
- Multi-channel HD and SD video/audio I/O support from a single card including 3 Gb/s for 1080p
- Extensive native codec support in HD and SD including DV, D10 for IMX, HDV, DVCPRO HD, MPEG-2 4:2:2, MPEG-2 4:2:2:4 YUVA, MPEG HD for XDCAM HD, MPEG HD422 for XDCAM HD422, AVC-Intra for P2, and H.264
- Cross platform file format support - MXF, MOV, AVI, MPG, etc.
- Multi-layer on-board HD scaler/compositor
- Professional realtime effects including sub-pixel 2D/3D DVE, color correction, chroma/luma keying, graphics overlay, smooth speed changes, etc.
- Application development support by a team of dedicated, experienced engineers
About Vizrt
Vizrt is the world's leading provider of HD/SD realtime 2D and true 3D broadcast graphics. The company's software suite offers a complete graphics solution including: character generation, content management and newsroom integration, 3D tickers, virtual studio, 3D weather application with data integration, Curious Software map creation tools, virtual sports analysis, information display and virtual effects. All Vizrt's graphics products are powered by a single core renderer, the unique and powerful Viz Engine. Vizrt's graphics solution goes beyond the visual aspect and includes highly customized user interfaces for the designer, operator, journalist and engineer. The world's leading broadcasters, such as CNN, CBS, Fox, BBC, Sky, ITN, ZDF, Star TV, TV Today, CCTV and NHK as well as Production houses and Corporate institutions, including both the New York and London Stock Exchange, use the Vizrt's software suite. Vizrt is a public company traded on the Frankfurt Prime Standard and on the Oslo Main List: VIZ, ISIN:
IL0010838154. For more information please visit www.vizrt.com.
About Matrox
Matrox Video Products Group is a technology and market leader in the field of HD and SD digital video hardware and software for realtime editing, DVD authoring, capture/playout servers, clip/still stores, and CGs. Matrox's Emmy award-winning technology powers a full range of content creation and delivery platforms used by broadcasters, post-production facilities, project studios, corporate communicators, and videographers worldwide. Founded in 1976, Matrox is a privately held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada. For more information visit www.matrox.com/video.
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