UM:Application Preferences Monitor Videoio
The Monitoring/Video IO preference tab configures global settings for display modes, timeline monitoring and video and audio I/O.
Enable Dual Display
If Enable Dual Display is on, the application assumes a two display configuration and configures its screen layout appropriately.
DVI Order
Values : |
UI(1) - Monitor(2), Monitor(1) - UI(2) |
Default : |
UI(1) - Monitor(2) |
Use : All dual-display configurations.
This setting controls the orientation of the displays, where :
• | UI - the graphical user interface (menus, buttons etc.) |
• | Monitor - the player, image display |
If the dual screen mode you configure is invalid and causes problems, you can always set the general.prefs preference file parameter dualScreenMode to false before restarting. |
Monitor Anchor
Values : |
Centre, Top left |
Default : |
Centre |
Use : NVIDIA SDI in extended desktop mode
This setting is only relevant to the extended desktop mode NVIDIA SDI configuration i.e. SDI configured via the NVIDIA control panel. It is used to define the positioning of the NVIDIA SDI output in relation to the primary (UI) output, when the SDI output is a different size to the UI output i.e.
• | UI output is HD (1920x1080 pixels) |
• | SDI output is PAL (720x576 pixels) |
Enable NVIDIA SDI Direct Output
These settings relate to the NVIDIA direct SDI monitoring output.
Use : Monitoring via NVIDIA direct SDI
NVIDIA direct SDI is our term for the application taking direct control of the NVIDIA card SDI monitoring signal. This means that no configuration is needed in the NVIDIA display control panel. |
SDI Link
This specifies the default NVIDIA SDI colourspace and format.
Values : |
YCrCb 422, RGB 444, YCrCb 444, Dual YCrCb 422, 12 bit YCrCb 422, 12 bit YCrCb 444 |
Default : |
YCrCb 422 |
Default Format
This specifies the default NVIDIA SDI video format to use.
Values : |
PAL, NTSC, 720p, HD 1080i, HD 1080psf, HD 1080p, 2k p, 2k i |
Default : |
HD 1080i |
Always use default format for monitoring
When enabled, the monitor is locked to the format set above and will not try and switch to a new format, even if its input changes.
This is useful if your output monitoring device does not support some output formats and you wish to lock it to a supported format. |
Enable OpenGL readback to Video
This setting enables the OpenGL graphics on your display monitor to be sent to the video board output for display in realtime. This includes the colour grading as well as any HUD or graphs displayed.
This setting is only supported for NVIDIA FX4600 graphics cards (or better) and DVS Centaurus2 video boards. |
OpenGL read-back is not compatible with the Interlaced Stereo DVI setting below. When enabled, the Interlaced Stereo DVI setting will be hidden. |
Interlaced Stereo DVI Output
When enabled, Interlaced Stereo DVI Output will convert the DVI signal to a left and right stereo channel mode.
Interlaced Stereo mode is incompatible with OpenGL read-back and will be hidden if read-back is enabled. |
Enable SDI I/O Card
Use : Video I/O and Monitoring via video I/O card
These settings relate to your SDI video card (e.g. Centaurus2, Bluefish Lust).
SDI Link
This specifies the default video card SDI colourspace and format.
Values : |
YCrCb 422, RGB 444, YCrCb 444, Dual YCrCb 422, 12 bit YCrCb 422, 12 bit YCrCb 444 |
Default : |
YCrCb 422 |
Default Format
This specifies the default video card SDI video format to use.
Values : |
PAL, NTSC, 720p, HD 1080i, HD 1080psf, HD 1080p, 2k p, 2k i |
Default : |
HD 1080i |
Always use default format for monitoring
When enabled, the monitor is locked to the format set above and will not try and switch to a new format, even if its input changes.
This is useful if your output monitoring device does not support some output formats and you wish to lock it to something supported. |
Priority Format
Use : Frame based project output formats
This setting is only relevant if we are using a progressive (frame) based (non-interlaced) project output format.
If we have a progressive output format (e.g. HD 1080p), this specifies whether we set our video I/O card to output a progressive signal ("p", Match p format) or a progressive segmented fields signal ("psf", Match psf format).
Values : |
Match p format |
Default : |
Match psf format |
RS422 COM Port
Default : |
1 |
This sets the workstation serial (COM) port to use for VTR control.
On a DVW workstation with built-in RS422 ports, this setting is not used if the environment variable USE_DVS_VTR_IF is set. |
Output Sync
This setting specifies the sync signal the video I/O card uses.
Values : |
Internal Sync, External Sync, Bi Level Sync, Tri Level Sync, Bi Level Sync (SD Source), Tri Level Sync (SD Source) |
Default : |
External Sync |
where :
• | Internal Sync - sync is generated internally and is free-running on layoff |
• | External Sync - sync on input signal |
• | Bi Level Sync - used for SD (BB -0.3V) |
• | Tri Level Sync - used for HD (-0.3V to +0.3V) |
• | Bi Level Sync (SD Source) - use Bi level sync on HD project |
• | Tri Level Sync (SD Source) - use Tri level sync on SD project |
Audio Settings
Default Audio Capture Bitrate
This setting specifies the sample size for VTR audio capture.
Values : |
16 Bit, 32 Bit |
Default : |
16 Bit |
Use Video IO Card as Audio Monitor
This setting will enable the video I/O card as the main audio monitoring device (rather than the computer workstation audio device).
This is a Centaurus2 video card option only.