DWC-HD
Rev.
2
-
PAL
B/G
-
NTSC
-
PAL
M
-
PAL
N
The board can handle 50Hz-based input signals as well as 60Hz-based with and without
pulldown, but can’t convert a 50Hz-based input to a 60Hz-based output and vice versa. The
modulation setting is therefore split in two, one to select between NTSC and PAL M output
for 60Hz-based sources, and one to select between PAL B/G and PAL N for 50Hz-based
sources.
It is also possible to turn black setup (“pedestal”) on or off. This setting only applies to NTSC.
PAL Wide Screen Signaling (WSS) is also supported, and while the HD input is always 16:9,
SD inputs can have value already embedded. The user can select to strip off any existing
WSS information by setting mode to Off, or to override the current WSS value by setting
mode to On and specifying a new value, or set the mode to Auto. When input is HD, the Auto
mode will insert WSS data according to the selected aspect ratio in the scaler block. When
the input is SD, the Auto mode will signal 4:3 or 16:9 based on the aspect ratio bit in SMPTE
352M byte 3, or turn WSS off if no SMPTE 352M packages are available.
When specifying WSS values, the user should observe that the WSS value is really a 14-bit
number with other information besides just aspect ratio. Aspect ratio is contained in the lower
4 bits, and the table below covers only those bits.
WSS value
Aspect ratio
Picture placement
Active lines
0+8=8 4:3
Full
576
1+0=1 14:9
Letterbox
centre
504
2+0=2 14:9
Letterbox
top
504
3+8=11
16:9
Letterbox centre
430
4+0=4 16:9
Letterbox
top
430
5+8=13
>16:9
Letterbox deeper than 16:9
undefined
6+8=14
14:9
Full-height 4:3, framed to be “14:9-safe”
576
7+0=7
16:9
Full-height 16:9 (anamorphic)
576
Note the occasional “+8” in the first column above. It stems from the fourth aspect ratio bit, a
parity bit over the first three.
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