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Chapter 15 NDI OUTPUT ROUTERS (VMC1)
In video production, outputs are a BIG deal, typically in scant supply, and expensive.
Imagine a system where you could have a nearly endless supply of outputs. NDI makes
this dream a near reality. VMC1 supports virtually unlimited expansibility in this
respect, and even provides direct and convenient control over your output sources.
Earlier, we mentioned that VMC1(only) provides eight special NDI outputs, beyond the already large number
of SDI and NDI outputs available. These latter outputs are labeled
OUT 1-8 .
FIGURE 195
Figure 197 highlights two tabs labeled OUTPUTS 1-4 and 5-8 , situated just beneath the main PROGRAM output
viewport (Figure 195). Clicking a tab reveals one of these two specialized crosspoint panels, which appear in
the same place that
M/E and PREVIZ modules are normally shown.
The features of these panels are very similar to those normally provided by an expensive external matrix
routers . Each row in these tabs determines the source sent to the output named at left. The monitors at right
show the video from the currently selected source.
FIGURE 196
You can assign many different sources to each of these 8 NDI outputs. As elsewhere, the source buttons
occupy three banks, similar to the
Switcher source rows (the same Bank buttons used for the Switcher change
the banks shown in the NDI Output Router panels, although their content is somewhat different). Outputs
can be individually renamed by editing the labels shown at left (Figure 196).