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Jay Sidhu · February 11th, 2004, 12:30 PM

Has anyone been able to confirm if the QuickStream DV Hard Disk recorder for MCE Technologies is able to record in a codec that Matrox RTX100 Extreme will understand. I don't want to waste time converting from one format to another. I want to copy the footage to my main hard drive and edit right away using Matrox real-time effects.

Thanks

Jay

Mark Williams · February 11th, 2004, 02:35 PM

Jay,

I have tried several times to get the answer to this and several other questions regarding compability with Matrox Rt2500. Guess what? Absolutely no response from MCE. Several members over in the Matrox forum also asked but no response. The best I can figure is you are taking a big chance on whether your can convert the captured file format on the MCE drive to something matrox will read. I was really excited about this product until MCE blew me off, so now I'll look elsewhere. Maybe you will have better luck.

Regards,

Mark

Jay Sidhu · February 11th, 2004, 05:16 PM

Hi Mark,

I also called MCE to get some information regarding Matrox compatibility. The guy kept saying it does AVI Type 2. That does not mean Matrox will see it as its native DV format. I'm going to hold off on this purchase and wait unless someone can confirm 100% compatibility.

Jay

Ed Smith · February 13th, 2004, 02:17 PM

Matrox uses its own codec (wrap around) and so i'm pretty certain it will not work with the RTX 100 in realtime. You still should be able to import the footage into premiere but obviously you would need to render everything.

The RTX 100 uses interleaved DV footage (i.e. the audio is encoded into the video stream) but the RT2500 and below do not use interleaved.

Hope this helps,

Ed

February 11th, 2004, 12:30 PM	#1
Jay Sidhu Tourist Join Date: May 2003 Location: Toronto Ontario Posts: 2	QuickStream DV and Matrox Has anyone been able to confirm if the QuickStream DV Hard Disk recorder for MCE Technologies is able to record in a codec that Matrox RTX100 Extreme will understand. I don't want to waste time converting from one format to another. I want to copy the footage to my main hard drive and edit right away using Matrox real-time effects. Thanks Jay

February 13th, 2004, 02:17 PM	#4
Ed Smith Wrangler Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hampshire, England Posts: 1,545	Matrox uses its own codec (wrap around) and so i'm pretty certain it will not work with the RTX 100 in realtime. You still should be able to import the footage into premiere but obviously you would need to render everything. The RTX 100 uses interleaved DV footage (i.e. the audio is encoded into the video stream) but the RT2500 and below do not use interleaved. Hope this helps, Ed __________________ Ed Smith Hampshire, UK Good things come to those who wait My Skiing web www.Frostytour.co.uk For quick answers Search dvinfo.net \| The best in the business: dvinfo.net Sponsors

February 11th, 2004, 02:35 PM	#2
Mark Williams Trustee Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Deep South, U.S. Posts: 1,526	Jay, I have tried several times to get the answer to this and several other questions regarding compability with Matrox Rt2500. Guess what? Absolutely no response from MCE. Several members over in the Matrox forum also asked but no response. The best I can figure is you are taking a big chance on whether your can convert the captured file format on the MCE drive to something matrox will read. I was really excited about this product until MCE blew me off, so now I'll look elsewhere. Maybe you will have better luck. Regards, Mark

February 11th, 2004, 05:16 PM	#3
Jay Sidhu Tourist Join Date: May 2003 Location: Toronto Ontario Posts: 2	Hi Mark, I also called MCE to get some information regarding Matrox compatibility. The guy kept saying it does AVI Type 2. That does not mean Matrox will see it as its native DV format. I'm going to hold off on this purchase and wait unless someone can confirm 100% compatibility. Jay