NVIDIA Corporation
12
Quadro FX 4800/5800 and Quadro CX SDI User’s Guide
– Version 1.0
C
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
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
.
For
detailed
instructions
under
Linux,
see
the
chapter
.