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4. Operating
4.2 Features of video and RGB display
4.2.1 Basic video display mode
Normally the videos and RGB data are displayed in windows. These windows may be moved and resized on their
These windows may be moved and resized on their
respective display area and can overlap like other application windows.
4.2.2 Channel video
Video and RGB signals respectively can also be displayed without borders and fitted to complete projection cubes
(1 to n×n, depending on configuration). This is called channel video.
4.2.3 OmniScaler
The O
S
is used together with graphic cards in digital mode. After the graphic card generated the graphic
MNI
CALER
data stream, it is transferred to the O
S
, where the video and RGB data is integrated to it. Each input
Each input
MNI
CALER
source can be individually scaled up to full-screen and higher and color depth can be selected independently
from the color depth chosen for the Windows NT, Windows 2000 or Windows XP desktop. One O
S
pro-
MNI
CALER
vides the capability to process up to 128 video and RGB inputs simultaneously.
RGB inputs simultaneously.
Video and RGB data is triple buffered. Therefore only entire frames are displayed in sync with the graphical data
to avoid frame tearing.
4.2.4 Video switcher
By means of an optional video switcher multiple analog sources can be connected to one port of an input card. In
the dialog box of the video software the sources can be switched during operation.
For the operation of distributed video also a video switcher may be used. The configuration of the video switcher
is described in section
6.2.3 Configuring
video.
4.2.5 Genlock k
The A
system provides the ability for genlocking. Either a video of the Q
A
V
C
or the clock of
RGUS
UAD
NALOG
IDEO
ARD
an AGX G
C
, UGX G
UGX G
C
or an external studio signal can be used as reference signal. For the func-
RAPHIC
ARD
RAPHIC
ARD
tionality of genlock, please refer to section
6.2.11
Genlock.
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Barco – Argus Workstation for Windows – DOC-3266-2 – Revision 06 – April 2004
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