Linux version – does it use the nVidia SDI

[Christopher Tay]

It uses the same Decklink HD Extreme 3D card for the video I/O and monitoring. The NVIDIA SDI is only used in the 3D stereoscopic model for monitoring but uses the Decklink HD Extreme 3D card for video I/O.

-chrispy

[Rory Hinds]

thanks for the info Chrispy

Its strange that they don’t tap into the nVidia SDI for better throughput, everyone else does (Smoke, Flame, Lustre, Scratch etc)

If its only used in the 3D model, does that mean you have to purchase that separately and its not part of the Resolve?

What are the different options on Linux as the Mac you have just one product that was said to be the exact same as the Linux version?

Rory Hinds
mine
http://www.minefilms.com

[Peter Chamberlain]

Hi, Resolve plays the HD video in real time via the Decklink for both Mac and Linux so I don’t think there is anything that could be sped up. Stereoscopic 3D monitoring is available on both platforms via the Decklink as a side by side or line mesh output for your 3D monitor.
The Nvidia SDI output card is an optional (and expensive) daughter card to the Nvidia UI GPU and we have a Linux configuration that uses two Nvidia UI cards each with a SDI option to provide 4:4:4 10 bit for each eye to the 3D processor or projectors. This configuration is not technically possible in the Mac as there are insufficient slots. As this SDI option is for display, there is still a Decklink for VTR I/O.
rgds, Peter

[Christopher Tay]

And even if there are slots on the Mac Pro, there are no support for the NVIDIA SDI option on Mac OSX.

-chrispy

[Rory Hinds]

Hi there

I know the Mac doesn’t support the nVidia SDI card… I’m asking about the Linux version, not the Mac.

Please clarify… the lInux version (1 version) supports the nVidia SDI card if you have it installed.. else it uses the Decklink card if you don’t have the nvidia SDI card installed?

Just trying to clear this up.

I understand that you can build up the Linux station with added hardware (multiply GPU etc) but do you have to purchase an addition add on to Resolve to take advantage of the added hardware? Or is it already built into Resolve and adding the hardware activates it?

Rory Hinds
mine
http://www.minefilms.com

[Peter Chamberlain]

Hi, the Linux Resolve application includes support for all the variations in the hardware for each of the different configs as specified to the DaVinci distributors in the build guide. Therefore there is no extra cost to the software to add the hardware variations, just the additional hardware and implementation cost. When the systems are being built the configurator application we provide sets up the system to use the specified hardware in the slots and configuration we determined works best for reliable operation. Specifically, the Nvidia SDI daughter board option is only supported in the application for use in as a monitor display output. Video I/O for a VTR requires the DeckLink.
rgds
Peter

[Rory Hinds]

Cool, thanks Peter
That clears it up.
nVidia SDI is used like other use it, just for monitoring.

I’ll buy Resolve on Linus when Blackmagic allow you to build your own system as I don’t have the pockets to pay for someone else to the the job I can do myself.

Rory Hinds
mine
http://www.minefilms.com