nicodemus

I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with using the Matrox MXO2 Mini as an HD capture card/device with the Mac OSX operating system. I'm wondering if it's even a feasible option. I need to have it interface with a component video signal out of an HDV camcorder before being routed into Jitter for live/semi-live playback in a patch. I'd normally use a Blackmagic card and a tower, but I'm trying to see if form factor can be reduced by using a Mac Mini. Any insight/ideas or suggestions are greatly appreciated.

I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with using the Matrox MXO2 Mini as an HD capture card/device with the Mac OSX operating system.  I'm wondering if it's even a feasible option.  I need to have it interface with a component video signal out of an HDV camcorder before being routed into Jitter for live/semi-live playback in a patch.  I'd normally use a Blackmagic card and a tower, but I'm trying to see if form factor can be reduced by using a Mac Mini. Any insight/ideas or suggestions are greatly appreciated.


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I think this has come up before. Have you searched?

https://cycling74.com/forums/search.php?q=MXO2

I think this has come up before. Have you searched?
https://cycling74.com/forums/search.php?q=MXO2


The MX02 mini does work as a QT capture device for jitter, but it will not work in a Mac Mini. You still need an Expresscard32 or PCI-e slot.

The MX02 mini does work as a QT capture device for jitter, but it will not work in a Mac Mini.  You still need an Expresscard32 or PCI-e slot.


Thanks for pointing out the blazingly obvious Jesse, how I missed the output situation is beyond me... guess it's been one of those days and too many capture cards have passed before my eyes. Thanks zip for the heads up, I had searched the forums, but missed the vade article, I was just looking for a definitive yes/no answer since there was some back and forth about it working and whether it actually was working well.

It'd be great if there was something that worked for a Mac Mini with HD video, but I can't really risk trying out a bunch of different cards/units that have proprietary software platforms in the hopes that maybe one might work while eating the cost on all the ones that don't.

Thanks for pointing out the blazingly obvious Jesse, how I missed the output situation is beyond me... guess it's been one of those days and too many capture cards have passed before my eyes.  Thanks zip for the heads up, I had searched the forums, but missed the vade article, I was just looking for a definitive yes/no answer since there was some back and forth about it working and whether it actually was working well.  

It'd be great if there was something that worked for a Mac Mini with HD video, but I can't really risk trying out a bunch of different cards/units that have proprietary software platforms in the hopes that maybe one might work while eating the cost on all the ones that don't.


Using Matrox MXO2 Mini with Mac Mini as Capture Device for 1280 x 720 signal