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  matrox m-peg 2 iframe codec for mac?

  Posted by Lauryn Lukin on October 30, 2014 at 4:04 am

  Hi, we have been using the matrox m-peg 2 iframe codec with great success on our pc machines. Does anyone know of similar codec for mac machines?

  Walter Soyka replied 11 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Kevin Camp

  October 30, 2014 at 11:00 pm

  you can get the read only version of the codec from matrox:

  https://www.matrox.com/video/en/support/mac/mpeg_2/downloads/softwares/4.2/

  Kevin Camp
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  Kevin Camp

  October 30, 2014 at 11:13 pm

  if you were looking for something to use across both platforms, i would choose either avid’s dnxhd codec or quicktime photo-jpeg at a high quality setting (90+).

  dnxhd is a constant bit rate codec, similar to matrox’s i-frame codec. photo-jpeg is variable bit rate.

  both have very good image quality, dnxhd is standard with newer adobe apps, photo-jpeg has been around forever and is a standard part of quicktime. you probably have both installed already.

  Kevin Camp
  Art Director
  KCPQ, KZJO & KRCW
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  Walter Soyka

  October 30, 2014 at 11:49 pm

  GoPro CineForm is another good cross-platform mezzanine codec, and the latest release of CC provides native CineForm MOV support.

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