NVIDIA Corporation
Quadro FX 4000 SDI User’s Guide
– Version 2.1
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Recommended Operating Practices
This section provides some basic operating practices to follow in order to obtain the best
SDI performance for your application.
Initial On-Air Broadcast
When starting a live broadcast of SDI video, follow the sequence below to ensure proper
allocation of system resources and to prevent visual disturbances in the on air broadcast.
1
Set up the SDI format settings and start the SDI output
2
Start the application to be broadcast
3
Verify the video quality
4
Close the Graphics to SDI control panel
5
Go on air
To avoid visual disturbances while broadcasting live, DO NOT
•
Start or stop the graphics or video application
•
Turn on or off the SDI output
•
Make changes to the SDI signal format
Changing Applications
To avoid visual disturbances while switching applications, observe the following
sequence:
1
Stop the live broadcast (go off air)
2
Stop the application
3
Start the new application
4
Verify video quality
5
Resume the live broadcast
