Nvidia 5500 User Manual
NVIDIA Corporation
Quadro FX 4500/5500 SDI User’s Guide – Version 2.0
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Recommended Operating Practices
This section provides some basic operating practices to follow in order to obtain the best
SDI performance for your application.
SDI performance for your application.
Initial On-Air Broadcast
When starting a live broadcast of SDI video, follow the sequence below to ensure proper
allocation of system resources and to prevent visual disturbances in the on air broadcast.
allocation of system resources and to prevent visual disturbances in the on air broadcast.
1 Set up the SDI format settings and start the SDI output
2 Start the application to be broadcast
3 Verify the video quality
4 Close the Graphics to SDI control panel
5 Go on air
To avoid visual disturbances while broadcasting live, DO NOT
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Start or stop the graphics or video application
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Turn on or off the SDI output
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Make changes to the SDI signal format
Changing Applications
To avoid visual disturbances while switching applications, observe the following
sequence:
sequence:
1 Stop the live broadcast (go off air)
2 Stop the application
3 Start the new application
4 Verify video quality
5 Resume the live broadcast