Video-in video-out (VIVO)

Video In Video Out, usually apparent as the acronym VIVO (commonly arresting vee-voh), is a cartoon anchorage which enables some video cards to accept bidirectional (input and output) analog video alteration through a mini-DIN connector, usually of the 9-pin variety, and a specialised splitter cable (which can sometimes additionally alteration analog audio).

VIVO is begin on high-end ATI and NVIDIA computer video cards, sometimes labeled "TV OUT". VIVO on these cartoon cards about supports composite, component, and S-Video as outputs, and blended and S-Video as inputs. Many added video cards alone abutment basic and/or S-Video outputs to accompaniment VGA or DVI, about application a basic blemish cable and an S-Video cable. While component-out operation supports high-definition resolutions, it does not abutment the HDCP accepted which would be appropriate for official HDTV abutment as set out by the EICTA

Features

however, can not break advertisement signals from any source, and so, like HDTV sets after tuners and blended monitors, added accessories is appropriate to be able to appearance advertisement TV programs.

Some manufacturers accredit their adaptation of the VIVO anchorage to additionally alteration sound

Limitations

The VIVO achievement on cartoon cards is generally not acclimated by those who accept no charge to affix their computer to a TV. Also, there can be issues incomputer application acknowledging the use of VIVO ports.

A computer application VIVO charge acceptcomputer application that can handle an ascribe signal. For example, in the case of Nvidia GeForce alternation 6 and 7 video agenda users this agency downloading Nvidia's WDM drivers.

Additionally, On Windows XP computers that use GeForce video cards with Scalable Link Interface (SLI) approach enabled, application a TV to affectation allotment of the desktop via VIVO is disabled, aloof as dual-monitor approach is disabled. Confusingly, however, some adulterated images may be arresting on a properly-connected VIVO-driven television affectation at boot-up