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POLL! What features would you like to see in the next Matrox editing card?
Lets say Matrox does develope the next generation editing card.
What features would you like have? GO FOR IT!
Cheers,
Elie
What features would you like have? GO FOR IT!
Cheers,
Elie
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Elie, you already KNOW my answer
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1. DualHead+1 with 2 VGA's and a separate analog composite/S-Video output.
2. onboard IEEE-1394, thus creating a mixed mode editing system on one card.
3. software DV encoding from the analog side that would include TV capture.
4. a DirectShow MPEG engine so external programs like AVI_IO could use it.
5. hooks in the PC-VCR program for software codecs and YUY2.
6. a DV encoder chip for exports.
Not much
Dr. Mordrid
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Hi,
Just my two cents, but:
-Continual driver support for all features. Specifically, it needs to fully WDM compliant.
-Backward compatibility for all of these Matrox MJPEG files I have.
-Hardware assist for MPEG playback.
-Instead of DualHead, have NHead. Lots of times, I want to hook up many devices to outputs. Different feeds going into different outputs from a single card.
-Huffyuv processor . I would not mind seeing some type of on-board hard processor that provides assist of various formats. It does not have to do it all, but needs to help the CPU. Something like a RISC setup only for video.
-Similar to previous, but texture mapping engine for assist in generating animations.
-Integrate seamless record AND playback similar to AVI_IO into PC-VCR.
-Active filters for video input to compensate for noise and low voltage.
-No Macrovision
-Inexpensive: <$300
[This message has been edited by AndrewDV (edited 28 June 2001).]Comment
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No Macrovision won't be in the mix unless they give up DVD playback. The DVD Consortium is the entity responsible for that issue.
As far as a HuffYUV goes, that could be done by having a Huffman encoding routine added to the YUY2 engine. Not too hard, but it might well conflict with codecs that do their own Huffman encoding after quantization.
MJPeg playback of dmb1 files could be had for $18 by installing the PICVideo MJPeg codec.
Dr. Mordrid
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I think I want something like this:
http://www.gainward.de/products/videoxpert.html
The strange thing is that I want it all to work perfectly.
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I'd like to see the following:
* Drivers that work as advertised
* Release dates kept to
* Support on multiple major platforms
* A competent marketing department
* Respect for Matrox customers
Oh wait, we'll never see those. Nevermind.Comment
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Hi Folks,
You guys are asking a lot. I just want it to play beautiful dreamer just before capturing and ends with a display of fireworks instead of green flashes.
DebbieWe pass this way only once. Make the most of it !Comment
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PAL TV out that works as promised - not jerky!!Comment
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Hi Doc,
Thanks Doc. I've been there already and it didn't do any good to my issue. I think it's easier to get rid of my helicbacter problem then these intermittent "green flashes".
DebbieWe pass this way only once. Make the most of it !Comment
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by AndrewDV:
I think I want something like this:
http://www.gainward.de/products/videoxpert.html
The strange thing is that I want it all to work perfectly.</font>
Note the OS support. 95/98/98SE, I don't think Win2K is supported
Next!
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Doesn't much matter what it has or does unless its priced low enough to throw away when the sucessor to XP comes out because C-Cube got bought by LSI and dropped support for the chip we chose ...
Shipping with Linux drivers would be about the only thing to get me to buy another Matrox capture/editing card.
With MS cramming software subscriptions down our throats skiping OS updates won't be an option!
--wally.
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And where exactly is it said that support for the DVxpress25/50 was dropped? Can't find it on either C-Cube or LSI's site.
Dr. Mordrid
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Sorry, I didn't mean to imply my scenerio was actual news. But when was the the news that Zoran wouldn't be producing a W2K SDK announced to the buying public?
If a $50 video card gets updated drivers, for the next OS, I pretty much demand a $300 video capture card last several times longer!Comment
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Zoran not supporting its products is no news. Remember the DVD player fiasco with the G200's?
Also, the fact that Zoran had no Win2K/DirectShow SDK on its support pages was tanamount to such an annoucement and available for all to see IMHO.
As for the rest....
Dr. Mordrid
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