Viz Engine Administrator Guide
Version 3.14 | Published March 10, 2021 ©
Matrox M264 S1/S2/S3
Matrox M264 cards feature hardware-based H.264 encoding and decoding capabilities. Depending on the card used, up to three UHD XAVC streams can be encoded/decoded simultaneously.
Viz Engine as well as Channel Recorder are capable of using the M264 cards for playback and capture of XAVC material, without affecting CPU performance.
Key Features
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PCI Express Cards
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H.264 video encoding and decoding
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UHD resolution support
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4:2:2 10-bit
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Sony XAVC compliant encoding including 4K XAVC Long and 4K Intra Class 480
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Panasonic AVC-Ultra compliant
Performance for 4:2:2 10-bit Streams for M264
|
Resolutions |
Structure |
Format |
Number of streams |
|
2160p |
I-frame |
XAVC Class 300 & Class 480 / AVC-Intra 4K |
1 |
|
1080p |
I-frame |
XAVC Class 200 / AVC-Intra 200 |
3 |
|
1080i |
I-frame |
XAVC Class 100 / AVC-Intra 100 |
10 |
|
2160p |
Long GOP |
Generic / XAVC 4K Long |
1 |
|
1080p |
Long GOP |
Generic / XAVC Long50 / AVC-LongG50 |
5 |
|
1080i |
Long GOP |
Generic / XAVC Long25 / AVC-LongG25 |
10 |
|
720p |
Long GOP |
Generic / XAVC Long25 / AVC-LongG25 |
10 |
Note: The models S2 and S3 host (respectively) two and three encoder/decoder chips, so the number of possible streams is doubled/tripled.
M264 Configuration
Viz Engine
To enable Viz Engine to use M264 cards, the serial number of the M264 needs to be added to the configuration file after the serial number of the installed X.mio3 or DSX LE 4 card.
Matrox.Devices = A123456,A654321Info: The Pending clip player support should be turned off when using a M264 accelerator board.
Channel Recorder
Channel Recorder detects any installed M264 card automatically and uses it for encoding, when the XAVC UHD codec is used. No further configuration is necessary.
Note: GPU Direct currently is not supported in combination with M264 hardware.