Can BT.656 transmission 1080P mode video?

puyol jiang

Hi,

My platform is DM8168, now I want to use FPGA to generate a 1080P video source with out any decoder. As I know, DM8168 VIN[0]_A support 8 bit embedded sync input, BT.656 is a format for the input , but I have some questions:

1. I know the PAL or NTSC data store format, but I do not know how the 1080P data store format, can anyone give me some help?

2 If I use BT.656 transmission 1080P/60 video, the clock frequency will be 148.5MHz? or others?

Thanks.

puyol.

over 13 years ago

0 HardikShah over 13 years ago

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Hi,

BT656 requires double the pixel clock frequency for input clock so you will required 148.5*2 MHz but VIN port can support upto 165MHz so its not possible to driver 1080P60 with BT656 interface. You can at max drive only 1080P30.

Regards,

Hardik Shah

0 puyol jiang over 13 years ago in reply to HardikShah

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Thanks HardikShah,

What about the datastore format? BT.656 about 525 line have the following format:

How about 1080P? I do not know the line format?

0 Steve Clynes over 13 years ago in reply to HardikShah

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You can capture 1080p with 16 bit. This should already be supported.

BR,

Steve

0 puyol jiang over 13 years ago in reply to Steve Clynes

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Which format 16bit input use? BT.1120? others?

Thanks.

puyol.

0 Steve Clynes over 13 years ago in reply to puyol jiang

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I believe the drivers already support embedded sync (1120) but the hardware should also be able to support discrete syncs too. I am not sure about SW support at the moment though.

The data format for 1120 is basically the same as 656 but the sync codes are duplicated across the 2 8 bit channels.

BR,

Steve

0 puyol jiang over 13 years ago in reply to Steve Clynes

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That means the input format is embedde sync used? So, we can set the input format as 16 bit embedded sync, clocking is 148.5MHz.

Another question, the sync codes are duplicated across the 2 8 bit channels means the SAV and EAV as follows:

SAV/EAV

FFFF 0000 0000 XYXY

blanking data

8080 1010 8080 1010 ...... In sum of 280 Bytes?

active data

..............

puyol.

0 Steve Clynes over 13 years ago in reply to puyol jiang

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Yes, this is pretty much it.

The only difference is that it is the number of active pixels which is most critical. The number of blanking samples will depend on exactly which format is being sent, but in most cases is actually ignored anyhow.

Check the CEA specifications for the number of samples during active and blanking times to be 100% standards compliant.

BR,

Steve

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