Nvidia Quadro FX 4800 - About NVIDIA Graphics to SDI; About This Document

NVIDIA Corporation
Quadro FX 4800/5800 and Quadro CX SDI User’s Guide – Version 1.0 1
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About NVIDIA Graphics to SDI
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ABOUT NVIDIA GRAPHICS TO SDI
SerialDigitalInterface(SDI)isadigital,uncompressedhighqualityvideoformatusedfor
filmandvideopostproductionandbroadcastapplications.TheNVIDIA Quadro
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CX
SDI,NVIDIA Quadro
®
FX 4800SDIandNVIDIA Quadro
®
FX 5800SDI
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convert
compositedvideoandgraphicstouncompressed8‐bit,10‐bit,or12‐bitSDIoutput.
About This Document
Thismanualexplainsthegraphics‐to‐SDIfunctionalityoftheNVIDIAQuadroFXSDI
graphicscardandsoftware,describedinthefollowingsections:
• “NVIDIAGraphics‐to‐SDI”onpage 3liststhesupportedSDIfeaturesandexplainsthe
basicoperationinabroadcastenvironment.
• “Windows–UsingtheGraphicstoSDIControlPanel”
onpage 15describeshowtouse
theDisplayPropertiescontrolpaneltosetupandstarttheSDIoutputunderWindows.
• “Linux—UsingtheGraphicstoVideoOutControlPanel”onpage 31describeshowto
usetheDisplayPropertiescontrolpaneltosetupandstarttheSDIoutputunderLinux.
• “API
Control”onpage 47givesanoverviewofAPIcontroloftheSDIfunctions.
Forinstructionsoninstallingthegraphicscardanddrivers,refertothedocumentation
thataccompaniesyourNVIDIAQuadroFXSDIgraphicscard.
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FordetailsonusingtheNVIDIAControlPanel,seetheNVIDIA Control Panel Quick Start
Guide.
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1. In the rest of this document, “NVIDIA Quadro FX SDI” refers to the NVIDIA Quadro CX SDI, NVID-
IA Quadro FX 4800 SDI, and the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 SDI.