Nvidia Quadro FX 4800 - Page 16

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12 Quadro FX 4800/5800 and Quadro CX SDI User’s Guide– Version 1.0
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HAPTER 2
NVIDIA Graphics-to-SDI
Using the SDI APIs
TheSDIapplicationprogramminginterfaceallowsOpenGLapplicationstohavefulland
exclusivecontroloftheSDIoutput.
WhentheSDIoutputisunderapplicationcontrol,youcanviewtheSDIhardwarestatus
usingtheNVIDIAControlPanelSendgraphicstoSDIouputpage.
•Seethechapter“APIControl”onpage 47
foradescriptionofthegraphics‐to‐video‐out
APIcalls.
•Also,refertothedocument
Programming the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800/5800 SDIfor
instructionsonusingtheAPIs.
Using the Control Panel
WhentheSDIoutputisnotbeingcontrolledbyanapplication,theSDIsoftwareworkson
topofexistingapplications,andtheactiveworkstationdesktoporfullscreenapplication
displayisautomaticallyforwardedtotheSDIvideooutputs.Thisisaccomplishedunder
eitherCloneorDualviewmode.
Inthismode,you
canusetheNVIDIAGraphicstoSDIpropertypageto
•Configuretheexternalsynchronizationsignalifneeded.
•SpecifytheSDIsignalformat,outputformat,andthenenabletheSDIoutput.
FordetailedinstructionsunderWindows,seethechapter“Windows–UsingtheGraphics
toSDIControlPanel”onpage 15.
Fordetailedinstructionsunder
Linux,seethechapter“Linux—UsingtheGraphicsto
VideoOutControlPanel”onpage 31.