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Kaleido-X
User’s Manual
Aspect Ratio
Automatic Aspect Ratio
The aspect ratio of video displayed on the monitor wall can be automatically adjusted. With
multiple video players (monitors) on a monitor wall, in multiple formats/aspect ratios, this
makes it easy to switch from one format to another in the same player. Automatic
adjustment can be accomplished in two ways:
Video monitor slaved to input: A video monitor can be slaved to the input format such
that the video monitor will change its aspect ratio according to the input signal type (e.g.
SD, HD, DVI).
See Configuring Automatic Aspect Ratios on page 220.
Video raster follows AFD/WSS: A video monitor can be configured so that WSS, AFD VI, or
AFD
2016 metadata is used to crop (and/or add black bars to) the video signal, giving the
video raster the correct aspect ratio.
See Configuring Automatic Aspect Ratios on page 220.
This metadata can be reported as friendly text inside a UMD. Its presence can also be made
available in alarms as well as via SNMP traps.
Cropping Mode
The display of a video signal can be cropped to remove unwanted portions, or to zoom in
on a specific portion of the image. In XEdit, you can configure a video monitor to display
Clock A clock is the visual representation of time in a video or display. It can be
based on a reference LTC signal or on the multiviewer system time. Clocks
can be in a digital or analog format.
See Configuring Clocks on page 251.
Note: The KMV-3901/3911 supports digital clocks only.
Widget library A widget library is a collection of predefined layout elements. Monitors from a
library can be used to help construct a layout. More than one widget library
can coexist.
Layout elements (continued)
Term Description
Term Description
AFD VI Active format description encoded in the video index. Supported on
Kaleido-X and Kaleido-X16 only.
AFD 2016 Active format description encoded in the ancillary data (according to the
SMPTE
2016 standard). Not supported on KMV-3901/3911.
WSS Wide Screen Signaling. Supported on Kaleido-X and Kaleido-X16 only.
Video raster Video signal that is displayed inside the video monitor on a monitor wall.
Note: The automatic aspect ratio feature can also be configured for each
multiviewer input, based on decoded AFD or WSS metadata, when such
information is available within the input signal (see
Calibrating Aspect Ratio
Decoding, on page 126).
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