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SACO Display Director

Processor Control

Visual Settings for Selected Online Processors:

List of processors used in this project, shown with a green (online) or red (offline) status icon. Offline processors are listed but not selectable. Clicking a processor switches the canvas to view/edit its input and output settings.

  • Save: Next to each online processor, saves the current settings to that processor. Only enabled for the processor currently selected.
  • Save All: Saves the current settings to every online processor in the project.

Input Selection

  • Input Source: Cards for each available input (HDMI, DisplayPort, SDI, or internal test sources) based on the type of processor in this project. Each card shows a status LED (green when active) and the incoming signal’s resolution and refresh rate. Click a card to make it the active input.

Source information

  • Resolution: The dimensions of the source image in pixels (e.g., 1920x1080).
  • Refresh rate: The frequency at which the image updates, measured in Hertz (Hz) (e.g., 60 Hz, 120 Hz)
  • Bit Depth: The number of bits used to represent the color of each pixel, indicating the range of colors (e.g., 8-bit, 10-bit, etc.)
  • Color Space: The color standard used for the source, such as sRGB, Adobe RGB, or DCI-P3.

Contrast Gain

  • Red/Green/Blue: Adjusts the gain for each color channel to enhance contrast (e.g., values indicating the increase in intensity for red, green, and blue.)

Black level

  • The level of black in the image, which adjusts the threshold for what is considered black, ensuring proper detail without subduing shadows.

Input Region into Scaler

  • Width of Region: The width of the selected input region in pixels (e.g., 640 pixels).
  • Height of Region: The height of the selected input region in pixels (e.g., 360 pixels).
  • Left Edge of Region: The X coordinates the left edge of the input region.
  • Top Edge of Region: The Y coordinate of the top edge of the input region.
  • Crop to Maximum: Resets the region to the full size of the incoming source.
  • Ratios: A list of common aspect-ratio presets (1:1, 4:3, 16:9, 2.35:1, and others) that crop the region to that ratio, centered within the source.

Test Patterns

  • Test Patterns: Choose from the processor’s built-in test pattern library (used mainly with internal/test sources). Patterns that support it also expose a custom RGB color picker.

Output Source

  • Scale to Width: Adjusts the output to fit the width of the display.
  • Scale to Height: Adjusts the output to fit the height of the display.
  • Horizontal Position in Raster: Specifies the horizontal placement of the output within the raster.
  • Vertical Position in Raster: Specifies the vertical placement of the output within the raster.
  • Fit to Cabinet: Automatically scales and positions the output to match the selected cabinet’s size.
  • Fit to Raster: Automatically scales and positions the output to fill the entire raster.
  • If the output region extends beyond the raster, a warning is shown indicating the output is out of bounds.