[Michael Harrington]

Thank you, the name Matrox is a familiar one – a blast from the past for me. My x-company, Big Sky Post & Productions, purchased a D-Vision in the mid 90’s because of price point and we used it to show linear clientele the way to non-linear or at least non-linear off-line. Eventually bought a few Avids, Discreet Smoke, Flint, etc. and retired the linear bay. OF course now for less than 20K your in business with lots less wires.

The MX02 has just 2 channels Audio In, some of the work I do requires 4-Channel analog from Beta SP archival with split tracks, any work around? Using my 18-year old BVW-70, darn thing just keeps working. Also using DSR-80 with SDI and I see the MX02 has just 1 SDI in, is there a SDI A/B switch? Does the MXO2 require Gen Lock and does it have a black burst out for my Beta SP.

Michael Harrington
Mac Pro, Dual Quad-Core Intel Xeon 2.66 GHz, 12 GB, ATI Radeon HD 4870, 30-inch Cine Display, 4TB internal, 1.25TB Esata, FW 800 external drives, AJA Io, SOny Multiformat Broadcast Monitor, Mackie 1402 & Event 20/20 monitors.

[Michael Harrington]

Thanks for the info and I’ll continue my research in the meantime can you tell me if Matrox is the same company that use to sell the D-Vision edit system in the late 90’s?

Michael Harrington
Mac Pro, Dual Quad-Core Intel Xeon 2.66 GHz, 12 GB, ATI Radeon HD 4870, 30-inch Cine Display, 4TB internal, 1.25TB Esata, FW 800 external drives, AJA Io, SOny Multiformat Broadcast Monitor, Mackie 1402 & Event 20/20 monitors.

[Michael Harrington]

Thanks for the tips.

I thought I’d digitize via FW in Pro Res (not HQ), I understand the benefit of Raid 5 but not in the budget for now. I’ll add my 1.25GB ESATA via HDMI connection and FW800 drives as need.

Am I crazy?

Another problem I’ve encountered is importing the Sony MC-1 AVCHD, it does not play smoothly and appears to jump back to a previous frame every 15 frames. I can literally edit out the 1 frame each 15 frames and it plays smoothly.

I converted several AVCHD files while in the field on my Mac Intel Core Duo Laptop and those play just fine while the AVCHD files I convert on my Desk Top Intel via FCP Log and Transfer display the problem.

Michael Harrington