Set up the video output port using the Admin panel
You can send a channel or a video source to the video output port using the Admin panel. You can also adjust the video output resolution, aspect ratio, and choose to include audio. The video output port frame rate is set automatically to the channel's configured frame rate for that video source.
When outputting a channel that has audio or a video source with embedded audio, you can adjust the volume and choose to include the audio meter. The audio meter is set to a fixed size of 15% of the width (or height if displayed horizontally) of the display.
Important considerations
If an SDI or HDMI video input source that is selected to display at the HDMI output port also appears in a custom layout for a channel, then the channel's encoding settings are used at the HDMI output. Changing the channel's frame rate will change the frame rate used at the output port for that video input. If the video source appears in multiple layouts in different channels, the one with the highest frame rate set in the encoding settings is used.
Default auto channels have the related HDMI (or SDI) port selected by default. As soon as you connect your video source to the port, it appears automatically in the auto channel's custom layout. Changing the auto channel's frame rate or deleting the auto channel will change the frame rate used at the output port for that video input. Deleting the auto channel forces the video output port to use the original frame rate of the video input source.
Set up a channel or video source to display on the video output port using the Admin panel
Log in to the Admin panel as admin
From the Output ports menu, click the output port. The video output port configuration page opens.
In the **Source ** field, select a channel (prefixed by the word Channel) or a video source (prefixed by the word Input).
In the **Resolution **field, select the resolution for the video output port.
| Device | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| All | Same as source | Set the output to the same resolution as the channel or video source. If that resolution is not supported by the display, the video output port will negotiate a new resolution with the display (generally this ends up being the display's default resolution). |
| All | Destination default | This is the default value. Each display has a preferred resolution, and when you choose this setting, the video output port will use the display's default resolution. |
| Pearl Nexus | 640×360, 640×480, 960×540, 1024×768, 1280×720, 1280×960, 1360×768, 1400×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440 | Choose a specific resolution for the output port. |
Do one of the following:
Check **Keep aspect ratio check **to have the system maintain the correct aspect ratio. If the aspect ratio is different between the source and the chosen display aspect ratio, black bars are automatically inserted at the top and bottom or left and right sides of the video.
Uncheck **Keep aspect ratio check **to have the system stretch the source to fit the aspect ratio of the display.
For a channel, do the following:
Check **Enable audio ** to include audio in the output. Leave this unchecked for no audio with the video.
(Optional) For a channel with audio enabled, adjust the volume. Enter a value from 0 to 100 percent in the **Audio volume **field.
(Optional) For a channel with audio enabled, choose whether or not to display the audio meter from the **Audio meter **drop down.
If displaying the audio meter, select horizontal or vertical from the **Audio meter orientation **drop-down menu to change the orientation of the displayed audio meter.
For an input source, do the following:
Select an Audio source from the drop down list.
(Optional) Adjust the volume. Enter a value from 0 to 100 percent in the **Audio volume **field.
(Optional) Choose whether or not to display the audio meter from the **Audio meter **drop down.
If displaying the audio meter, select horizontal or vertical from the **Audio meter orientation **drop-down menu to change the orientation of the displayed audio meter.
Click Apply.
The audio meter can be displayed even if you are not playing audio over the video output port (i.e. even when the **Enable audio **check box is not checked).