This section contains a description of the Digital Video Systems (DVS) Centaurus II video card.
The DVS was mainly sold with Viz Virtual Set and Viz Arena, and was Vizrt’s successor of the Digital Voodoo Red Devil V3 card. The DVS is able to output both HD and SD unlike the Red Devil which could only output SD. The DVS was typically mounted in HP wx8400, HP xw8600 or HP Z800 machines.
This section contains information on the following topics:
- Connectors
- Main Card Connectors
- Description of the LEDs on the video card
- SDI and RS-422 Extension Card Connectors
- To Connect the DVS Centaurus II and SDI/RS-422 Extension Card
- Supported Codecs
- Driver Installation
- Licensing
- To Install a DVS Centaurus II License
- To validate the DVS Centaurus II license
Connectors
This section describes the main video card, the SDI/RS-422 extension card and how To Connect the DVS Centaurus II and SDI/RS-422 Extension Card.
This section contains information on the following topics:
- Main Card Connectors
- SDI and RS-422 Extension Card Connectors
- To Connect the DVS Centaurus II and SDI/RS-422 Extension Card
- DIP Switch for PCI: PCI-X variant only: DIP switch to set up the PCI video card interface, that is its clock frequency; This switch is not available on the PCIe version of the card used by Vizrt.
- (HD) SDI OUT A: BNC connector for a video output at port A (serial digital interface); usually used for an output of the first video channel in single-link (YUV) or the first stream of YUVA or RGBA in dual-link mode.
- (HD) SDI IN A: BNC connector for a video input at port A (serial digital interface); usually used for an input of the first video channel in single-link (YUV) or the first stream of YUVA or RGBA in dual-link mode.
