AJA IoXT User Manual

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Io XT v10.4

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are working with progressively segmented frame formats (sf in the AJA Control Panel) as
compared to progressive frame formats which will show only “p.”

RGB Range:

The RGB Range pulldown menu allows you to select either Full range (0-1023) or SMPTE
range (typically 64-940) for RGB color output.

VANC Checkbox.:

When checked ON, the VANC checkbox tells the Io XT to capture and process any
ancillary data in the SDI stream. This can include Closed Captioning data, and other types
of metadata. Applications such as Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro will not capture or
output this data through the Io XT, if this box is not checked on.

Cross-conversion:

If you have an HD format as your primary and then select a secondary HD format with a
different frame size, the Io XT will perform a cross-conversion where necessary (input or
output) for “like Hz” formats. “Like Hz” means that 720P 59.94 may be converted to 1080i
29.97 (59.94Hz). Converting from disparate Hz is not supported on the Io XT for cross-
conversions. The example below shows 1080i to 720p.

Up (Conversion):

The Up and Down pull-down menus are available when conversion has been selected for
the video path to/from the framebuffer and like Hz formats are selected (the one
exception is 1080PsF 23.98 which can be down-converted to 525i 29.97.) Different
choices will be available depending on the type of conversion and formats being
converted. SD to SD conversions are essentially aspect ratio conversions to
accommodate transforming anamorphic images to letterbox or vice versa.

For up-conversion the following choices are available:

Anamorphic: full-screen “stretched” image

Pillar box 4:3: results in a 4:3 image in center of screen with black sidebars

Zoom 14:9: results in a 4:3 image zoomed slightly to fill a 14:9 image with black
sidebars

Zoom Letterbox: results in image zoomed to fill full screen

Zoom Wide: results in a combination of zoom and horizontal stretch to fill a 16:9
screen; this setting can introduce a small aspect ratio change

Down (Conversion):

For down-conversion the following choices are available:

Letterbox: image is reduced with black top and bottom added to image area with
the aspect ratio preserved
Crop: image is cropped to fit new screen size
Anamorphic: full-screen “stretched” image

SD to SD:

This pulldown is for SD to SD aspect ratio conversion.

Letterbox: this transforms SD anamorphic material to a letterboxed image.

H Crop: will produce a horizontally stretched effect on the image; transforms
anamorphic SD to full frame SD

Pillarbox: will produce an image in the center of the screen with black borders on
the left and right sides and an anamorphized image in the center

V Crop: will transform SD letterbox material to an anamorphic image

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