Realtime Editing with Adobe CS4 for Broadcast and Post: Matrox Axio

Features and Benefits

Much more than
software alone

Key features

Most powerful
realtime engine

Realtime Flex CPU effects

Realtime Flex GPU effects

Advanced realtime
editing workflow

Advanced productivity
features

Multi-format support

Audio and video I/O

Multi-format support from DV to 10-bit uncompressed HD

In an increasingly complex post-production environment, editors need to be able to work in various video formats. Matrox Axio LE supports a full range of SD and HD editing resolutions, frame rates and industry-standard codecs for compatibility with broadcast and professional equipment.

Matrox's industry-leading expertise in codec development has been fully exploited in the Matrox Axio LE platforms to provide the most highly optimized quality.

Standard definition (SD) resolutions and codecs
High definition (HD) resolutions and codecs
Flexible AVI and WAV file formats
Legacy support for Matrox DigiSuite and RT.X100
Export to Blu-ray, DVD, all multimedia formats, and Adobe Clip Notes

Standard definition (SD) resolutions and codecs

SD resolutions and frame rates

486i at 29.97 (NTSC)
576i at 25 fps (PAL)
486p at 23.98, 29.97 fps
576p at 25 fps

SD codecs

DV
DVCAM
DVCPRO
DVCPRO50
IMX (MXF only)
MPEG-2 I-frame
Uncompressed 8-bit
Uncompressed 10-bit
M-JPEG DigiSuite legacy format playback
Lossless DigiSuite legacy format playback
The MPEG-2 I-frame SD and uncompressed SD codecs are also available as 32-bit AVI with alpha.

High definition (HD) resolutions and codecs

HD resolutions and frame rates

1080i at 25, 29.97 fps
1080p at 23.98, 24, 25 fps
720p at 23.98, 25, 29.97, 50, 59.94 fps
HDV 1080i (1440 x 1080) at 25, 29.97 fps
HDV 1080p (1440 x 1080) at 23.98, 25, 29.97 fps

HD codecs

Matrox Axio MPEG-2 I-frame HD codec online quality
Matrox Axio offline HD codec playback at 1/16 resolution on a laptop or scales up to full size on an Axio system
Uncompressed 8-bit
Uncompressed 10-bit
HDV
DVCPRO HD
MPEG HD (MXF and MP4 only)
MPEG HD422 (MXF only)
The MPEG-2 I-frame HD and uncompressed HD codecs are also available as 32-bit AVI with alpha.

Flexible AVI and WAV file formats

Matrox Axio LE captures video in Windows-standard AVI and WAV files for complete compatibility with other multimedia applications. Interleaved audio is the industry standard and allows for maximum compatibility with applications that expect the audio to be contained within the AVI file. File management is simplified because there is only one file to keep track of. However, integration with audio workstations and DVD authoring is simplified by using separate WAV audio files. Matrox Axio LE supports up to eight channels of audio where the first stereo pair is interleaved and the other channels are always separate WAV files.

Matrox Axio LE provides maximum flexibility by allowing AVI files to be mixed in real time with MPEG (Adobe native HDV), M2T (FireStore), and MXF files.

Legacy support for Matrox DigiSuite and RT.X100

Matrox Axio LE supports playback of legacy Matrox DigiSuite and RT.X100 AVI files within the editing environment. This allows you to reuse archived footage, network existing platforms with new Matrox Axio LE workstations, and maintain compatibility with the thousands of broadcast facilities that continue to use Matrox products daily.