Nvidia Quadro FX 5500 - Manual (Page 5)

NVIDIA Corporation
Quadro FX 4500/5500 SDI User’s Guide – Version 2.0 1
C HAPTER 1
About NVIDIA Graphics to SDI
C
H A P T E R
A
BOUT
NVIDIA G
RAPHICS TO
SDI
Serial Digital Interface (SDI) is a digital, uncompressed high quality video format used for
film and video post production and broadcast applications. The
NVIDIA Quadro
®
FX 4500 SDI and NVIDIA Quadro
®
FX 5500 SDI
1
convert composited
video and graphics to uncompressed 8-bit, 10-bit, or 12-bit SDI output.
About This Document
This manual explains the graphics-to-SDI functionality of the NVIDIA Quadro FX SDI
graphics card and software, described in the following sections:
• “NVIDIA Graphics-to-SDI” on page 3 lists the supported SDI features and explains the
basic operation in a broadcast environment.
• “Windows–Using the Graphics to SDI Control Panel” on page 15 describes how to use
the Display Properties control panel to set up and start the SDI output under Windows.
• “Linux—Using the Graphics to Video Out Control Panel” on page 31 describes how to
use the Display Properties control panel to set up and start the SDI output under Linux.
• “API Control” on page 43 gives an overview of API control of the SDI functions.
For instructions on installing the graphics card and drivers, refer to the documentation
that accompanies your NVIDIA Quadro FX SDI graphics card.
Other Documents
For details on using the NVIDIA Display Properties control panel, see the
NVIDIA
Quadro Workstation User’s Guide.
1. In the rest of this document, “NVIDIA Quadro FX SDI” refers to both the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
SDI and the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI.