Nvidia Quadro FX 5500 - Manual (Page 35)

NVIDIA Corporation
Quadro FX 4500/5500 SDI User’s Guide – Version 2.0 31
C HAPTER 4
Linux—Using the Graphics to Video Out Control Panel
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This chapter explains how to set up the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI graphics card under
Linux using the NVIDIA Graphics to Video Out properties page
1
.
It contains the following sections:
• “How to Set Up the SDI Output” on page 32 provides step-by-step instructions for
using the control panel to set up the SDI output.
• “Synchronizing the SDI Output to an External Source” on page 38 explains in more
detail the genlock and frame lock features.
1. This method of controlling the SDI output is also known as ‘transparent mode’.