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Matrox RT Readme

September 10, 2001

This document explains fixes and operational limitations applicable to Matrox RT2000 and Matrox RT2500 with Matrox Video Tools version 3.1 and associated third-party programs. For a list of new features and other important information about this release, see your Matrox RT Release Notes. 

Notes  

  • In this document, "Matrox RT" refers to both Matrox RT2000 and Matrox RT2500, unless otherwise indicated.

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Contents

Fixes in Matrox Video Tools 3.1

Operational limitations

Adobe Premiere and Matrox realtime plug-in

DV-1394 devices with Adobe Premiere

DVDit! LE and other DVD authoring programs

Installation and general operation

Matrox File Converter

Matrox MediaTools

Matrox Video Player

MetaCreations Bryce 4 program

 

Fixes in Matrox Video Tools 3.1

Matrox Video Tools 3.1 contains several new features, as well as the following fixes from Matrox Video Tools 3.0 Service Pack 1: 

  • Some compatibility issues have been resolved for using an RT2500 in an Intel® Pentium® 4 system. For more information, please see the RT2500 System Recommendations section of our support web site at: http://www.matrox.com/videoweb/support (Ref# 23173)
  • Adjusting Premiere's Master volume level control now gives you the desired results. (Ref# 23335)
  • The problem of red pixels appearing when applying a Matrox 2D/3D DVE with rotation has been fixed. (Ref# 23345)
  • The problem of black lines appearing when applying a Matrox particle or page curl effect has been fixed. (Ref# 23346 & 23806)
  • The problem of a pink edge appearing on a clip with a Matrox distortion effect has been fixed. (Ref# 23805)
  • Premiere's J, K, and L keyboard shortcuts for previewing clips are now supported on dual-processor systems. (Ref# 23347)
  • Improvements have been made to exports, so that false disk full errors no longer occur when you do any of the following:
    • Export a Timeline with non-realtime software effects, such as any of Adobe Premiere's video effects. (Ref# 23398)
    • Perform consecutive exports. (Ref# 23450)
  • When performing a long scan of a tape containing a lot of clips, MediaTools no longer crashes. (Ref# 23377)
  • The problem of decreased volume occurring when switching between Premiere and other programs has been corrected. (Ref# 23380)
  • A .tga file with an alpha channel key applied to it will no longer produce a white outline. (Ref# 23400)
  • You will now see the same result when applying a Reverse setting on an Adobe Premiere transition, whether you have applied the transition as realtime or non-realtime. (Ref# 23477)
  • The delay has been reduced when pressing ESC to stop an S-Video capture in Adobe Premiere. (Ref# 23526)
  • The Matrox realtime plug-in has been improved to reduce slow downs or freezes in Premiere. If you still notice sluggish behavior on a long Premiere Timeline with many keyframed Matrox effects, you can try reducing the number of undo levels in Premiere to 2 or less. To do this, choose Edit > Preferences > Auto Save and Undo > History/Undo Levels. You'll have to restart Premiere for your change to take effect. (Ref# 23531) 
  • The problem of the Matrox realtime plug-in falsely reporting an error of no tape present in a DV-1394 device has been corrected. You now receive a message to verify that a tape is present, and you can press OK to continue. (Ref# 23564)
  • Changing any of the color space conversion options for the Matrox Video for Windows codecs while running Premiere won't cause Premiere and Control Panel to hang. (Ref# 23375 & 23778)
  • The problem of organic wipes being corrupted in Premiere if the source .tga files were stored on a RAID controller (such as a HighPoint controller) has been corrected. (Ref# 23822)
  • Premiere's Movie Capture window no longer displays seeking while recording during a capture. (Ref# 23863)
  • Performing a close-ended analog capture with Matrox DV Device Control in Premiere will now result in a successful capture. (Ref# 23881)
  • The problem of black lines appearing when applying crop settings has been fixed. (Ref# 23211)
  • The intermittent problem of black flashes appearing when playing a project from the Premiere Timeline on certain systems has been fixed. (Ref# 23851 & 23957)
  • You are now able to record material over the 1394 interface with some older DV-1394 devices, such as the Sony DHR-1000. (Ref# 23453)
  • Out of sync captures of unlocked audio from certain devices (such as the Sony TRV-900) no longer occur. (Ref# 23498)
  • When using Matrox MediaTools, the problem of no video in the Preview Window while performing a Scan/Capture has been fixed. (Ref# 23862)
  • The problem of lost audio while scrubbing the Timeline on a PAL system has been fixed. (Ref# 23908)
  • The delay has been reduced when performing a scrub on the Premiere Timeline after having previously performed a render-scrub (that is, previewing applied effects by pressing Alt as you drag the edit line in the time ruler). (Ref# 24056)
  • Saving a Premiere project to a sub-folder on your video drive no longer produces a file in use error. (Ref# 24066)
  • The delay has been reduced when clearing the Enable video preview during export option in the Matrox General Settings dialog box. (Ref# 24133)
  • After trimming a project, the image quality of the new project has been improved. (Ref# 24078)
  • The problem of your audio being muted in Premiere after installing a preview (beta) release of Service Pack 1 for Matrox Video Tools version 3.0 has been fixed. (Ref# 24003)
  • An Adobe Premiere fade applied to a clip with a Matrox effect no longer causes distortion. (Ref# 24243)
  • Shadows applied to a Matrox 2D/3D DVE effect are now displayed proportionally on the edges of your clip. (Ref# 24051)
  • Choosing the Dud effect when creating a Matrox colorization effect no longer results in unwanted brightness in your clip.
  • The following issues with the Sony DHR-1000 (PAL) device have been addressed:
    • Problems of lost communication while working in MediaTools and Adobe Premiere have been reduced. (Ref# 23944 & 23952)
    • Problems of failed batch captures and the loss of the Movie Capture window have been reduced. (Ref# 24582)
  • Various problems with exports to DV format, such as artifacts or repeated and missing frames causing jerky video, have been fixed. (Ref# 24361, 23934, 24320, 24171)
  • Editing and playing back Inscriber .icg rolls no longer generates corrupted files. (Ref# 24190)
  • The intermittent problem of Premiere shutting down when dragging a newly captured clip to the Timeline has been fixed. (Ref# 23225)
  • Performing an MPEG-2 export in Premiere of a Timeline in which portions have been cut out, no longer results in a "file not found" error or in the export freezing and not completing successfully. (Ref# 24378 & 24524)
  • The ATI Radeon VE display card has been approved for use with the RT2500 using Windows Me. As always, be sure to check the individual compatibility details for the motherboard or system of your choice to see which display cards were tested with it, as well as to read about any known issues. Please see the "RT2500 System Recommendations" section of our support web site at: http://www.matrox.com/videoweb/support (Ref# 24269)
  • The intermittent problem of Premiere not responding during a batch capture on certain systems, such as an Abit VP6 motherboard with a Via Apollo Pro 133A chipset, has been fixed. (Ref# 24076)
  • The latest version of DVDit! LE addresses stability problems that some users were experiencing on  Windows 2000 dual-processor systems. To download this version of DVDit! LE, see the Software Updates section of our support web site at: http://www.matrox.com/videoweb/support  

Operational limitations

Please be aware of the following limitations applicable to using Matrox RT hardware and software provided with Matrox Video Tools version 3.1:

Adobe Premiere and Matrox realtime plug-in

  • Serious errors can occur in Premiere when capturing or exporting, if your video drive is nearly full. To avoid these errors, make sure you have adequate space on your video drive before starting a capture or export to file.
  • When exporting to tape on certain systems, you may see gray and white blocks in your exported clips. (Ref# 24747)
  • On some PAL systems, there may be a loss of audio during a looped playback of a Premiere Timeline. (Ref# 24427)
  • Batch capturing a number of DVCPRO PAL clips in Premiere may result in corrupted files. Capturing a single clip in Premiere, or using MediaTools for your batch captures, though, will work correctly. (Ref# 24801)
  • Using Premiere’s Batch Processing utility to convert graphics files to .avi files may result in Premiere crashing. (Ref# 24727)
  • You may receive a false disk full error in Premiere when exporting to MPEG-2 I-frame format. (Ref# 24740 & 24799)
  • If you run out of disk space while exporting a project, you won’t see a message warning that the disk is full. Be sure you have enough free disk space before initiating an export. You must have at least 50 MB free on your A/V drive after the export is completed.
  • When exporting a project to an .avi file, you may see a disk full error message. If this occurs, try defragmenting your system and A/V drives and then repeat the export.
  • If you change your screen resolution while Adobe Premiere is running, you’ll experience problems with your analog output from the breakout box. We recommend you keep your screen resolution at 1024×768. If you do change it, be sure you quit Premiere.
  • If you notice sluggish behavior on a long Premiere Timeline with many keyframed Matrox effects, you can try reducing the number of undo levels in Premiere to 2 or less. To do this, choose Edit > Preferences > Auto Save and Undo > History/Undo Levels. You'll have to restart Premiere for your change to take effect. Adding more memory (RAM) to your system may let you use more undo levels in Premiere. (Ref# 23531)
  • Before performing an export to file in Premiere, always make sure you have enough disk space for your exported project. If you have low disk space during an export, Premiere can become unstable or freeze. To avoid this problem, specify a high Low Disk Space Warning Level (such as 100000K), thus enabling you 
    to delete files when warned, and be able to resume the export successfully. To do so, choose Edit > Preferences > General and Still Image > Low Disk Space Warning Level. (Ref# 23249)
  • Premiere's Print to Video feature is not supported for the Storyboard window.
  • When performing an Adobe Premiere export to tape with video and audio, you may notice a stuttering sound at the end of your export. To avoid this problem, extend the work area bar beyond the end of your Timeline by at least two frames.
  • On RT2500, when you select a Matrox project preset that uses an analog input, the default proc amp settings will need to be adjusted for your incoming analog video signal. Choose Project > Project Settings > Capture > Proc Amps, and click the Def (Default) button for Hue, Chroma, Level, and Setup. You can then save your new preset by clicking Save in the Project Settings dialog box. (Ref# 21795)
  • When exporting your project using Ligos LSX-MPEG LE for Adobe Premiere or another software codec, the export may sometimes be very slow. If this happens, try restarting your computer and redoing the export. (Ref# 23468)
  • If you’re using a RAID controller, such as a Promise FastTrak 66, that has a system monitoring utility, you may notice some Timeline sluggishness or capture freezes in Adobe Premiere. If the system monitoring utility is active on the Windows taskbar, you should disable this utility to lower PCI bus utilization.
  • When you import 16:9 (widescreen) clips into your Matrox RT project, your clips are recognized as standard 4:3 clips in Adobe Premiere, even if you set the correct pixel aspect ratio for your project. This means that your 16:9 clips will appear with an incorrect pixel aspect ratio in the Project window, and display with incorrect proportions in the Source side of the Monitor window. Your clips, however, will be processed and output correctly when you export to file or print to tape, assuming you set the Editing Aspect Ratio for your project to 16:9 (choose Project > Project Settings > General > Advanced Settings). (Ref# 23442)
  • If you move another window over the Movie Capture window while it is playing video, the Movie Capture window may become unstable, and take a few seconds to refresh. (Ref# 23250)
  • When using the J key for reverse playback on a Timeline, if playback reaches the beginning of the Timeline, the contents of the audio buffer will continue to loop.
  • Matrox DV Device Control can be used when capturing or recording material over the 1394 interface, and also when capturing the analog input from your DV-1394 device, such as the composite input. When you select a Matrox DV preset for DV-1394 input, Matrox DV Device Control is automatically set for you. If you later change your capture settings or project preset to perform an analog capture that is not from your DV-1394 device (such as to capture from a composite or S-Video deck), make sure you set Device Control to None by choosing Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks and Device Control.
  • When using Premiere’s Lens Distortion video effect, the Fill color selected in Lens Distortion Settings appears as black in preview and output.
  • When using a Matrox Video for Windows (VFW) codec to export your Premiere project, and you export video and audio together, the resulting .avi file will have embedded audio, and therefore not play back in real time in Premiere. As a workaround, you could export your video and audio separately, or use the Matrox File Converter to convert your exported files. (Ref# 23257)
  • When editing in 16:9 aspect ratio, certain pre-created Matrox organic wipes may appear distorted. For example, circular wipes appear elongated.
  • Using Premiere's Next Edit and Previous Edit buttons to change the Program view in the Monitor window may not display the desired results. (Ref# 23623)
  • When first starting Premiere, if you select Custom in the Load Project Settings dialog box to enter your project settings, you may notice some areas grayed out. To avoid this problem, use one of the available Matrox presets. (Ref# 22531)
  • The Preview From RAM option in the Keyframe and Rendering section of the Project Settings dialog box is not supported when editing on your Matrox RT system. (Ref# 22153)
  • Using Premiere's Project Trimmer on a project containing Inscriber .icg files will result in empty .icg files in the copied project. (Ref# 21596)
  • Premiere's Play faster command (pressing ~ or L more than once) will not work if Premiere's Audio Mixer is open. (Ref# 22873)
  • If you apply transform settings to a page curl transition and add a software effect, the transform settings will be applied to all the layers, instead of only to the layer that's curling. The same problem occurs if you use a virtual clip that represents a page curl transition with transform settings for which any of the page curl's sources is another virtual clip that is not opaque or not full-screen. As a workaround, apply the page curl as a video effect instead of a transition. You could also export the clip to which you've applied a software effect to an .avi file, then use your exported clip as the source for your page curl transition. (Ref# 23031)
  • If you are using a SECAM input with a Matrox project preset, your proc amp settings will need to be adjusted for your incoming analog video signal. Choose Project > Project Settings > Capture > Proc Amps, and click the Default (Def) button for Hue, Chroma, Level, and Setup. (Ref# 23053)
  • Performing a speed change in Premiere can result in lost audio and the inability to perform a looped playback when you play back your clip from the Clip or Source Window. When playing back from the Timeline, however, the audio plays correctly. (Ref# 21432 & 23028)
  • When you place clips onto the Timeline, they make take considerably longer to display in the Monitor window if your video drive is fragmented. Make sure you defragment your drives regularly (at least once a month). (Ref# 21333)
  • When using an Editing Mode other than Matrox RT in Adobe Premiere, you won't be able to use Matrox effects, even though they are listed as available in the Transitions palette and the Video effects palette. (Ref# 21119)
  • If you create a virtual clip in Adobe Premiere consisting of two video layers and a transition, your virtual clip will not play back in real time if you place it on Video 2 or higher, and add an Alpha Channel key. (Ref# 20862)
  • Starting a capture in Adobe Premiere while your device is in Fast Forward or Rewind mode can result in artifacts in your captured file, or Premiere becoming unstable. Always stop forwarding or rewinding before starting a capture. (Ref# 20535)
  • If you choose to replace a missing clip when you open an Adobe Premiere project, make sure the replacement clip is the same length or longer than the original clip. If you replace a missing clip with a shorter clip, a corruption will be reported and your project won't load properly. (Ref# 21170)
  • If you want to capture audio using a program other than Adobe Premiere, such as Windows Sound Recorder, you must disconnect your source device’s audio outputs from the RT2000 breakout box or the RT2500 breakout cable, and connect them to the inputs on your sound card. Before capturing audio with Adobe Premiere, remember to reconnect your audio outputs to the breakout box or cable. (Ref# 18591)
  • If you apply a garbage matte or split screen effect to a .tga clip placed on a superimpose track in Adobe Premiere (that is, you adjusted the handles in the Sample Area of the Transparency Settings dialog box), the effect will be ignored by the Matrox realtime plug-in. To get around this problem, use your graphics application to save your .tga file as a .bmp file, then apply the garbage matte or split screen effect to your .bmp clip. You’ll need to render the effect to see the result.
  • To obtain realtime playback of single-frame TGA files in Adobe Premiere, your files must be full-screen resolution (720x480 on an NTSC system, or 720x576 on a PAL system). If you have the option of saving your TGA as compressed or uncompressed, make sure that you select the uncompressed option. (Ref# 17559)
  • Full-screen MS-DOS windows (DOS shells) are not supported. If you do open a full-screen MS-DOS window, you won't be able to start Adobe Premiere until you restart your computer. However, MS-DOS windows that are not full-screen are supported. (Ref# 17758)
  • If immediately after starting Adobe Premiere you try to quit the program by clicking the X at the top right corner of the Adobe Premiere dialog box, Premiere will crash. (Ref# 17865)
  • On a PAL system, the Adobe Premiere Backwards filter as well as a -100% New Rate (Clip Speed) causes field inversion of the clip. (Ref# 17890)
  • With the color palette set to 256 Colors, High Color (16 bit), or True Color (32 bit), shapes without a drop shadow created with the Adobe Premiere titler may produce artifacts when played back. To help avoid this problem, you should add a drop shadow to your shapes. (Ref# 18040)
  • If you're using Matrox Infinite Capture and you capture a video clip that is longer than 2 GB, numerous .avi files are created. If you right-click any of these .avi files in Windows Explorer and choose Properties, the correct duration of the clip will not be displayed. (Ref# 17887)
  • While playing back clips, frames will be dropped if you move your mouse over any Windows button that pops up a tool tip, such as the Minimize, Restore, and Close buttons in the top right corner of a window. (Ref# 17901)
  • Static 2D/3D DVEs are not suitable for use as transitions. For example, the static effects listed in the 2D DVE PiP Effects folder do not switch from one source to another. Such effects are designed to be applied as video effects only, and should not be used as transitions. (Ref# 18092)
  • Errors on your video drive (such as lost clusters that take up unreported disk space or a fragmented drive) could cause problems when you capture or export clips in Adobe Premiere. For example, if while capturing or exporting a clip you run out of disk space due to lost clusters, you won't be able to save your clip, and Adobe Premiere may become unstable. To avoid these problems, defragment your video drive frequently, and make sure your drive does not have any errors. (Ref# 18363)
  • If you apply Matrox effects to a video clip that was created using a non-Matrox Video for Windows software codec, such as the Cinepak codec, the effects may not render correctly. To get around this problem, export your Video for Windows clip to an .avi file using the Matrox codec that matches the compression format of your Timeline, such as the Matrox DV/DVCAM codec, then replace the clip in your project with the exported .avi file. The clip will now play back in real time, and you can apply the Matrox effects you want on it. (Ref# 18288)
  • If you move a video clip from the Video 1 track in Adobe Premiere to a superimpose track for the purpose of applying a Matrox video effect to the clip, you'll have to apply an Alpha Channel key to the clip in order to see the underlying clip in your effect. You will NOT have to do this for video clips placed directly on a superimpose track.
  • If you have cropping settings applied to your project in the Matrox General Settings dialog box in Adobe Premiere (Project > Project Settings > General > Advanced Settings), make sure you apply the SAME cropping settings when you export clips from the Timeline on Matrox RT. If your Matrox project and export cropping settings don't match, incorrect cropping will be applied to your Timeline immediately after completing the export. To restore the correct settings, save your project and then quit and restart Premiere. (Ref# 18495)
  • If you add a numbered marker to a clip, you'll see the marker number on the clip in the Timeline, but not in the display of the clip in the Monitor window or Clip window. (Ref# 18036) 

DV-1394 devices with Adobe Premiere

  • If your video drive is nearly full (less than 500 MB free), DV-1394 captures in Premiere can result in jerky video on your NTSC or PAL video monitor. To avoid this problem, make sure you have adequate space on your video drive before starting a capture. (Ref# 20609)
  • On some systems running Windows 2000, when using DV-1394 device control in Adobe Premiere to perform an analog capture from a batch capture list containing many clips, Premiere may crash or Windows may automatically restart. (Ref# 23364) 
  • If you type a timecode in the timecode field of the Movie Capture window to cue to that timecode, the timecode display will not update while your DV device is cueing.
  • When using DV-1394 device control on a Windows 2000 system, holding down your mouse on Premiere's Frame Advance or Frame Reverse button will not continuously advance or reverse your DV device. Instead, use the keyboard shortcuts for accurate frame advance and frame reverse.
  • The DV-1394 device control does not support the Slow Play or Reverse Slow Play commands. (Ref# 23046)
  • When performing a DV-1394 Movie Capture, your clip may freeze in the Movie Capture window and also on your NTSC or PAL video monitor. This has no effect on your captured clip. (Ref# 20883)
  • When performing a DV-1394 batch capture, you may lose the video display in the Movie Capture window. The display will resume at the start of the next clip in the batch list. (Ref# 21026)
  • When using DV-1394 device control to perform an analog batch capture, you may find that your captured clips are off by a number of frames. To compensate for the difference, you can try to manually adjust the Timecode offset in the Capture Settings dialog box. See your Adobe Premiere User Guide for more information. (Ref# 21355)
  • If your DV-1394 device is in Stop or Pause mode when you start an open-ended capture, the beginning of your captured file may have repeated audio and video frames. Make sure to start your captures from Play mode. (Ref# 21171 & 20911)
  • When using the go to time code feature of Adobe Premiere's Movie Capture window, typing a number higher than the last frame on your tape will not cue to the end of your tape. (Ref# 17998)
  • The DV-1394 device control does not support the "J" keyboard shortcut for reverse play. Instead, use the shuttle slider for reverse play. (Ref# 18028)
  • When using DV-1394 device control, backward shuttle of a tape will not work if you're at the end of the tape. You can rewind for a few seconds and then use the backward shuttle feature. (Ref# 17211)

DVDit! LE and other DVD authoring programs

  • When using the Remote Control in DVDit! LE to simulate the playback of your DVD title, you'll see the video on your NTSC or PAL monitor, but not the graphics (that is, backgrounds, buttons, etc.). However, you'll see both video and graphics in the simulation on your computer screen.
  • When you import a Matrox MPEG-2 IBP file into a DVD authoring program, the warning message No Sequence End Code Was Found may be displayed. You can ignore this message, as your file will work correctly. (Ref# 22142) 
  • When using the Remote Control in DVDit! LE to play back a project, the video may flash for a few seconds at the start of the playback. This problem will not affect your finished DVD project.
  • When playing back a clip from the DVDit! LE timeline, the Play button is no longer available once playback reaches the end of the clip.
  • Opening Adobe Premiere and DVDit! at the same time can result in your system becoming unstable, forcing you to restart your computer. (Ref# 21397)
  • After installing DVDit! LE, a fatal exception or system hang may occur on some systems when you restart Windows 98 SE or Windows Me. The fatal exception will sometimes refer to SCSI1HLP.VXD. A system hang will normally occur at the final stage of the Windows startup. This occurs because Windows has a limit of seven virtual device drivers that can be loaded simultaneously for an I/O (Input/Output) chain. Windows takes four of these slots, and DVDit! uses one slot. Depending on other devices loaded on your system, the limit of seven can therefore be exceeded. The SCSI1HLP.VXD file is a standard Windows file used to communicate with some very old SCSI-1 devices. Renaming SCSI1HLP.VXD by adding a different extension (such as SCSI1HLP.VXD.OLD) and restarting Windows will usually allow all CD devices, and most SCSI devices, to work. SCSI1HLP.VXD is located in your Windows\System\IOSUBSYS directory.

Installation and general operation

  • If Windows Explorer is open when installing Matrox Video Tools, the installation program may be hidden behind Explorer. To avoid this problem, make sure Windows Explorer, as well as all other Windows programs, are closed during the Matrox Video Tools installation. (Ref# 21279)
  • When you install Adobe Premiere 6.0, either perform a Typical install, or if you choose to perform a Custom install, make sure that you leave Adobe Online selected. This will avoid problems when you later install Inscriber TitleExpress from your TitleExpress CD. (Ref# 23387)
  • The shortcut arrow on icons may be corrupted after installing Matrox Video Tools on a Windows 2000 computer. Several third-party utilities can restore your icons, as can the Microsoft utility, Tweak UI, available from the Microsoft web site at www.microsoft.com
  • If you want to access files over a network on your Matrox RT system, you must first map your network drives. You can do this using the Map Network Drive command in Windows Explorer. (Ref# 17567) 
  • Deleting the Matrox RT device drivers from the Device Manager dialog box in Windows Control Panel and then removing Matrox Video Tools will cause your system to crash. If you want to delete your Matrox RT device drivers, remove Matrox Video Tools first. (Ref# 17354) 
  • Do not create multiple partitions on your A/V drives. Make sure you have only one partition per A/V drive. (Ref# 18095) 
  • When restarting your computer, if your audio inputs and outputs are connected to the RT2000 breakout box or the RT2500 breakout cable, you may hear audio through the breakout box or cable to your output device. (Ref# 18091)

Matrox File Converter

  • To avoid the problem of an incomplete file conversion when using the Matrox File Converter with the conversion type MPEG-2 IBP + WAV --> MPEG-2 Program, make sure you specify the correct Audio Source Folder for your .wav file. (Ref# 23407)

Matrox MediaTools

  • When performing a Scan/Capture in MediaTools on some DVCAM devices, you may notice that the first frame of a clip is the same as the last frame of the previous clip.
  • In MediaTools, if you perform a capture when your DV-1394 device is already playing a tape, the time code display may freeze even though the tape is still playing. This does not have any effect on the capture itself. (Ref# 24718)
  • If you perform a capture without specified In and Out points, the clip list may display the incorrect In point and duration for your clip. Your captured clip, however, will have the correct duration. (Ref# 23281)

Matrox Video Player

  • The Matrox Video Player does not support .avi files greater than 2 gigabytes (GB). (Ref# 22839)

MetaCreations Bryce 4 program

  • Rendering to a Matrox Video for Windows codec using the MetaCreations Bryce 4 program causes Bryce 4 to crash. (Ref# 18270)

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