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Setting Up Video Hardware
Summary
Video Hardware Components
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Wiring Your Video Components
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Standard VTR Control Cable
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Setting Up VTR Emulation
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Video Hardware Components
You use the video components to set up video I/O and a broadcast monitor. The only video
hardware you must provide are a sync generator, a VTR, and a HD/SDI broadcast monitor. The
following components are included in your hardware shipment.
AJA OEM-2K board and Breakout Box —
The AJA OEM-2K board and breakout box
provides video I/O, audio, and VTR control. The AJA breakout box connects to the AJA OEM-
2K board and handles SD (NTSC, PAL), and HD at a depth of 8 and 10 bits.
NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500G graphics board —
The NVIDIA® Quadro® FX 5500G is the
graphics board for 2K/DI configurations, and provides output to your computer and broadcast
monitor.
LCD graphics monitor —
The LCD graphics monitor features a wide screen that makes a 16:9
aspect ratio possible for HD projects. With this monitor, the application runs at a maximum
resolution of 1920x1200.
Miranda DVI-Ramp
2
—
The DVI-Ramp
2
connects the Linux workstation to two display
devices: a high-resolution computer monitor and a broadcast monitor. This allows the
application user interface to be displayed on a standard, non-interlaced, high-resolution
computer monitor, while the portion of the user interface containing video content (preview
window) is extracted and output on a broadcast video monitor. The DVI-Ramp
2
can output
either a standard definition serial digital video signal or a high definition serial digital video
signal. It provides a real-time preview to both the graphics display and broadcast monitor.
