Matrox Electronic Systems Matrox MXO User Manual download pdf (Page 12)

Chapter 1, Introducing Matrox MXO

Matrox MXO system requirements

Matrox MXO requires a Mac system with the following system configuration:

• Mac OS X v10.4.7 or later.

• DVD-ROM drive to install the MXO software.

• Free USB port.

• Display card with a secondary DVI-I connector. Must be able to display

1920×1200 @ 60 Hz.

¦NoteYou must have a secondary DVI-I connector for use with Matrox

MXO, and connect your primary DVI monitor to a different connector on your

display card. If you are using an AGP display card, it needs to run at a speed

of 4X or faster.

• DVI monitor that supports a native display resolution of 1920 ×1200 is

recommended, such as an Apple Cinema Display.

• 512 MB physical memory (RAM) if using MXO with a QuickTime-based

video editing program (Apple recommends 2 GB for HD editing).

Check our website for equipment information

For up-to-date information about recommended computer systems and other

MXO-compatible devices such as display cards and DVI monitors, check the

Matrox Video Support site at www.matrox.com/video/support.

About this manual

This manual provides you with information about installing and using your

Matrox MXO hardware and software, including how to configure your Matrox

MXO for use with Final Cut Pro and Adobe After Effects.

Style conventions

The following style conventions are used in this manual:

• The names of files, folders, and manuals appear in italics. For example:

$ The data is stored in the Sample Movie file.

$ The file is located in the Clips folder.

$ Please refer to your Final Cut Pro User’s Manual.

• Menus and commands that you need to choose are displayed in the form

Menu > Command. For example, File > Save means click File in the

menu bar, then click

Save in the menu that appears.

Last-minute information

Any important information that wasn’t available for inclusion in this manual by

publication time is provided to you in the Matrox MXO Release Notes.

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