If you need the functionality of an I/O card and the convenience of a rackmountable breakout box, you’ll find it all in Matrox MXO2 Rack.
This 2RU-sized device is built on the award-winning Matrox MXO2 technology. It’s designed for postproduction facilities, broadcast news operations, and OB vans where highly-reliable equipment, more audio inputs and outputs, and genlock loop through are required. Matrox MXO2 streamlines editing workflow with Apple Final Cut Studio on Mac Pros and MacBook Pros. It gives you broadcast-quality input/output via HDMI, SDI, and analog; professional audio input/output including built-in 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound monitoring; and HDMI video monitoring with calibration controls including blue-only. You also benefit from a wide variety of HD and SD workflows thanks to its 10-bit hardware up/down/cross scaling engine and support for a wealth of file-based formats and industry-standard codecs.

Key features

Works with Intel-based MacBook Pros, Mac Pros, and Apple Xserve systems
Rugged 2RU form factor
HD/SD SDI, HD/SD analog component, Y/C, and composite inputs and outputs
Genlock with loop through - SD analog black burst (bi-level) or HD tri-level sync
HDMI input, output, and monitoring with calibration controls including blue-only
10-bit realtime hardware up/down/cross conversion on capture and output
Up to five user selectable simultaneous video outputs - HD and/or SD on HDMI, SDI, and analog
Professional audio inputs and outputs including 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound monitoring
   - 4-in, 8-out balanced XLR
   - 4-in, 4-out unbalanced AES/EBU
   - 8-in, 8-out SDI and HDMI embedded
RS-422 machine control for frame-accurate capture and print-to-tape
Captures to a variety of codecs - Apple ProRes 422 HQ, 10-bit uncompressed HD, and many more
File-based workflow support – XDCAM, XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX, P2, P2HD
RED workflow support
HD-SDI closed captioning support
Works with Final Cut Pro, Apple Color, Adobe After Effects and all QuickTime applications that support the V-out component
Also available with Matrox MAX for faster than realtime H.264 encoding

Inputs

Video

SDI - HD/SD
Component - HD/SD - 10-bit
Y/C - 10-bit
Composite - 10-bit
HDMI - HD - 10-bit

Audio

4 XLR - stereo pair (balanced)
4 AES/EBU
SDI embedded - up to 8 channels
HDMI embedded - up to 8 channels

Outputs

Video

2 SDI - HD/SD
Component - HD/SD - 12-bit
Y/C - 12-bit
Composite - 12-bit
HDMI - HD/SD - 10-bit

Audio

8 XLR - stereo pair (balanced)
4 AES/EBU
SDI embedded - up to 8 channels
HDMI embedded - up to 8 channels

Up to five user selectable simultaneous video outputs, HD and/or SD on HDMI, SDI, and analog are supported.

Genlock

Matrox MXO2 Rack provides SD analog black burst (bi-level) or HD tri-level sync genlock. It can genlock to any type of video input or to house sync. Timing offset controls can be used to align your video output relative to your external genlock source to compensate for cable delays within your facility. Loop through is supported.