About This Guide

This manual contains these chapters:

Chapter 1, “Video Panel,” describes the Video Panel and how to use it to select an input source, set controls on the video input signal, and run programs that present video in a window.

Chapter 2, “Audio Panel,” describes the Audio Control Panel and how to use it to select the volume and sampling rate for various audio applications.

Appendix A, “Video Control Panel for Indigo Workstations,” describes the Video Control Panel that ships with Indigo workstations and with Indigo workstations with IndigoVideo installed.

The Glossary defines video and audio terms that may be unfamiliar to you.

This guide assumes that you are familiar with the IRIX system software and the terminology that describes it. If this is not the case, please refer to IRIS Essentials for general instructions on how to use the system.

Typographical Conventions

This guide uses the following conventions:

  • References to other documents are in italics.

  • References to other chapters and sections within this guide are in quotation marks.

  • Names of buttons are in italics.

  • Names of menu choices are in quotation marks.

  • Step-by-step instructions used to perform a task are shown as numbered sentences. These may be followed by additional instructions, marked with a small box, that further explain the step.