The first time the machine is started with the Matrox X.mio card installed, the operating system (OS) will query the user To install the Matrox X.mio driver. It is not recommended to use the OS installation procedure, but to use the supplied driver installer application.
Install Matrox Codec Vfw
After the driver has been installed, a Matrox system tray icon should be visible. It is possible To verify the installation using Matrox X.info and/or To verify the installation using Windows Device Manager.
Note: As the VfW codecs are included in the 7.5.2.1448 driver you need to uninstall previous versions of the Matrox VfW codecs. Do not install any Matrox VfW codecs in addition to the already installed drivers.
Before you install Matrox Mtx.utils, you'll want to make sure that Adobe Media Encoder is installed on your computer. It is included with many Adobe programs, such as Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects and Encore. In my case, I already had Adobe Creative Suite 4 installed on my computer.
Matrox Mtx.utils installs the CompressHD device driver and all the software required to use the card with Adobe Media Encoder. This includes presets for using Adobe Media Encoder to export material to various formats with the Matrox MAX H.264 codec. The Matrox Video for Windows (VFW) software codecs are also installed so that you can play back Matrox .avi files on your CompressHD system.
Matrox Mtx.utils also installs software for the Matrox MXO2. If your computer doesn't have one of these I/O devices, you won't be able to use the A/V Tools, the WYSIWYG plug-ins or the HDMI Monitor Calibration Program.
Both formats include a number of preset configurations. You can also create your own custom configurations by selecting the frame size, frame rate and aspect ratio of the video as well as the sample rates and bit rate of the audio. The Matrox MAX H.264 codec can be tweaked even further by specifying the H.264 level, compression algorithm, data rate and GOP structure.
Some codecs require a handle to the top level application window. The Viz Artist plugin interface is unable to supply such a handle. As a result the configuration windows of some of the codecs will fail to appear. Also, some codecs will crash unless they get a handle.
This is most likely related to an AVI codec not loading properly after the upgrade. In my case, I had the Matrox VFW software codec installed. Uninstalling it and installing the newest Windows 7 version fixed the problem. Clean up your installed codecs and reinstall updated versions of the codecs you need and the problem should be resolved.
Color bars are an important reference, both for system line-up and for diagnostics. There are plenty of inaccurate bars floating around on the 'net, and the fact that not all codecs encode RGB images the same way only complicates the matter. I've gone the extra step and encoded mathematically-correct bars using a DV codec of known quality and RGB/YUV mapping
I've taken Bob Currier's excellent free utility TestPattern Maker and generated his "SMPTE-style color bars" pattern, coding "RGB (0-255) no setup", which yields the most accurate output when encoded into DV video*. I then read the TGA files into Premiere using the top-notch Matrox software codecs, and generated single-frame AVIs of the bars in DV/DVCAM, DVCPRO, and DV50 formats. All bars are "NTSC", 480 lines tall.
The AVI files contain "pure" YCrCb bars, which should play back properly calibrated in any NLE and any hardware codec, regardless of RGB mapping, as long as you have a codec that supports DV, DVCPRO, or DV50 compression respectively. (Note that the DVCPRO50 bars are 720x480, not 486 as they should be. This is an artifact of the Matrox codec, designed to be compatible with the 480-line C-Cube hardware codec used in DigiSuite DTV.)
Right-click (PC) or Control-click (Mac) these links and select "Save to file" to get these bars for your own use. If you simply click on them, you may see the DV/DVCAM bars, but unless you have a D-7 or DV50-compatible codec on your system, you will likely get an error message of some sort, or a white screen if QuickTime tries to load 'em!
* That is, all the vectors hit their targets exactly, blacks are encoded at Y=16 in the digital domain, and the output looks correct when "add setup" is selected in a DVCAM/DVCPRO deck's menu, or when the WFM is tweaked to "add setup" when using a setup-challenged DV VTR. All of the other options for color bar coding result in undersaturated color either all around or along the R-Y axis, at least using any of the software DV codecs I have at my beck and call.
The Matrox VFW Software Codecs are a great tool for optimizing media processing and playback. They provide access to AVI files encoded for Matrox products without having to integrate the dedicated video hardware. Installation of the collection of VFW codecs turns regular playback programs into Matrox visualization modules. The software is easy to use and provides excellent results. Highly recommended.
You can download Matrox VFW Software Codecs 4.2.0.141 from our software library for free. The program's installer files are commonly found as mveVfwCodecConfig.exe or VFWUnstal.exe etc. The program is categorized as Multimedia Tools.
The latest version of the software is supported on PCs running Windows XP/Vista/7/8/XP Professional/10/11, both 32 and 64-bit. Our antivirus analysis shows that this download is virus free. The most popular versions of the Matrox VFW Software Codecs 4.2, 4.0 and 1.0. The file size of the latest installer available for download is 11.6 MB. This free software was originally designed by matrox.
The Matrox Video for Windows (VFW) software codecs let you render and play back Matrox .avi files in your VFW programs without having Matrox video hardware installed. The following VFW software codecs are provided for use on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows operating systems. 2ff7e9595c
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