Recommended Operating Practices - Nvidia Quadro FX 4500 Software Manual

Recommended Operating Practices

This section provides some basic operating practices to follow in order to obtain the best
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.
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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Changing Applications
To avoid visual disturbances while switching applications, observe the following
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
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Start or stop the graphics or video application
Turn on or off the SDI output
Make changes to the SDI signal format
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