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Matrox MCHD CompressHD Professional Accelerator card
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Matrox CompressHD Professional Accelerator Card with Matrox MAX, for Mac & Windows

SKU: VDMRMCHD MFR: MCHD
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About this item

If you're a professional content creator delivering H.264 files for Blu-ray, the web and mobile devices, you need a fast, flexible, high quality encoding workhorse. Matrox CompressHD is the first implementation of Matrox MAX technology in an amazingly affordable H.264 accelerator card. It lets you create H.264 files, for resolutions ranging from iPod to HD, faster than real time.

It works in systems with or without a video I/O device and extends the life of your current system investment, giving you the power you need to deliver today's premium H.264 formats faster than ever. This low profile, half-length PCIe x1 card fits into Mac Pros, Intel-based Apple Xserve systems and PCs. Get yourself a Matrox CompressHD card and deliver your projects in a fraction of the time!

What's Included With This Item

  • Matrox Max
  • Matrox 3 Years Hardware Warranty

Key Features

  • Faster than realtime creation of H.264 files, for resolutions ranging from iPod to HD, at bitrates up to 50 Mbps using Matrox MAX technology
  • Works in systems with or without a video I/O device to enhance your delivery workflow
  • Extends the life of your current system investment, giving you the power you need to deliver today's premium H.264 formats faster than ever
  • Low profile, half-length PCIe x1 card
  • Works in systems with Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.6 or higher, Windows XP (32-bit) and Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit)
  • A specialized, dedicated hardware processor liberates system resources for other tasks
  • Accelerated encoding for Blu-ray, PS3, Apple TV, YouTube, Flash, web formats and mobile devices including iPhone and iPod from various video sources including 2K files
  • Direct integration with Apple Compressor on the Mac and Adobe Media Encoder on the PC to simplify workflow
  • Support for Apple Qmaster to take advantage of multiple systems with a Matrox MAX processing engine for distributed encoding across a network
  • Baseline and main profile encoding algorithms
  • CABAC entropy encoding for high quality
  • CAVLC entropy encoding for mobile devices
  • High quality scaling with de-interlacing
  • Color space conversions - HD to SD, SD to HD, RGB to YUV
  • GOP structure controls
  • Bitrate controls from 100 Kbps to 50 Mbps

Technical Specs

Slot Required PCIe x1 slot
System Requirements - Mac Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.6 or higher and Apple Compressor or applications that support the QuickTime codec component such as Final Cut Pro and QuickTime.
System Requirements - Win Windows XP (32-bit) and Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit)
Warranty Matrox 3 years hardware warranty