The SGI IndigoVideo (also called StarterVideo) is an optional video frame buffer that resides in your Indigo workstation. It facilitates the output of video in various formats. If you use the IndigoVideo in various formats, create a configuration entry for each format.
Tip: Alias|Wavefront only supports video output for the IndigoVideo frame buffer.
The syntax of this configuration entry is:
device frame buffer name
server_name server
server_id socket
server_host host
defn
format format
enddefn
enddevice
device frame buffer name
The name is the name you want to assign to this device. If your IndigoVideo configuration is operating in NTSC mode, you may want to call it IndigoVideoNTSC.
server_name server
The server is the name of the executable that controls the IndigoVideo. It resides in the product_bin. The server should be fbdsv for the IndigoVideo. (If you relocate the server executable, or if the server is running on a different host than your application, you must specify the server as a full UNIX pathname.)
server_id socket
The socket is the socket number through which your application communicates with the IndigoVideo server process. This number must be unique to your UNIX system for each defined device and (Alias|Wavefront and non-Alias|Wavefront) server process. If you are defining multiple IndigoVideo frame buffer configurations for the same board, you must use the same socket number for each.
server_host host
The host is the name of the workstation in which your IndigoVideo resides. This can be the workstation which is executing your application, or another workstation which is connected to your workstation using Ethernet. If you are using one workstation for your application and another for the IndigoVideo, you must install your application on both machines. The host can be localhost if the IndigoVideo is connected to your workstation.
format format
The format indicates whether your IndigoVideo is operating in NTSC or PAL video. If this line is omitted, NTSC is used by default.