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Q u a d r o F X 4 0 0 0 S D I U s e r ’ s G u i d e

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Summary of Contents for ForceWare Quadro FX 4000 SDI

Page 1: ...ForceWare Graphics Drivers Quadro FX 4000 SDI User s Guide Version 2 1 NVIDIA Corporation August 22 2005...

Page 2: ...he NVIDIA logo 3DFX 3DFX INTERACTIVE the 3dfx Logo STB STB Systems and Design the STB Logo the StarBox Logo NVIDIA nForce GeForce NVIDIA Quadro NVDVD NVIDIA Personal Cinema NVIDIA Soundstorm Vanta TNT...

Page 3: ...p 8 Recommended Operating Practices 9 3 Using the Graphics to SDI Control Panel 11 How to Set Up the SDI Output 12 Basic SDI Setup 12 Advanced Adjustments 16 Synchronizing the SDI Output to an Externa...

Page 4: ...N V I D I A C o r p o r a t i o n N V I D I A D r i v e r s Q u a d r o F X 4 0 0 0 S D I U s e r s G u i d e V e r s i o n 2 1...

Page 5: ...ons NVIDIA Graphics to SDI on page 3 lists the supported SDI features and explains the basic operation in a broadcast environment Using the Graphics to SDI Control Panel on page 11 describes how to us...

Page 6: ...ER 1 About NVIDIA Graphics to SDI Revision History Revision Date Description 1 0 8 6 04 Initial Release 2 0 12 16 04 Added more HD modes under Supported SDI Signal Formats on page 4 2 1 8 22 05 Remove...

Page 7: ...supported SDI formats and additional SDI support features of the Quadro FX 4000 SDI graphics card Basic Operation on page 5 describes the hardware connections and summarizes the software setup Recomme...

Page 8: ...SMPTE274 1080PsF 24 00 Hz 23 976 Hz2 1080PsF 25 00 Hz 29 97 Hz 30 Hz SMPTE274 1080p 23 976 Hz 24 00 Hz 25 00 Hz 29 97 Hz 30 00 Hz SMPTE274 Supported SDI Color Formats RGB 4 4 4 YCrCb 4 2 2 or 4 4 4 R...

Page 9: ...the OnBoard DIP Switch The Quadro FX 4000 SDI graphics card has an onboard dip switch that determines the default SDI operating mode Subsequent software changes override these settings Figure 2 2 Onb...

Page 10: ...e 0001 SMPTE 274 1920x1080 25 Hz Interlace 1001 SMPTE 274 1920x1080 30 Hz Progressive 0101 SMPTE 274 1920x1080 30 1 001 Hz Progressive 1101 SMPTE 274 1920x1080 25 Hz Progressive 0011 SMPTE 274 1920x10...

Page 11: ...ternal Sync Source You can genlock the output to an external digital or analog sync source NVIDIA Genlock supports the following two external synchronization signal types SDI Composite which can be on...

Page 12: ...SDI hardware status See the chapter API Control on page 23 for a description of the graphics to video out API calls Also refer to the document Programming the NVIDA Quadro FX 4000 SDI for instruction...

Page 13: ...ces 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...

Page 14: ...NVIDIA recommends the following Set the desktop to the same or higher resolution than the SDI output for better image quality Close all background applications such as virus scan backup and archiving...

Page 15: ...4000 SDI graphics card using the NVIDIA Graphics to SDI properties page also known as transparent mode It contains the following sections How to Set Up the SDI Output on page 12 provides step by step...

Page 16: ...d display properties page b Click the Graphics to SDI tree item from the slide out tray Figure 3 1 Graphics to SDI Page 2 In the Output Options group box click Yes for Send Output to SDI To ensure pro...

Page 17: ...rmat The SDI signal format controls the video resolution field rate and SMPTE signalling standard for the outgoing video stream Your options for this setting depend on which Sync option you chose in t...

Page 18: ...s the signal status as follows Vid 1 Out or Vid 2 Out SDI Sync COMP Sync Status Meaning Off gray SDI output is not in use Blinking Green SDI output is active and is in HD mode Blinking Yellow SDI outp...

Page 19: ...signals connected the software automatically chooses the SDI signal If you want to switch to the composite signal click the arrow in the Genlock format group box and then click COMP Sync Manually Dete...

Page 20: ...ktop is converted to SDI output If the desktop is smaller than the size of the SDI output it will be scaled to fit If the desktop is larger than the SDI output it will be cropped to fit Instead of usi...

Page 21: ...so adjust the region by specifying the X Y Width and Height values in the SDI Output dialog box Either enter pixel values directly into the corresponding text boxes or click the up and down arrows by...

Page 22: ...he SDI Color Settings dialog box appears 2 Specify the RGB Gamma values using one or more of the following methods Click and drag the slider for the appropriate R G or B setting Specify the R G or B g...

Page 23: ...tion source When using genlock the SDI refresh rate is determined by the sync source so any refresh rates that you may have chosen in the SDI signal format list do not apply Using Frame Lock Frame loc...

Page 24: ...sync signal to the graphics card 2 Configure the sync source Use the NVIDIA Graphics to SDI property page to configure the SDI output synchronization Figure 3 4 Graphics to SDI Page Configuring an Ex...

Page 25: ...roduce a delay in the SDI output from this card so that both deliveries are in sync To introduce a synchronization delay 1 Click Advanced Options from the Graphics to SDI page The SDI Advanced Options...

Page 26: ...anel Viewing System Information To view information about the graphics card and the installed driver software click Advanced Options from the Graphics to SDI page The General tab shows the graphics ca...

Page 27: ...have full and exclusive control of the SDI output This method of controlling the SDI output is also known as extended mode This chapter gives a brief introduction to this method of implementing graphi...

Page 28: ...perty page to view the SDI hardware status To view the SDI status using the NVIDIA Graphics to SDI property page 1 Open the Windows Display Properties control panel click Settings Advanced and then cl...

Page 29: ...de interface NvGvoDesktopClose Close the graphics cards for graphics to video operations using the Desktop transparent mode interface NvGvoStatus Get the graphics to video status NvGvoSyncFormatDetect...

Page 30: ...PS pAdapterCaps OUT NvGvoOpen Function NvGvoOpen Description Open graphics adapter for Graphics to Video operations using the OpenGL application interface Read operations are permitted in this mode by...

Page 31: ...iption Open graphics adapter for Graphics to Video operations using the Desktop transparent mode interface Read operations are permitted in this mode by multiple clients but write operations are appli...

Page 32: ..._OK Success NVRESULT NVAPIENTRY NvGvoDesktopClose NVGVOHANDLE hGvoHandle IN BOOL bRelease IN NvGvoStatus Function NvGvoStatus Description Get Graphics to Video status Parameters hGvoHandle Handle to g...

Page 33: ...Graphics to Video configuration Parameters hGvoHandle Handle to graphics adapter pConfig Pointer to Graphics to Video config Returns NV_OK Success NV_ACCESSDENIED Access denied no write access NV_RUN...

Page 34: ...V_ACCESSDENIED Access denied no write access NV_RUNNING Graphics to Video already running NVRESULT NVAPIENTRY NvGvoStart NVGVOHANDLE hGvoHandle IN NvGvoStop Function NvGvoStop Description Stop Graphic...

Page 35: ...IGNALFORMAT_ enumeration NVRESULT NVAPIENTRY NvGvoEnumSignalFormats NVGVOHANDLE hGvoHandle IN int nEnumIndex IN BOOL bByEnum IN NVGVOSIGNALFORMATDETAIL pSignalFormatDetail OUT NvGvoIsFrameLockModeComp...

Page 36: ...to graphics adapter nEnumIndex Enumeration index bByEnum TRUE nEnumIndex is NVDATAFORMAT_ FALSE nEnumIndex is 0 n 1 pDataFormatDetail Pointer to receive detail or NULL Returns NV_OK Success NV_NOMORE...

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