The new Matrox VFW software codec package

Silver_Productions · Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 92

There are two packages to download on the Matrox VFW Software Codecs Support download area: v1 and legacy (old)

Which one is the new VFW software codecs for use on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows operating systems?

As till today there was a v1 codec that we were using I expect to see at least a v1.1 or v2 listed there.

Please explain.

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FSmith1952 · Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 190

Um... V1.0 IS the new version. It is the ONLY version (so far). This never existed before.... so.... 1.0 is probably as good a version to begin with as you could possibly find.

Silver_Productions · Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 92

FSmith1952 · Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 190

My "doh". No idea, then.

Silver_Productions · Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 92

Thank you for trying. I will wait for Matrox's answer.

Palm Coast Productions · Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 205

If one uses the v1.0 installer, one will be able to use Matrox avi's with any Premiere Pro version w/o Matrox hardware. This will enable any Axio user to upgrade to CS5 w/o Matrox hardware and software and use Matrox avi's. This codec utility will not allow you to export from AME to Matrox codecs in CS5.

digitalcut123 · Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 60

I'm confused as well!
It's billed as an M.Key replacement, and in the PDF supplied with it Matrox give instructions on how to set variables after you select the Matrox export preset 'in your software'.
Yet when I install the pack I get no such settings in Premiere CS5 or CS3.
What would be the use of a codec pack that allows you to edit files on a non AXIO based machine that you have captured on an AXIO system?
It would be the other way round that you would want it, set up a project and capture/ingest in the field, then transfer the files to your main system to finish off.

Can anyone at Matrox clear this up please?
Cos for me it doesn't make sense - or work!

Phil.

Silver_Productions · Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 92

Palm Coast Productions · Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 205

If one uses the v1.0 installer, one will be able to use Matrox avi's with any Premiere Pro version w/o Matrox hardware. This will enable any Axio user to upgrade to CS5 w/o Matrox hardware and software and use Matrox avi's that were produced from footage digitized with Matrox Axio. I have years worth of Matrox Axio projects. Thanks to this new utility, I can now upgrade to CS5 even though I can't use the Matrox Axio but at least I don't have to re-digitize all of the plethora of clips I've accumulated over the years... This is exactly what I (and probably most of us) have been waiting for. Matrox also released this utility to stop all the whining about when Axio drivers will be available for CS5. (Of course that's just a theory!)

Silver_Productions · Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 92

Matrox_Support_Sam · Site Admin Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 1317

Hi,

Matrox has now released the new Matrox VFW Software Codecs. This new version is Version 1.0 dated May 5, 2010.
Go to http://www.matrox.com/video/en/support/windows/vfw_software_codecs/downloads/softwares/version1.0/ and scroll down to VFW Software Codecs and you can download it.
With this, you should be able to keep using your Matrox avi files without any problems!

I hope this helps,
Sam

Silver_Productions · Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 92

Thank you.

Does that mean that you now have two version 1s: Dated 5 May 2010 and dated 11 November 2005?

Am I correct?

Matrox_Support_Sam · Site Admin Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 1317

Hi,

There are two available versions on our download section. The Legacy (old) format is in fact an older Matrox VFW codec build version and as mentioned in our Description section of Download wizard:

Silver_Productions · Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 92

I can understand that but I am a system admin. We normally differantiate files after they have been downloaded via their file version numbers.

As far as I can see you have named both the new file and the legacy file as version 1. Isn't that the case?

Silver_Productions · Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 92

The list of the VFW codec installer files I have in our system is below. These are from the verious DVD installer disks you sent us over the time.

File name - version nr - File date

VFWCodecs.exe - 1.0.0.11 - 11/11/2005
VFWCodecs.exe - 1.0.0.35 - 27/02/2008
‎VFWCodecs.exe - n/a - 12/112009
VFWCodecs_10.exe - n/a - ‎12/04/2010

It looks like you guys there like to call everything version 1. What a Royal Canadian mess that is! Version numbering 101 anyone?

So the file which is named VFWCodecs_10.exe is the latest installer and anything named VFWCodecs.exe are the old legacy installers. Please verify this.

Thank you

Riza