NVIDIA Corporation
Quadro FX 4800/5800 and Quadro CX SDI User’s Guide
– Version 1.0
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HAPTER
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NVIDIA Graphics-to-SDI
Connecting the SDI Video Output
Refer
to
• 4:4:4/4:2:2:4/4:4:4:4
dual
‐
link
signals
are
sent
to
the
FILL
and
KEY
connectors.
• 4:2:2
single
‐
link
signals
are
sent
to
the
FILL
connector
only.
In
application
control
mode,
using
the
APIs,
an
additional
4:2:2
signal
can
be
sent
to
the
KEY
connector.
Connecting to an External Sync Source
• You
can
genlock
the
output
to
an
external
digital
or
analog
sync
source.
Several
systems
can
also
be
frame
‐
locked.
NVIDIA
Genlock
supports
the
following
two
external
synchronization
signal
types:
•
SDI
•
Composite,
which
can
be
one
of
the
following:
Composite
Bi
‐
level
(NTSC
or
PAL
sources
use
bi
‐
level
composite
signals.)
Composite
Tri
‐
level
(HDTV
sources
commonly
use
tri
‐
level
composite
signals.)
• To
use
an
external
sync
source,
connect
the
sync
signal
to
the
INPUT
BNC
connector
as
indicated
in
then
select
the
corresponding
signal
type
(SDI
or
composite)
using
the
NVIDIA
Control
Panel.
About the Software
The
NVIDIA
SDI
software
lets
you
specify
the
• SDI
signal
format
• Color
formats
• Synchronization
method
• Gamma
correction
• Color
‐
space
conversion
Graphics
‐
to
‐
SDI
functionality
can
be
set
up
and
controlled
in
two
basic
ways—using
the
NVIDIA
Control
Panel
for
8
‐
bit
SDI
output
from
the
desktop,
or
using
the
NVIDIA
SDI
API
for
8
‐
,
10
‐
,
or
12
‐
bit
SDI
output
from
an
application.