Using a Matrox MXO with BoinxTV

0. Prerequisites
The Matrox MXO comes with various cables to connect to your computer. Please
follow these steps to generate a SDI signal out of BoinxTV.

• Connect the MXOs DVI cable to the

secondary output of your graphics card

• Now connect the USB cable to your

computer

• Unplug the audio plug from your

computer and plug in the audio
connector from the MXO, then connect
the previously used plug and the MXO
stereo jack

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• Connect a SDI display to the MXOs SDI output

• In the end, connect a secondary DVI

display to the DVi output of the MXO

• Now install the Matrox MXO software

(this document describes version 2.1.3).

1. NTSC
There are two options to have NTSC output with MXO. Both should roughly
provide the same result.

1.1 Fullscreen display

1. For fullscreen display you

need to set up your
secondary display
(connected to MXO) to a
resolution of 640 by 480
pixels. Open System
Preferences, switch to
Displays, select the
window titled Matrox MXO
and choose 640 x 480 from the list of resolutions. The refresh rate should
automatically change to 59.9 Hz.
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2. Next, set up the MXO.

In System
Preferences switch to
Matrox MXO. Click
the tab Presentation.
Select NTSC
(620x486) - 29.97
fps from Output
desktop as: and
make sure that
Region of interest is
switched o!.

3. Configure BoinxTV. In
BoinxTV, open
BoinxTV >
Preferences. Select
the Fullscreen page,
click the secondary
screen (the one
without menu bar)
and select 640 x 480
as resolution. Color
and Refresh Rate
should be OK.

4. To start getting fullscreen NTSC output on MXO toggle fullscreen inside

BoinxTV.

1.2 Window display

1. Set up your secondary

display (connected to
MXO) to it's native
resolution. Open
System Preferences,
switch to Displays,

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select the window titled Matrox MXO and choose the native resolution of
your display, e.g., 1920 x 1200 for a 23" Apple Cinema Display, from the
list of resolutions. The refresh rate should automatically change to 59.9 Hz.

2. Next, set up the MXO. In System

Preferences switch to Matrox
MXO. Click the tab Presentation.
Select NTSC (720x486) - 29.97
fps from Output desktop as: and
make sure that Region of interest
is switched on.

3. Click the Setup button and place

the region of interest somewhere
reasonable on the screen. Select
"Show region". Choose 640x480
(NTSC) from the size drop down
menu.

4. Set up BoinxTV. In
BoinxTV, open the live
preview window and
align the preview to
exactly match the
region of interest set
in MXO.

5. Now you should be

getting NTSC output
on MXO with your
BoinxTV signal.

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2. PAL
There are two options to have PAL output with MXO, but only the later one gives
you exactly 100% display.

2.1 Fullscreen display

1. For fullscreen display you need to set up your secondary display (connected
to MXO) to a resolution as close as possible to PAL resolution (768 x 576
pixels). On most
systems that will be
800 by 600 pixels.
Open System
Preferences, switch
to Displays, select
the window titled
Matrox MXO and
choose 800 x 600
from the list of
resolutions. The
refresh rate should
automatically adopt.

2. Next, set up the MXO.

In System Preferences
switch to Matrox
MXO. Click the tab
Presentation. Select
PAL (720x576) - 25
fps from Output
desktop as: and make
sure that Region of
interest is switched
o!.

3. Configure BoinxTV. In
BoinxTV, open
BoinxTV >
Preferences. Select
the Fullscreen page,
click the secondary
screen (the one without menu bar) and select 800 x 600 as resolution.
Color and Refresh Rate should be OK.

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4. To start getting fullscreen NTSC output on MXO toggle fullscreen inside

BoinxTV. As the resolutions do not match exactly the output will be slightly
scaled. Therefore the second options is the recommended one to get exact
1:1 output.

2.2 Window display (recommended) ¶

1. Set up your
secondary display
(connected to MXO)
to it's native
resolution. Open
System
Preferences, switch
to Displays, select
the window titled
Matrox MXO and
choose the native
resolution of your
display, e.g., 1920 x
1200 for a 23" Apple Cinema Display, from the list of resolutions. The
refresh rate should automatically change.

2. Next, set up the MXO. In System Preferences switch to Matrox MXO. Click
the tab
Presentation. Select
PAL (720x576) - 25
fps from Output
desktop as: and
make sure that
Region of interest
is switched on.

3. Click the Setup

button and place the
region of interest
somewhere
reasonable on the
screen. Select "Show
region". Choose
768x576 (PAL) from
the size drop down
menu.

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4. Set up BoinxTV. In
BoinxTV, open the
live preview window
and align the preview
to exactly match the
region of interest set
in MXO.

5. Now you should be

getting PAL output on
MXO with your
BoinxTV signal.

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