Matrox RTMac

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Matrox

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Matrox

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System

Category: Drivers & Hardware Support

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What is Matrox RTMac?

Matrox RTMac is a PCI card for G4 PowerMacs which performs video I/O and basic compositing for previewing edits, fades, transitions, etc. It's a pretty cheap way to set up an old PPC Mac for working with video. Read the compatibility notes! This can only be used with a genuine G4 Mac and Matrox PCI card, will not work in emulators, requires Quicktime and either Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere.

Download Matrox RTMac for Mac

RTMac-Software-3-0.toast.sit

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RTMac_3-0-2_En_Install.sit

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Matrox-RTMac-4-0.img.sit

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Architecture

IBM PowerPC

System Requirements

From Mac OS 9.1 up to Mac OS 10.3

Compatibility notes

System requirements

Minimum System Requirements

Single or multi-processor Power Mac G4 with AGP motherboard.
400-MHz PowerPC G4 processor.
384 MB RAM.
One free PCI slot.
Fast EIDE/Ultra ATA or SCSI disk drives.
For OS 9: Mac OS 9.1, QuickTime 5.0.5, Final Cut Pro 2 or 3
For OS X: Mac OS X 10.2.6, 10.2.8 or 10.3, QuickTime 6.4, Final Cut Pro 3.0 or 4.1.1

The Matrox RTMac software for OS X detects the capabilities of your computer and enables more realtime features on a faster system. To take full advantage of realtime editing on Matrox RTMac for OS X, use the recommended system configuration.

Recommended System Configuration

667-MHz or faster PowerPC G4 processor
512 MB RAM
Greater than 1 MB combined L2 and L3 cache (per processor)
133-MHz or faster system bus

Important: Please note that the Power Mac G5 is not supported with Matrox RTMac. As well, Final Cut Pro version 4.5 is not supported with Matrox RTMac.