Stream from any camera, anywhere with Matrox MXO2 Family of I/O devices, starting at $449

NAB 2011 – Las Vegas – April 11, 2011 — Matrox® Video Products Group today announced support for Adobe® Flash® Media Live Encoder software with Matrox MXO2 I/O devices. TheMatrox MXO2 family offers a full range of capture hardware solutions ideal for feeding live content to Adobe Flash Media Server software. Applications include field journalism, sports, live events, and distance learning. The MXO2 devices work with any system – Mac or PC, laptop or desktop – and let users connect to any HD or SD video source via SDI, HDMI, or analog. Support for Windows is provided via a Microsoft DirectShow driver and support for Mac OS is provided via QuickTime. Live video streams can reach viewers on multiple devices using all protocols supported by Adobe Flash including RTMP, HTTP or Multicast.

“The combination of Flash Media Live Encoder and the Matrox MXO2 devices provides a convenient, portable solution for professional web broadcasting of live events,” said Kevin Towes, product manager, Flash Media Server at Adobe. “Support for the full gamut of video formats, protocols including RTMP, HTTP and Multicast Fusion and compatibility with multiple hardware platforms make them a great choice for video professionals.”

“The versatility of the Matrox MXO2 products make them the ideal capture devices for high-quality HD and SD streaming with Flash Media Live Encoder,” said Alberto Cieri, senior director of sales and marketing at Matrox. “News, sports, concerts, educational seminars, religious services, and corporate meetings are just a few of the many types of events our customers are now looking to stream.”

The Matrox MXO2 devices will be demonstrated at NAB 2011 in booth SL2515.

http://www.matrox.com/video/en/press/releases/Matrox_AdobeFlash/

NAB2011 – Las Vegas — April 11, 2011 — Matrox® Video Products Group today announced support for Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Production Premium software with the Matrox MXO2 family of I/O devices. The award-winning Matrox MXO2 devices provide cross-platform Mac and Windows support and can be easily moved among desktop systems in a facility, installed in an OB van, or taken on the road with a laptop. Key features include: full-resolution, full frame rate, multi-layer, realtime video editing via Matrox RT™ technology; lightning fast H.264 file creation for smart phones, iPad, the web, and Blu-ray via Matrox MAX™ technology; and professional audio and video input and output with 10-bit hardware up/down/cross conversion. In addition, the Matrox MXO2 devices ship with a variety of productivity enhancing applications: Matrox A/V Tools (PC) for fast capture/ playback of audio, video, and still frames, Matrox MAX H.264 Capture (PC) for direct capture to H.264 files, Matrox Vetura Capture (Mac) for quick and easy capture to a variety of QuickTime codecs, and Matrox Vetura Playback (Mac) for convenient playback of H.264 and .mov files.

NewTek is pleased to announce the availability of a free software update for TriCaster™ TCXD300. The TriCaster TCXD300 update offers compatibility with NewTek TimeWarp™ (slow motion and instant replay system), workflow enhancements and more.

If your TriCaster TCXD300 is network-connected, you can apply the update directly from the Home page of the Startup Screen. Simply click Utilities, then click the Update TriCaster link and follow the directions provided.

You may also login to your personal Registration webpage on the NewTek site at http://register.newtek.com from another machine, select and download the update from the Downloads page, and transfer it to TriCaster using a thumb-drive or other method. Then select the Exit to Windows option from TriCaster’s Shutdown menu, and run the installer manually. The installation includes a new device driver. Please agree to this in the dialog box which asks you for confirmation.

Download your free update: http://register.newtek.com

The Matrox Axio and RT.X2 5.0 beta releases for use with Adobe CS5 will be available later today on matrox user forums. We are in the process of finalizing these drivers for release in October 2010, but would like to offer them to users in the meantime. The attached documents explain the details of these releases.

To download the new beta drivers visit our user forums:

Matrox RT.X2 User Forum
Matrox Axio User Forum

Release 2.0 version software for Matrox Convert DVI is now available for you to download. This release will be made public on August 18 and a message will be sent to the registered users.

Matrox ConvertUtils 2.0 provides stability improvements, and the following new features:

Release 2.0 version software for Mac OS is now available for you to download. This release will be made public on July 14 and a message will be sent to the registered users.

The key feature of this release is the addition of many new control parameters for Matrox MAX such as variable bit rate, constant quality, scene detection, noise filtering and many more, that let users optimize encoding speed and video quality. Web video publishers, in particular, will appreciate the ability of Matrox MAX 2.0 to deliver superb quality video at low bit rates.

Release 2.0 provides the following new features for the Matrox MXO2 family:

Release 2.0 provides the following new features for the Matrox CompressHD:

NewTek iVGA™ for Apple® OS X

NewTek is pleased to announce that NewTek iVGA™ for Apple® OS X, is now available. This new version of iVGA supports Apple OS X up to 10.6 (Snow Leopard), in both 32 and 64 Bit. It provides the ability to deliver graphics and content (including Keynote®), to your TriCaster™ or VT[5]™, using a Mac® computer over the network, as a switcher input.

To access the new version of iVGA for Apple OS X, log in to your personal registration page at http://register.newtek.com, from your computer. Click on My Downloads at the top of the page, and download the application.

Download your free iVGA for Apple OS X: http://register.newtek.com

Thank you.

The latest update for EDIUS NLE software, version 5.50, is now available as a free download from www.grassvalley.com.

This update contains bug fixes, and is an official localized version.

To download this update, follow this link to log into the Web site and view your list of Desktop Product-related downloads. From there, you should see ‘EDIUS v5′ from the list (requires registration for it to appear). Choose this product.

Scroll down to the ‘Updates’ section and the v5.50 update will be there.

Note: This package can only upgrade an existing system. That is, you will need to have installed EDIUS v5.1x software. If you are installing on a fresh system, you will need to first install from your original CD-ROM/DVD-ROM, apply the v5.10 update and then apply this update. You will also need to have your security dongle inserted.

Important Note: This update provides Windows 7 compatibility. Users will need to refer to this guide for directions on how to install EDIUS v5 on Windows 7 systems.

Supported Hardware:

• IEEE 1394 FireWire controllers
• ADVC1394, ACEDVio
• EDIUS NX Series
• EDIUS SP Series
• EDIUS RX-E1 (SDI-based hardware)
• EDIUS Turnkey Systems
• HDSTORM Series
• HDSPARK Series
• HDTHUNDER

New features added in this version (from v5.12)

• Support to run on Windows 7 (32/64bit). Note: You cannot upgrade your PC to Windows 7 if your editing machine is connected to an EDIUS Workgroup Server (EWGS) SAN system. If the machine is upgraded, your machine won’t be able to connect to the SAN, because the EWGS only supports Windows XP-based machines as editing clients. Also, if your machine is a Grass Valley EDIUS turnkey, you cannot upgrade the current OS (Windows XP) to Windows 7, as this will void the warranty

• AVCHD native editing. EDIUS 5.50 has a new AVCHD engine. By this, you can place an AVCHD clip onto the timeline without the need for conversion to HQ for real-time editing. No optional hardware/software required to get this function. Note: Real-time editing performance will depend on CPU performance. A general performance guide is as follows:
  • Intel Core i7: provides real-time editing with three 1920×1080 streams
  • Intel Core2 Quad: provides real-time editing with one 1920×1080 stream
  • Intel Core2 Duo: provides real-time editing with one 1440×1080 stream

• Added support for color space of CANON EOS Movie files

Issues fixed in this version (from v5.12)

• Fixed issue with drastically changing color when loading certain QuickTime movie (H.264) files
• Fixed issue with lip-sync alignment when converting certain clips that had the frame rate changed
• Fixed issue with error (access violation) when performing certain operations on Player window
• Fixed issue with evaluating certain color space when using vectorscope / waveform
• Fixed issue with region filter where the rendering got cancelled in areas where the filter is not applied
• Fixed issue with timeline operation when clicking the monitor window while changing the border color in 2D transitions
• Fixed issue with stopping MPEG conversion while batch exporting
• Fixed issue with bitrate being set to 0.0 Mbps under certain conditions when using Disc Burner
• Fixed issue with writing data to BD-R when using Disc Burner with Pioneer BDR-S05
• Fixed issue with sync alignment of video and audio in certain files imported with K2 Connect
• Fixed issue with loading certain GXF files with K2 Connect
• Fixed issue with placing certain files on the timeline when loading MXF files with K2 Connect
• Fixed issue with access violation when updating overlay
• Fixed issue with the display settings of the timecode being ignored when outputting MXF files via XRE

Click here to view the readme for EDIUS v5.50.