Matrox Hardware Platforms for Mac
Matrox hardware components are designed for optimal performance, flexibility, and scalability. They share a memory centric, asynchronous architecture that provides high-speed transfers of video, audio, and graphics data between I/O peripherals, co-processors, the CPU, and host memory. On-board DMA engines allow data transfers to occur without any intervention from the CPU. Dedicated on-board 10-bit hardware scalers off-load CPU or GPU processes.
The full range of broadcast-quality video/audio inputs and outputs are supported in NTSC and PAL as well as 480p, 720p, 1080p, and 1080i HD resolutions at all frame rates. Support for 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios is provided. A variety of I/O configurations are available to meet your specific application needs. All of the hardware components are supported by the Matrox SDK for Mac.
The Matrox Multi input/output cards bring a new level of channel density to Mac-based systems.
Matrox Multi-Ingest – Four-channel 3G/HD/SD input card
Matrox Multi-I/O – Simultaneous, independent, two-channel input and two-channel output 3G/HD/SD card
Matrox Multi-Playback – Four-channel 3G/HD/SD output card
Matrox Multi-Ingest
Four-channel 3G/HD/SD input card
- Single-slot, ¾ length PCI-e x8 card fits into Mac Pros and Apple Xserve systems
- Video inputs: up to four multi-rate 3G/HD/SD SDI or two 3G level B, or two Dual Link, or two video + key
- 10-bit hardware scaling engine supports up to four HD streams or eight SD streams
- 16 embedded audio I/O channels per SDI stream
- 4 unbalanced analog audio channels for monitoring
- Support for SDI ancillary data – ATC, AFD, CC
- Analog blackburst reference input (tri-level or bi-level) with loopthrough
- Auto-detection of input video resolutions
- One analog LTC input
- RS-422 port for device control
Matrox Multi-I/O
Simultaneous, independent two-channel input and two-channel output 3G/HD/SD card
- Single-slot, ¾ length PCI-e x8 card fits into Mac Pros and Apple Xserve systems
- Video inputs: up to two multi-rate 3G/HD/SD SDI or one 3G level B, or one Dual Link, or one video + key
- Video outputs: up to two multi-rate 3G/HD/SD SDI or one 3G level B, or one Dual Link, or one video + key
- 10-bit hardware scaling engine supports up to four HD streams or six SD streams
- 16 embedded audio I/O channels per SDI stream
- 4 unbalanced analog audio channels for monitoring
- Support for SDI ancillary data – ATC, AFD, CC
- Analog blackburst reference input (tri-level or bi-level) with loopthrough
- Automatic video bypass and A/V watchdog support
- Auto-detection of input video resolutions Onboard live video mixer with zero frame delay
- One analog LTC input
- RS-422 port for device control
Matrox Multi-Playback
Four-channel 3G/HD/SD output card
- Single-slot, ¾ length PCI-e x8 card fits into Mac Pros and Apple Xserve systems
- Video outputs: up to four multi-rate 3G/HD/SD SDI or two 3G level B, or two Dual Link, or two video + key
- 10-bit hardware scaling engine supports up to four HD streams or four SD streams
- 16 embedded audio I/O channels per SDI stream
- 4 unbalanced analog audio channels for monitoring
- Support for SDI ancillary data – ATC, AFD, CC
- Analog blackburst reference input (tri-level or bi-level) with loopthrough
- One analog LTC input
- RS-422 port for device control
For more information, please contact a Matrox Sales Engineer
