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...Trademarks NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, 3DFX, 3DFX INTERACTIVE, the 3dfx Logo, STB, STB Systems and Design, the STB Logo, the StarBox Logo, NVIDIA nForce, GeForce, NVIDIA Quadro, NVDVD, NVIDIA Personal Cinema, NVIDIA Soundstorm... TwinBank, TwinView and the Video & Nth Superscript Design Logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. NVIDIA MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED, ...NVIDIA Corporation. NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers Quadro FX 4500/5500 SDI User's Guide v2.0 Published by NVIDIA Corporation 2701 San Tomas Expressway Santa Clara, CA 95050 Notice ALL NVIDIA ...
...Trademarks NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, 3DFX, 3DFX INTERACTIVE, the 3dfx Logo, STB, STB Systems and Design, the STB Logo, the StarBox Logo, NVIDIA nForce, GeForce, NVIDIA Quadro, NVDVD, NVIDIA Personal Cinema, NVIDIA Soundstorm... TwinBank, TwinView and the Video & Nth Superscript Design Logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. NVIDIA MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED, ...NVIDIA Corporation. NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers Quadro FX 4500/5500 SDI User's Guide v2.0 Published by NVIDIA Corporation 2701 San Tomas Expressway Santa Clara, CA 95050 Notice ALL NVIDIA ...
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Driver Utilities Quadro FX 4500/5500 SDI User's Guide Table of Contents 1.About NVIDIA Graphics to SDI 1 2.NVIDIA Graphics-to-SDI 3 Feature Overview 4 Installing and Preparing the NVIDIA Quadro FX SDI 6 About Your NVIDIA Quadro FX SDI 6 Installing the NVIDIA Quadro FX SDI 7 Operating NVIDIA SDI 10 Understanding the Connections 10 ...About Dualview Mode 27 How to Enable Dualview Mode 28 Changing SDI Settings Under Dualview 29 4.Linux-Using the Graphics to Video Out Control Panel 31 How to Set Up the SDI Output 32 Basic SDI Setup 32 Advanced Adjustments 36 Synchronizing the SDI...
Driver Utilities Quadro FX 4500/5500 SDI User's Guide Table of Contents 1.About NVIDIA Graphics to SDI 1 2.NVIDIA Graphics-to-SDI 3 Feature Overview 4 Installing and Preparing the NVIDIA Quadro FX SDI 6 About Your NVIDIA Quadro FX SDI 6 Installing the NVIDIA Quadro FX SDI 7 Operating NVIDIA SDI 10 Understanding the Connections 10 ...About Dualview Mode 27 How to Enable Dualview Mode 28 Changing SDI Settings Under Dualview 29 4.Linux-Using the Graphics to Video Out Control Panel 31 How to Set Up the SDI Output 32 Basic SDI Setup 32 Advanced Adjustments 36 Synchronizing the SDI...
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For instructions on installing the graphics card and drivers, refer to uncompressed 8-bit, 10-bit, or 12-bit SDI output. The NVIDIA Quadro® FX 4500 SDI and NVIDIA Quadro® FX 5500 SDI1 convert composited video and graphics to the documentation that accompanies your NVIDIA Quadro FX SDI graphics card. Version 2.0 1 About This Document This manual explains the graphics-to-SDI...
For instructions on installing the graphics card and drivers, refer to uncompressed 8-bit, 10-bit, or 12-bit SDI output. The NVIDIA Quadro® FX 4500 SDI and NVIDIA Quadro® FX 5500 SDI1 convert composited video and graphics to the documentation that accompanies your NVIDIA Quadro FX SDI graphics card. Version 2.0 1 About This Document This manual explains the graphics-to-SDI...
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... operating systems are supported: • Windows® 2000 or Windows® XP. • Linux • NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI or NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI Graphics Card • PCI-Express Motherboard • NVIDIA Forceware Graphics Driver • For Windows, version 83.61 or later (NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI) • For Windows, version 91.25 or later...
... operating systems are supported: • Windows® 2000 or Windows® XP. • Linux • NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI or NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI Graphics Card • PCI-Express Motherboard • NVIDIA Forceware Graphics Driver • For Windows, version 83.61 or later (NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI) • For Windows, version 91.25 or later...
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... your display to download, based on the graphics card. South DVI Connector Step 3: Install the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers If you will be installing new graphics drivers for the NVIDIA Quadro FX SDI card, it later. Opening the EXE file launches the NVIDIA InstallShield Wizard. 4 Follow the instructions in the NVIDIA InstallShield Wizard to your hardware and operating system...
... your display to download, based on the graphics card. South DVI Connector Step 3: Install the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers If you will be installing new graphics drivers for the NVIDIA Quadro FX SDI card, it later. Opening the EXE file launches the NVIDIA InstallShield Wizard. 4 Follow the instructions in the NVIDIA InstallShield Wizard to your hardware and operating system...
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The General tab shows the graphics card model, firmware version, driver version and current SDI resolution.' Version 2.0 Figure 3.7 SDI Advanced Options-General tab NVIDIA Corporation 26 Quadro FX 4500/5500 SDI User's Guide- CHAPTER 3 Windows-Using the Graphics to SDI Control Panel Viewing System Information To view information about the graphics card and the installed driver software, click Advanced Options from the Graphics to SDI page.
The General tab shows the graphics card model, firmware version, driver version and current SDI resolution.' Version 2.0 Figure 3.7 SDI Advanced Options-General tab NVIDIA Corporation 26 Quadro FX 4500/5500 SDI User's Guide- CHAPTER 3 Windows-Using the Graphics to SDI Control Panel Viewing System Information To view information about the graphics card and the installed driver software, click Advanced Options from the Graphics to SDI page.
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... is a clone of the extended desktop. NVIDIA Corporation Quadro FX 4500/5500 SDI User's Guide - Figure 3.8 Extended Desktop with Dualview Mode The display and the SDI output do not need to present a video overlay or Microsoft VMR video full screen on the SDI output. Area displayed... windows between the SDI output and the graphics (DVI) display part of the display output. The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI graphics card also supports Dualview mode, where the desktop extends across two monitors. Windows can also display the video full-screen on the SDI output. Version 2.0 ...
... is a clone of the extended desktop. NVIDIA Corporation Quadro FX 4500/5500 SDI User's Guide - Figure 3.8 Extended Desktop with Dualview Mode The display and the SDI output do not need to present a video overlay or Microsoft VMR video full screen on the SDI output. Area displayed... windows between the SDI output and the graphics (DVI) display part of the display output. The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI graphics card also supports Dualview mode, where the desktop extends across two monitors. Windows can also display the video full-screen on the SDI output. Version 2.0 ...
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...; // On-board DIP switch settings bits DWORD dwDipSwitchReserved; // On-board DIP switch settings reserved bits struct // { // Driver version WORD wMajorVersion; // Major version WORD wMinorVersion; // Minor version WORD wRevision; // Revision WORD wBuild; // Build } Driver; // struct // { // Firmware version... format // Unique identifier for owner of video output (NVGVOOWNERID_NONE if free running) NVGVOOWNERTYPE ownerType; // Owner type for owner of video output NVIDIA Corporation 58 Quadro FX 4500/5500 SDI User's Guide- Version 2.0 NVGVOOUTPUTSTATUS vid1Out...
...; // On-board DIP switch settings bits DWORD dwDipSwitchReserved; // On-board DIP switch settings reserved bits struct // { // Driver version WORD wMajorVersion; // Major version WORD wMinorVersion; // Minor version WORD wRevision; // Revision WORD wBuild; // Build } Driver; // struct // { // Firmware version... format // Unique identifier for owner of video output (NVGVOOWNERID_NONE if free running) NVGVOOWNERTYPE ownerType; // Owner type for owner of video output NVIDIA Corporation 58 Quadro FX 4500/5500 SDI User's Guide- Version 2.0 NVGVOOUTPUTSTATUS vid1Out...
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...exists, False otherwise. XNVCTRLQueryVersion() Bool XNVCTRLQueryVersion ( Display *dpy, int *major, int *minor NVIDIA Corporation 76 Quadro FX 4500/5500 SDI User's Guide- Queries the valid values for the existence of the specified string attribute Set...specified attribute Queries the value of the Nv_Gvo extensions Queries the extension version Queries whether the specified screen is controlled by the NVIDIA driver. CHAPTER 5 API Control NV-Control X Functions Table 5.2 NV-Control X Function Index Call XNVCTRLQueryExtension() XNVCTRLQueryVersion() XNVCTRLIsNvScreen() XNVCTRLSetAttribute...
...exists, False otherwise. XNVCTRLQueryVersion() Bool XNVCTRLQueryVersion ( Display *dpy, int *major, int *minor NVIDIA Corporation 76 Quadro FX 4500/5500 SDI User's Guide- Queries the valid values for the existence of the specified string attribute Set...specified attribute Queries the value of the Nv_Gvo extensions Queries the extension version Queries whether the specified screen is controlled by the NVIDIA driver. CHAPTER 5 API Control NV-Control X Functions Table 5.2 NV-Control X Function Index Call XNVCTRLQueryExtension() XNVCTRLQueryVersion() XNVCTRLIsNvScreen() XNVCTRLSetAttribute...
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...() Bool XNVCTRLSetAttributeAndGetStatus ( Display *dpy, int screen, unsigned int display_mask, unsigned int attribute, int value NVIDIA Corporation Quadro FX 4500/5500 SDI User's Guide - This function returns True is the specified screen is not present on page 67... This function returns True if the extension exists, False otherwise. Not all attributes require the display_mask parameter. The NVIDIA driver is controlled by the NVIDIA driver, otherwise False. XNVCTRLIsNvScreen() Bool XNVCTRLIsNvScreen ( Display *dpy, int screen ); Possible errors: • BadValue - ...
...() Bool XNVCTRLSetAttributeAndGetStatus ( Display *dpy, int screen, unsigned int display_mask, unsigned int attribute, int value NVIDIA Corporation Quadro FX 4500/5500 SDI User's Guide - This function returns True is the specified screen is not present on page 67... This function returns True if the extension exists, False otherwise. Not all attributes require the display_mask parameter. The NVIDIA driver is controlled by the NVIDIA driver, otherwise False. XNVCTRLIsNvScreen() Bool XNVCTRLIsNvScreen ( Display *dpy, int screen ); Possible errors: • BadValue - ...
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This function returns True if the attribute exists, otherwise False. Possible errors: • BadValue - The NVIDIA driver is not present on page 67 for details. XNVCTRLQueryStringAttribute() Bool XNVCTRLQueryStringAttribute ( Display *dpy, int screen, ... ); CHAPTER 5 API Control ); If XNVCTRLQueryAttribute returns True, value will point to free the string when done. Possible errors: NVIDIA Corporation 78 Quadro FX 4500/5500 SDI User's Guide- XNVCTRLQueryAttribute() Bool XNVCTRLQueryAttribute ( Display *dpy, int screen, unsigned int display_mask, unsigned int attribute, int *...
This function returns True if the attribute exists, otherwise False. Possible errors: • BadValue - The NVIDIA driver is not present on page 67 for details. XNVCTRLQueryStringAttribute() Bool XNVCTRLQueryStringAttribute ( Display *dpy, int screen, ... ); CHAPTER 5 API Control ); If XNVCTRLQueryAttribute returns True, value will point to free the string when done. Possible errors: NVIDIA Corporation 78 Quadro FX 4500/5500 SDI User's Guide- XNVCTRLQueryAttribute() Bool XNVCTRLQueryAttribute ( Display *dpy, int screen, unsigned int display_mask, unsigned int attribute, int *...
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...attribute exists. Possible X errors: • BadValue - The NVIDIA driver is not present on that screen. • BadAlloc - Insufficient resources to fulfill the request. NVIDIA Corporation Quadro FX 4500/5500 SDI User's Guide - Version 2.0 79 otherwise False. ... the valid values for the specified attribute. See the description of NVCTRLAttributeValidValues in NVCtrl.h. The NVIDIA driver is not present on that screen. • BadAlloc - XNVCTRLQueryValidAttributeValues() Bool XNVCTRLQueryValidAttributeValues ( Display *dpy, ...
...attribute exists. Possible X errors: • BadValue - The NVIDIA driver is not present on that screen. • BadAlloc - Insufficient resources to fulfill the request. NVIDIA Corporation Quadro FX 4500/5500 SDI User's Guide - Version 2.0 79 otherwise False. ... the valid values for the specified attribute. See the description of NVCTRLAttributeValidValues in NVCtrl.h. The NVIDIA driver is not present on that screen. • BadAlloc - XNVCTRLQueryValidAttributeValues() Bool XNVCTRLQueryValidAttributeValues ( Display *dpy, ...
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...colorMatrix[2][1] + B * colorMatrix[2][2]); The values are currently being used for XNVCTRLSetGvoColorConversion(). The NVIDIA driver is not present on that screen. • BadImplementation - The NVIDIA driver is not present on that screen. • BadImplementation - GVO is not available on that screen. NVIDIA Corporation Quadro FX 4500/5500 SDI User's Guide - Possible errors: • BadMatch - GVO is not available... retrieves the color conversion matrix and color offset that are ordered within the arrays according to the comments for GVO (Graphic to Video Out).
...colorMatrix[2][1] + B * colorMatrix[2][2]); The values are currently being used for XNVCTRLSetGvoColorConversion(). The NVIDIA driver is not present on that screen. • BadImplementation - The NVIDIA driver is not present on that screen. • BadImplementation - GVO is not available on that screen. NVIDIA Corporation Quadro FX 4500/5500 SDI User's Guide - Possible errors: • BadMatch - GVO is not available... retrieves the color conversion matrix and color offset that are ordered within the arrays according to the comments for GVO (Graphic to Video Out).