Matrox agiliza la producción de noticias en MSNBC

The MSNBC.com news portal uses the Matrox MXO2 Mini MAX I/O interface with Thunderbolt to streamline its workflow.

Split between its New York office and Microsoft headquarters, the MSNBC.com multimedia team is responsible for the majority of the photos and videos available on the site. Much of this content comes from NBC/MSNBC broadcasts, but also from its network of collaborators and the daily video production available to its clients.

In order to maintain a simple, flexible and compatible operation in which any professional can record and edit their videos, the portal has decided to equip its journalists with Apple Mac Pro laptops with Avid Media Composer 5.5 and, when necessary, connect them to an MXO2 Mini MAX I / O device with Thunderbolt. The unit of Matrox It is like a Swiss army knife for video editors, as it offers numerous possibilities.

In the field, the MXO2 Mini MAX provides the video and audio inputs and outputs that correspondents and reporters need to quickly capture and edit high volumes of footage. The real-time functionality of H.264 MAX encoding has saved a significant amount of time compressing and transmitting content to the central newsroom.

When captured images must be sent elsewhere for editing, MAX encoding allows you to export about five minutes of images in just seven minutes. This is a significant improvement over the 40 to 50 minutes MSNBC.com previously spent on the same process.

In addition to reducing delivery times, the solution also improves monitoring during editing. The interface can also serve as a capture device for external content. Journalists covering MSNBC.com, such as gaming and technology reporting, can create a direct line between cameras and the Matrox unit (on HDMI or component) to capture DNxHD video files, ready for immediate editing on Avid systems.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II cameras are used for coverage, generating QuickTime compressed video files that are edited directly on Apple laptops.

Thunderbolt support solves another problem on MSNBC.com. Many professionals prefer to work with their 15-inch MacBook Pro laptops due to the size and weight. This was made possible by the integration of a Thunderbolt adapter into the MXO2 Mini Max, eliminating the need for an ExpressCard/34 slot and heavy 17-inch laptops. This Thunderbolt compatibility interface gave them the freedom to work with any Apple model, and provides a more stable connection.