Nvidia 5500 User Manual

NVIDIA Corporation

Quadro FX 4500/5500 SDI User’s Guide – Version 2.0 

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NVIDIA Graphics-to-SDI

Connecting the SDI Video Output

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• 4:4:4/4:2:2:4/4:4:4:4 dual-link signals are sent to the V1 Out and V2 Out connectors 

(corresponding to the fill + key signals respectively).

• 4:2:2 single-link signals are sent to the V1 Out connector only. 

In application control mode, using the APIs, an additional 4:2:2 signal can be sent to the 
V2 Out connector.

Connecting to an External Sync Source 

• You can genlock the output to an external digital or analog sync source. 

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 appropriate BNC 

connector as indicated in 

You can connect to both types of sync sources at the same time. The software gives 
precedence to the SDI signal, but you can use the control panel to choose which signal 
to use (see 

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