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FAQs
You can find below a list of frequently asked questions about iOrasis. Please
also refer to our Help Center for an extensive list of tutorials on common
tasks.
We also suggest that you visit our
Getting
Started page if you are new to iOrasis.
You can register in our private forum and then download our setup program to start
working with iOrasis immediately. You download a fully operational version of
the SDK that allows you to test and develop on all supported cardsets. The only
limitation of the downloaded version is that it displays the XVUE logo from time
to time.
The iOrasis development SDK license can be used only for development and cannot be used for
any other purpose. For runtime licenses please refer to our
licensing model and to our
iOrasis OEM.SDK flavors page for an appropriate version of iOrasis.
Support and runtime licenses are offered only for customers that have purchased
the iOrasis OEM.SDK annual support contract.
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There are two options for support regarding the SDK: either basic e-mail
support which is free of charge, or premium support for iOrasisSDK including
phone, priority e-mail support and private developer
forum service.
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iOrasis is not only a broadcast graphics SDK, is much more than that. The
conventional approach suggests one 'box' for graphics, one 'box' for video
playback, one 'box' for DVE or mixing of multiple inputs and so on.
iOrasis approach provides an SDK that can offer all these functions in a single
box and not just allow savings on equipment but also greatly improve application
functionality, robustness and flexibility for modifications and upgrades; if we add
the innovative approach of user defined effects through the key-frame able
properties of all objects (not only graphics) we have a unique approach to
the live production environment and always on top of the leading video hardware
platform available today; the unparalleled Matrox DSX family power is now
available for easy development of your projects.
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iOrasis offers a high level approach implementing integrated objects that
incorporates a developed self-contained functionality. There are several benefits
for the Matrox OEM/developer that uses this high level approach:
- Easy handling and configuration of these common objects in a much
simpler way than through the Matrox SDK, without loosing the flexibility
that only coding can offer.
- Concentration on the real application logic and data associations required
in the project.
- Transparent support for all cardsets and new products as they become
available from iOrasis SDK, with minimum or no changes in your code.
- Last but not least access to Matrox's hardware directly from .NET
languages like VB .NET and C# for RAD development.
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XVUE has been supporting Matrox cardsets from the Digisuite era up to the
latest DSX cards released. XVUE's policy is to support all Matrox's OEM video
hardware platforms as soon as they are released and we continuously update our
platform in order to accommodate new products. For a current list of the
supported video platforms please refer to our supported platforms page.
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Audio support is integrated in iOrasis. Audio mixing and fading functions are
available for support of multiple play-lists, multiple live feeds and
video-audio transitions.
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You need an appropriate Matrox cardset configuration like an X.io or X.mio
card together with an DSXFX board or an DSXLE card together with an appropriate
DirectX9 graphics card and the appropriate iOrasis version that supports 3D
effects. Please refer to the "Notes" section of our
supported platforms page for more
information.
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The SDK approach was selected from XVUE for maximum flexibility and
creativity. The "channel-in-a-box" approach offers unlimited configuration
options that would be lost through a general purpose user interface. At the same
time we provide a very high level approach for easy programming through .NET
languages and environments like VB and C#. The lines of code that you need to
write for a simple project may be no more than a page and you can always modify
this logic by yourself. If you think that coding is out of question for your
organization you can always consider contacting us for an
end user application
development.
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The iOrasis designer or the SDK can be used in a laptop or standard PC in
order to actually preview your design without the need of special hardware. In
case that you also want to preview stored video that has been encoded with
broadcast video codecs, you can use Matrox's hardware without video I/O that
supports these codecs (X.open).
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