Api Control - Nvidia FX4500 - Apple MAC Pro QUADRO FX 4500 Video Card 630-7532 User Manual

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API CONTROL

The SDI application programming interface allows OpenGL or Direct3D applications to
have full and exclusive control of the SDI output. This method of controlling the SDI
output is also known as extended mode.
This chapter gives a brief introduction to this method of implementing graphics to SDI,
and includes the following sections:

"SDI Application Programming Overview" on page 43

"Windows XP NvGvo API Description" on page

"Linux CONTROL X Extension API" on page 72
Refer to the following documents for additional information on using the APIs:
•
Programming NVIDA Quadro SDI
•
The NVGVOSDK , which can be obtained from NVIDIA.
Quadro 4000/5000/6000 SDI
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