IP-VFC SDI Video Configuration

The IP-VFC card can natively output a SDI video signal in one of the fixed formats described here. In this mode the card will not do anything special with networking and will simply act like a 12G or 3G output card.

Configuring SDI Video output

Follow these steps to configure the card for SDI video output:

1. Insert the card in to the back of the machine like a normal VFC card.
2. Insert one of our supported SDI SFPs in to Port 3.

Note

You should always configure your IP-VFCs with SFPs connected. Setting them up without SFPs will not work.

3. Open Designer, and in the Feed View validate that the IP-VFC is detected by the machine.
4. In the project settings set the correct refresh rate for the project, remember that the project refresh rate must match one of the IP-VFCs supported framerates.
5. Ensure that EDID emulation is set to If Connected or Always to make sure the changes are applied when you press Apply Feed Settings.
6. To configure the resolution of the output, right-click on the Port (the smaller box within the Slot in the Feed View) to open the Port editor.
7. Select Auto for the Colour Conversion Profile field under the Colour dropdown.
8. In the Display Mode field, select one of the pre-configured resolutions. Note the table of supported resolution/framerate formats to make sure you’re using a supported configuration.
9. The IP-VFC works best when genlocked in EXT sync modes. If you require Genlock for your project read the Genlocking with the IP-VFC page.
10. Press Apply Feed Settings - This will apply the configuration to the GPU as well as to the VFC card. This may take some time to complete.

Once Apply feeds has completed successfully, you should see that the Port box in the Feed View is now highlighted in green to indicate that the settings in Designer now match the settings applied to the GPU and VFC card. If the settings do not match, it will be highlighted in orange and clicking on the Port field will report what value differs.

Receiving video from the IP-VFC card

Once configured the card will output either a 3G or a 12G signal like a normal SDI source.

Using a 3G dual SDI SFP you will find that the lower BNC output is the one that will output the 3G signal.

Colour Formats in SDI mode

SDI output is always YCbCr 4:2:2 and the Colour Format field will be force to YCbCr 4:2:2 when in SDI mode. Designer will always output RGB 4:4:4 and the card will do the conversion to RGB 4:2:2.