Nvidia Quadro FX 4800 - Operating NVIDIA SDI; Understanding the Connections

NVIDIA Corporation
10 Quadro FX 4800/5800 and Quadro CX SDI User’s Guide– Version 1.0
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HAPTER 2
NVIDIA Graphics-to-SDI
Operating NVIDIA SDI
ThefollowingsectionsprovideanoverviewofSDIoperation:
• “UnderstandingtheConnections”onpage 10
• “AbouttheSoftware”onpage 11
• “RecommendedOperatingPractices”onpage 13
Understanding the Connections
Figure2.4showstheavailableSDIandexternalsyncconnectorsontheNVIDIAQuadro
FXSDI.
Figure 2.4 NVIDIA Quadro FX SDI Connectors
Key portion
of a dual-link
SDI output
Fill portion
of a dual-link
SDI output
- or -
SDI/Composite
Sync Signal
“FILL”“KEY”
“INPUT”
Fill portion
of a single-link
SDI output
Fill portion
of a single-link
SDI output