User`s guide

Video/Audio Connections

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1. See the introductory text for section “Recommended Card Layouts” on page 25 for

conventions used in this table.

Video/Audio Connections

The SGI Media Server can contain up to eight channels of video I/O, employing the SGI

PCI-VIDAUD-MSB-B card. Connections to the card are made through the

MSB-REARPANEL-B component. This section provides connection and conﬁguration

information for the rear panel and the audio/video card.

Note: References to PCI-VIDAUD-MSB-B cards in this section also apply to

PCI-VIDAUD-MSB-C, PCI-VIDAUD-MSB-IMX, and PCI-VIDAUD-MSB-IMX-C cards.

PCI-VIDAUD-MSB-B Video/Audio Cards

PCI-VIDAUD-MSB-B cards are half-size, 64-bit, 33MHz, 3.3V PCI cards. The cards, along

with the VST software, provide encoding and decoding of the following video formats:

• SGI MPEG-2

• DIF—DVCPRO 25, DVCPRO 50, DVCAM, and DV (16-bit/48 Khz audio only)

compression

• MXF (MPEG-2)

• MXF (DVCPRO 25 and DVCPRO 50)

• SMPTE 360M (playout only)

5 2 PCI-VIDAUD-MSB-B card8 (Serial)

12 2

6 1 Serial—best choice

13 1

6 2 Serial—best choice

13 2

Table 2-10 PE Brick Layout for Origin 350 Systems (continued)

Bus Slot

Recommended Card Layout for PE Brick

Module (001p02) Xtalk Slot