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Hint: You can actually assess the latency of your pipeline fairly easily. Run timecode directly to 1) a monitor
and at the same time 2) through the switcher to a second (identical) monitor. Take a photograph that
encompasses both monitors, and compare the timecode shown.
C.2.4 OTHER SOURCES OF LATENCY
More often than not, significant latency is added by other devices in the IMAG chain that come after the
switcher. Projectors are a common contributor, but at times the cameras themselves are a factor.
Here are some helpful points to consider when designing and connecting your system:
• If you use Multiview output from the switcher to the projector – if at all possible, match the format
sent from the switcher to the native format of the projector. (On some projectors this allows the unit
to avoid using its own internal scaling, which is often a significant factor in unwanted latency.)
• When possible, try supplying the projector with analog video. This can eliminate a lot of the
complexity from the process (of course, this is not always possible.)
• Certain projectors provide a ‘low latency mode’ to disable features of the unit that carry a heavy toll
in latency. Enabling this mode can make positioning the projector slightly more challenging (as you
may sacrifice some ability to position and scale the image using projector menu functions)
– but the
latency reduction can be very worthwhile.
• Some cameras include features that add more latency than you would expect. For instance, image
stabilization (by definition) adds one field of latency and sometimes more. Disable anything of that
sort that you can.
• Latency may be slightly lower for progressive sessions, so for lowest latency, (genlocked) 720p
cameras and session are theoretically ideal (again, for genlocked sources, consider disabling
Frame
Sync – see Section 8.2.3).