User guide

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CLIPSTER I/O Tool User Guide
Figure 6-2: Window to set the video format for a play-out
As a standard after selecting the video format settings the SDI output
configurations are displayed. Use the provided items to set the video
format accordingly. In this window you can also set the software to an
autoscaling of the material to be played out if its original resolution dif-
fers from the configured output raster. Additionally, you can determine
here the amount of audio channels that will be embedded in the video
signal (AIV). This is provided because some external devices have diffi-
culties when handling embedded audio that provides more than four
audio channels.
With the tabs at the very top you can set the output format for the dif-
ferent ports. The output video format can be set separately for the SDI
and the DVI/analog outputs. The settings items of the tab DVI/Analog
will be available once the check box Lock to Output is deactivated.
As soon as you confirm your settings with the OK button, they will be
in effect. The in- and outputs of the system (except the SD outputs) will
change their format respectively. Depending on the selected video for-
Further information about audio and the way it is handled in
the I/O Tool can be found in section “Audio in the I/O Tool”
on page 2-9.