Matrox DigiSuite LX MAX, User & Installation Manual

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Chapter 1, Introducing Matrox DigiSuite LX MAX
DigiSuite LX MAX
DigiSuite LX MAX is designed to meet a wide variety of professional
video/audio needs. It features state-of-the-art effects processors, a digital
video mixer, three multi-standard DV/MPEG-2 codecs, and multitrack
digital audio mixing. The optional digital module provides serial digital
video and AES/EBU audio inputs and outputs.
Features
The following summarizes some of the main DigiSuite LX MAX features:
System
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Internal PCI bus with bridge-to-system PCI bus.
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Onboard 32-megabyte (MB) DRAM memory buffer.
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Advanced, over-the-top, Movie-2 expansion bus for connecting the
DigiSuite LX MAX cards (and the optional digital module).
Video
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Three multi-standard DV/MPEG-2 video codecs.
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ITU-R 601 digital video compression and decompression.
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60 fields/sec for NTSC, 50 fields/sec for PAL.
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Realtime 3D digital video effects powered by Matrox Flex 3D.
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Multilayer digital mixing, keying, effects, and switching.
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Two digital video effects processors featuring high-quality scaling,
sub-pixel motion, and transparent shadows.
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Onboard digital signal processor, master/genlockable video time base
with built-in time base correction (TBC) and blackburst input.
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Ultra high-speed, 32-bit graphics frame buffer.
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Analog and digital video input/output—Analog component, Y/C,
composite, and 1394.
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Y/C and composite preview output.
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Linear key output.