What Are the SGI Video Devices?

The video and compression devices we may mention in the lurker's guide are:

• vino: "Video In No Out." Built-in video inputs shipped with every Indy.
• ev1: Video board architecture used for these products:
  • Indigo Video
  • Indy Video
  • Indy Video 601
  • Indigo2 Video
  • Galileo Video
  • Indigo2 Video for Impact (not Impact Video for Indigo2)
  For more information, see ev1 and cosmo1.
• cosmo1: Compression board architecture used for these products:
  • Cosmo Compress for Indigo
  • Cosmo Compress for Indy
  • Cosmo Compress for Indigo2
  For more information, see ev1 and cosmo1.
• ev3: Name used only in the Lurker's Guide to describe these video products:
  • Impact Video For Indigo2 (not Indigo2 Video for Impact)
  • Octane Digital Video
  For more information, see ev3 and cosmo2.
• cosmo2: Compression board architecture used for these products:
  • Impact Compression For Indigo2
  • Octane Compression
  For more information, see ev3 and cosmo2.
• sirius: The Sirius Video option supported on Onyx and Challenge machines.
• mvp: Built-in video input and output for the O2 workstation. Also called "O2 Video." For more information, see Notes on Video Input for O2 Systems (mvp).
• divo: Onyx2/Origin video product to replace Sirius.

The Lurker's Guide currently does not discuss Octane Personal Video, a lower cost video option for Octane.