The LE is great, I said so in a previous response and was in fact what I originally thought was now compatible. Sadly, it's only the IO Express that offers true compatibility.
The problem with using Ventura is it limits your workflow when you're doing classic offline / online conforms. I don't want to go through the hassle of using a 3rd party capture tool when I conform - major issues could arise, and as we all know, time is money. It breaks the one thing that keeps Avid ahead of it's competitors - media management!
An all in 1 HD capture / monitor solution that doesn't cost 8 times what it should (yes, I'm looking at you Mojo DX and Nitris) that offers the same hardware functionality that Blackmagic and Aja give you with FCP, would be a blessing. Avid is slowly starting to realise they can't grow their customer base when their hardware costs the earth - we just don't live in 1990's anymore; a time where they could charge a lot for the hardware. FCP changed all that.
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, hanaflan@... wrote:
>
> On face value, wouldn't that be a good thing? For example, use Vetura app
> to digitize hours of footage to Avid codec files while editing something
> else in Media Composer? Presuming Vetura can only make .mov but not .mxf files
> and you'd have the extra step of importing, that still ties up MC for far
> less time. The LE box includes HD/SD SDI and Balanced Audio - better than
> either the Mini or Io Express. And it works with MCv.5 which is very stable
> right now, as opposed to v.5.5 which has yet to work out the inevitable
> bugs.
>
> My point is all the focus is on Mini and Io Express, but doesn't the LE
> offer an even better option to the MojoDX? Or am I missing something?
>
>
> David Helfand
>
>
> In a message dated 2/19/2011 1:19:45 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com writes:
>
> Well Media Composer isn't really doing anything in that workflow, it's
> just Ventura outputting/ingestinWell Medi
>
> Zak Ray
> Editor | Videographer
> Boston, MA
> 978.473.4226 | worldwide-studios.978
>
> On Feb 18, 2011, at 7:09 PM, _hanaflan@..._ (mailto:hanaflan@...)
> wrote:
>
> > What about this info from Avid's FAQ? Can both the Mini and LE be used
> with
> > Macs, for both output & ingest (via Vetura software)?
> >
> > __http://avid.http://avidhttp://avhttp://avid.http://avidhttp://avid._
> (http://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=366347_)
> > (_http://avid.http://avidhttp://avhttp://avid.http://avidhttp://avid._
> (http://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=366347) )
> > "When will Avid support the Matrox MXO2 LE?
> > In Mac-based networked environments, Matrox MXO2 LE can be used on an
> > ingest/playout station with the Matrox Vetura Capture and Matrox Vetura
> Playback
> > stand-alone applications for quick and easy capture to Avid DNxHD or
> other
> > popular Avid-supported codecs and play out of .mov files over SDI,
> analog
> > component, Y/C, or composite. Avid and Matrox have forged an excellent
> > relationship and continue to work together on future products to serve
> our
> > mutual customers needs. Announcements related to new products and
> feature
> > enhancements will be made in due course."
>
>
>
>
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