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1. setting so you need to change the settings for Blackmagic 8 Bit 2Vuy from Blackmagic to Blackmagic HD This is because Apple do not yet have their own codec for 8 bit HD so we supply our own Apple will probably address this in a future update and we expect Blackmagic Design will adopt the Apple codec at that time Recording to Tape Once you have captured your clips edited them and applied any effects you will want to record the completed project to tape One easy method is to go to the File menu and choose Print to Video If you want to perform precise insert and assemble edits onto a timecode striped tape go to the File menu and choose Edit to Tape M RIR aaa i l goa i dy Slo 3a ts oe 5 5 HO E amp if gis System Settings Scratch Disks Memory amp Cache Playback Control gt External Editors ffect Handling effects handled by Blackmagic HD Blackmagic 8 Bit 2Vuy Uncompressed 8 bit 4 2 2 effects handled by inal Cut Pro HD DV DVCPRO NTSC effects handled by inal Cut Pro HD DV PAL effects handled by inal Cut Pro HD DVCPRO PAL effects handled by inal Cut Pro HD DVCPROSO PAL effects handled by inal Cut Pro HD Photo JPEG effects handled by inal Cut Pro HD DVCPRO HD 720p60 effects handled by inal Cut Pro HD F F F F DVCPROSO NTSC effects handled by Final Cut Pro HD F F F F last jae fae fas2. Mac OS Xx Click on the Input tab and you will see 2 or 3 options related to your DeckLink card Due to a current limitation in QuickTime in Mac OS X it is currently only possible to input 2 audio channels at any one SS time You will need to specify which audio input you wish to use from the following options The settings in Final Cut Pro override these settings and can be set independently to these settings Suae g i e SDI Digital Audio will input channels 1 2 n e SDI Digital Audio Ch 3 4 will input channels 3 4 e AES EBU Digital Audio will input channels 1 2 through the SPDIF AES input of the DeckLink HD Pro Sound Effects Output Input Choose a device for sound output Note SDI Digital Audio should be chosen even when using analog audio with cards such as the DeckLink SP and DeckLink Extreme Analog convertors on the analog DeckLink cards ensure the audio is converted to and from analog or Output volume a digital as required hoor sien biman ba Line In SDI Digital Audio Ch 344 Settings for the selected device Input volume 4 I a 4 Mute v Show volume in menu bar DeckLink Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Viruses Viruses are an ever increasing problem on computers Computers will often slow down if they become infected This can cause various problems in video especially dropp
3. not CL cutout CI I ouput CI 1 Cutout e I Tes M I Deck Control ai RS 422 DeckLink HD Pro Break out Cable HD SD SDI 4 2 2 Only HD SD SDI 4 2 2 Tq Output to deck 2 HD SD SDI 4 2 2 Tql Input from deck Ca When you don t have genlock you can output stable black so DeckLink HD Pro locks the deck This output is always stable and allows the deck to be set to input reference or auto reference Be sure to set the Black Video Output to Deck in Capture option to On Digital SDI Outputs in the DeckLink control panel when using this feature Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Connection Diagrams DeckLink HD Pro cable DeckLink HD Prc Connection Wordclock AES S PDIF AES S PDIF REF B Y B Y Q R Y R Deck Control Output Output Input Input Output Output Output DeckLink Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Blackmagic Design Limited Warranty Blackmagic Design warrants that this product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 12 months from the date of purchase If a product proves to be defective during this warranty period Blackmagic Design at its option either will repair the defective product without charge for parts and labor or will provide a replacement in exchange for the defective product In order to obtain service under this warranty you the Customer must notify Blackmagic Design of t
4. Cut Pro HD is powerful real time video and audio non linear editing application In conjunction with your new Decklink card Final Cut Pro will allow you work in every video standard from DV up to uncompressed 4 4 4 RGB high definition for film work The Blackmagic DeckLink installer will add Easy Setups for Final Cut Pro HD Setting Up Launch Final Cut Pro HD Mac OS X 1 The Easy Setup window will appear 2 Click on the popup menu named Setup for and select a relevant Blackmagic Easy Setup For each TV format NTSC PAL and HDTV you will find a range of compressed and uncompressed file formats you can choose For example if you are working in NTSC format you could choose one of the following Easy Setups Blackmagic NTSC 10 Bit Blackmagic NTSC 8 Bit Blackmagic NTSC DV Blackmagic NTSC DV50 Blackmagic NTSC JPEG Which Easy Setup you choose will be dictated partly by the speed of your disk array and partly by whether you already have any movie clips in a particular format If you have a fast disk array you can choose a 10 Bit format and the quality will be stunning If you only have a single disk for storage you could choose either DV or JPEG JPEG often looks better but unfortunately Apple have not yet implemented RT Effects with JPEG If you need to add RT Effects then DV would be a better choice 3 Click on the popup menu named Primary Scratch Disk and select your disk array from the popup m
5. DeckLink card DeckLink Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Mac OS X DeckLink Installing Blackmagic DeckLink software Installing Blackmagic DeckLink software d Name Demo cP 6 Note Keep the installer available as you may need to reinstall the drivers after having installed or updated Final Cut Pro or QuickTime Authenticate installer requires that you type your password ror The CD supplied with the DeckLink card contains the Blackmagic installer In order to ensure that you have the very latest driver please visit www blackmagic design com and click on the support page Note Should the installer on the website be a newer version than the one on your installer CD download and save the zip file for future installations If you wish to uninstall existing DeckLink drivers before installing a new version open the Blackmagic Installer disk and scroll down to folder named Installer Files Open this folder and you will find the Uninstall Blackmagic utility Run this utility and you will require an Administrator password before it will allow you to uninstall the old drivers Go to the location of the downloaded installer and double click the zip ee file which will then expand Double click on the resulting DeckLink_ E Select a pestination Macintosh dmg file and the Blackmagic Installer disk will mount on o Wsreducton e a your deskt
6. DeckLink cards will list many more modes in addition to these two modes Select the desired mode and your TV monitor should switch to that mode If you have a NTSC only monitor and switch to a PAL desktop the video will appear gray in color The same is true if you have a PAL only monitor and switch to NTSC A multi format monitor is required to display the different modes in their correct color 5 You can switch between TV resolutions by opening the System Preferences and then selecting Displays However using the Displays menu Is usually much easier and more convenient DeckLink ee DPLUS93S8 O Display Arrangement Color Resolutions 832 x 624 Colors Millions 1024 x 768 1152 x 870 1152 x 864 1280 x 960 Detect Dispi 1280 x 1024 SETTE 1344 x 1008 MA Show displays in menu 1600 x 1024 75 Hertz Number of recent modes RU 13 Television Display Color Resolutions 720 x 486 Colors Millions 720 x 576 23 Hertz 1280 x 720 oe 24 Hertz 25 Hertz t v 29 Hertz 30 Hertz Number of recen iw Detect Displays Turn On Mirroring 1344 x 1008 60 Hz Millions 1344 x 1008 75 Hz Millions 1344 x 1008 85 Hz Millions 1344 x 1008 90 Hz Millions 1600 x 1024 76 Hz Millions 1600 x 1200 65 Hz Millions 1600 x 1200 70 Hz Millions 1600 x 1200 75 Hz Millions 1792 x 1344 60 Hz Millions 1792 x 1344 65 Hz Millions 720 x 486 29 Hz Millions 720 x 576 25 Hz Mi
7. fast enough in the 100 MHz slots Avoid placing a AGP slot LISS slower PCI card in the other 100 MHz slot as both slots will be reduced to the speed of the slower card Mac OS X If you decide to install a DeckLink SD DeckLink HD or DeckLink HD Pro card in the top slot of a G5 you will need to carry out the following procedure e Lie the G5 on its side to make it easy to insert the DeckLink card e Loosely seat the card in position in the top slot iar aS e Press the back end of the card in to the slot i e the end that does not have 133MH z slot ST connectors e Tilt the top of the card towards the top of the Gd i e towards the bay that can IE slot i hold the two Serial ATA drives 400MHz slot e Whilst tilting the card on this angle you should be able to press down carefully AGP slt ILS on the front of the card and it will slide down in to the slot Whilst doing this 1 be careful as the metal connectors on the DeckLink card will press against a N black plastic plug The plug will flex slightly as you slide the DeckLink card in i to position a This procedure does not require much force If you find yourself having to use too much force or feel at all uncomfortable with this procedure use one of the 100 MHz slots instead and you will find that you can install your card easily DeckLink Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Blackmagic DeckLink Software The Blackmagi
8. play triangle below the clip You can also scrub the clip just like the QuickTime player Note Make sure the files you wish to play back are TV formatted QuickTime files otherwise they will not appear on the DeckLink output DeckLink Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Deck Control features Loop playback Loop back and forth Grab frame to Photoshop file Copy and paste just like QuickTime player Deck Controller f ane 7 b g Sri me Rew J Step 1 Y stepei J Frwd Y a Inserting to Tape 1 Open the clip that you require to print to tape Mac OS X 2 Enter the timecode of the desired in point 3 Click Put Clip Capturing Clips Blackmagic Deck Control Uraitied 1 mov There are two ways to capture clips 1 Capture now captures video and audio instantly Shortcut 4K 2 Get clip captures frame accurate timecode video audio to in and n ana out points set by the user Timecode will only be available if RS 422 is connected Your video deck will respond to the standard keys used for deck control i e spacebar j k and I keys In and Out points can be set using the i and o keys while playing the tape nie AppleScript Blackmagic Deck Control supports AppleScript commands for starting and stopping video capture The status of the capture can also be req
9. so DeckLink HD Pro locks the deck This output is always stable and allows the deck to be set to input reference or auto reference Be sure to set the Black Video Output to Deck in Capture option to On Digital SDI Outputs in the DeckLink control panel when using this feature Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Mac OS X DeckLink Connection Diagrams DeckLink HD Pro HD SD SDI 4 4 4 4 2 2 video audio capture and playback card with analog monitoring Single Link Mode 4 2 2 v Cl I d C I e CY JD ouput CI I ouput CI 1 Cutout e I Tes M I Deck Control ai RS 422 DeckLink HD Pro Break out Cable HD SD SDI 4 2 2 Mode HD SD SDI 4 2 2 Monitoring Output HD SD SDI 4 2 2 Output to deck BNC for Dual Link only HD SD SDI 4 2 2 Tql Input from deck a When you don t have genlock you can output stable black so DeckLink HD Pro locks the deck This output is always stable and allows the deck to be set to input reference or auto reference Be sure to set the Black Video Output to Deck in Capture option to On Digital SDI Outputs in the DeckLink control panel when using this feature Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Mac OS X DeckLink Connection Diagrams DeckLink HD Pro Single Link card HD SD SDI 4 2 2 video audio capture and playback card with analog monitoring Gat A JIL Output IE
10. system requirements Operating System Mac OS X 10 2 3 or newer QuickTime 6 1 or newer We currently recommend QuickTime 6 5 1 with Mac OS X 10 3 4 Mac OS X Server and Mac OS 9 are not supported Processor e Dual processor PowerMac G4 800 or faster The G4 must have dual processors even if a faster G4 processor is used e Single or dual processor PowerMac G5 with PCI X slots Base model G5 s with PCI slots might work but are unsupported e The fastest system you can afford is always a good idea Note We advise against using processor upgrade cards as they don t improve bus speeds and are of little helo with uncompressed video DeckLink DeckLink Pro PCI slots e Standard definition DeckLink cards will run at both 5 volts and 3 3 volts and so are fully compatible with the slots in both G4 s and Gd s DeckLink SD cards can be used in any PCI or PCI X slot in supported Macs DeckLink SD cards will run at 33 MHz in G4 and 66 MHz in a Gd with PCI X DeckLink SP DeckLink Extreme Note We advise against using PCI expansion chassis as they are not fast enough for uncompressed video Memory e 512 MB of RAM or more 1 GB would be preferable Disk Arrays e SCSI Ultra 160 or Ultra 320 SCSI card especially the ATTO ULSD PCI and UL4D PCI X cards at least 2 x U160 or U320 SCSI disks 10 000 rom software striped as RAID 0 OR e SATA SATA RAID card with at least 2 x SATA disks 10 00
11. 0 rom software striped as RAID 0 Standard Definition Monitoring For monitoring Standard Definition and High Definition video check out Blackmagic Design s low cost HDLink HDLink converts your SD and HD SDI output to DVI D perfect for use with LCD displays such as the Sil Apple HD Cinema 23 display HDLink features 2 x resize of NTSC and PAL on 1920x1200 pixel displays and also provides analog RCA audio output For more information on HDLink visit www blackmagic design com Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Mac OS X DeckLink High Definition on Mac OS X Minimum system requirements Operating System Mac OS X 10 2 7 or newer QuickTime 6 3 or newer We currently recommend QuickTime 6 5 1 with Mac OS X 10 3 4 Mac OS X Server and Mac OS 9 are not supported 5 DeckLink HUE OX 7 Processor e Dual processor PowerMac G5 1 8 GHz or faster with PCI X slots The G5 must have dual processors even if a faster processor is used e The fastest system you can afford is always a good idea and we highly recommend the dual processor G5 s which are fantastic for HD work DeckLink HD DeckLink HD Pro PCI slots High Definition DeckLink cards require PCI X slots to perform both HD and SD work Either the 133 or 100 MHz slots can be used but the 133 MHz slot is preferable See page 8 for detailed installation instructions Memory e 1 5 GB of RAM or mor
12. DeckLink User Manual WERON D G Second Edition July 2004 Blackmagic Leading the creative video revolution Mac OS X Mac OS X DeckLink Welcome Thank you for purchasing a DeckLink broadcast video card We hope you share our dream for the television industry to become a truly creative industry by allowing anyone to have access to the highest quality video Previously high end television and post production required investment in millions of dollars of hardware however with DeckLink cards even 10 bit uncompressed is now easily affordable We hope you get years of use from your new DeckLink card and have fun working with some of the world s hottest television and design software This instruction manual should contain all the information you ll need on installing your DeckLink capture card although it s always a good idea to ask a technical assistant for help if you have not installed hardware cards into computers before As DeckLink uses uncompressed video and the data rates are quite high you ll need fast disk storage and a high end Power Mac We think it should take you approximately 10 minutes to complete installation Please check our web site at www blackmagic design com and click the support page to download the latest updates to this manual and DeckLink driver software Lastly please email us register blackmagic design com with your DeckLink serial number SO we can keep you updated
13. LACE DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS IS THE WHOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY PROVIDED TO THE CUSTOMER FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IRRESPECTIVE OF WETHER BLACKMAGIC DESIGN OR THE VENDOR HAS ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES BLACKMAGIC DESIGN IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY ILLEGAL USE OF EQUIPMENT BY CUSTOMER BLACKMAGIC IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM USE OF THIS PRODUCT USER OPERATES THIS PRODUCT AT OWN RISK Copyright 2004 Blackmagic Design All rights reserved Blackmagic Design DeckLink HDLink and Leading the creative video revolution are registered trademarks in the US and other countries All other company and product names may be trade marks of their respective companies with which they are associated DeckLink Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution
14. Link Extreme that you need to specify whether you are capturing via SDI component analog or composite analog inputs Capture To capture go to the File menu and choose Log amp Capture Shortcut 8 Your video deck will respond in the same way as a clip in the Timeline via the space bar and k l keys It is extremely important to set the correct tape number for your clip as this will allow you to find the same frame off tape at any time in the future To immediately capture click the Capture Now button If you wish to log the clio enter the desired in and outpoints using either the i and o keys on your keyboard or manually by typing in the timecode and clicking Log Clip If you have the Prompt checkbox selected Final Cut Pro will now ask you to name the clip Name it and click OK the clip will appear in your browser with a diagonal red line indicating that it is offline Repeat this until you have logged all of the clips you wish to capture in a batch Note that when logging sequential clips from tape Final Cut Pro will automatically suggest a name for each clip based on the previous clip So if your first clip is called Mary MCU Final Cut Pro will suggest the next clip be called Mary MCU 01 and so forth This can make the logging process much faster Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Mac OS X DeckL
15. able and allows the deck to SD SDI Output Ro be set to input reference or auto reference If you are using a digital deck be sure to set the Black Video Output to Deck in Capture option to On Oe pu BS Digital SDI Outputs in the DeckLink control panel when using this feature If you are using an analog deck be sure to set the Black Video Output to Deck Control RS 422 an Deck in Capture option to On Analog Outputs q fall DeckLink Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Connection Diagrams 10 bit SDI Output 10 bit SDI Input Genlock In AES S PIDF Output Deck Control B Y Out R Y Out Y Out Y BIn R Yin Yin Audio Audio Audio Audio RS422 Left Right Left Right Output Output Input Input DeckLink Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Connection Diagrams DeckLink HD HD SD SDI 4 2 2 video audio capture and playback card Mac OS X Deck Control vif RS 422 AES S PDIF one Output HD SD SDI 4 2 2 _ ql fo Monitoring Output HD SD SDI 4 2 2 Output to deck HD SD SDI 4 2 2 Input from deck This DeckLink HD model does not have genlock so you need to connect your deck to the Deck SDI Output which has stable output to sync the deck Set the deck to input or auto reference Be sure to set the Black Video Output to Deck in Capture option to On Digital SDI Outputs in the DeckLink control panel w
16. c Design software installer supports standard and high definition video formats and all Blackmagic Design DeckLink PCI cards The Blackmagic DeckLink software installer will install the following components 1 Blackmagic DeckLink drivers Deck Controller OZO F Eject ff Stop a Play Vf Rec j 2 Blackmagic Deck Control application Co 3 Blackmagic DeckLink control panel Mac OS X 4 Blackmagic QuickTime codecs 5 Final Cut Pro Easy Setups presets and enablers E m m n 6 Blackmagic LiveKey Disk Read Results sori ed Results 7 Blackmagic Disk Speed Test ee nn ee eee f y eo 8 Bit YUV 4 2 2 Frame Rates 10 Bit RGB 4 4 4 Frame Rates Note Before installing any software or hardware you will need administrator Disk Rcd Disk wine Disk Read isk We privileges Se NTSC fps 389 172 NTSC fps 86 PAL fps 329 145 PAL fps 72 10 Bit YUV 4 2 2 Frame Rates 12 Bit RGB 4 4 4 Frame Rates PAA SAA BAL ime Rates Disk Read Disk Write Disk Read Disk Write HDTV 1080 fps 21 HDTV 1080 fps 28 i HDTV 720 fps HDTV 720 fps 64 28 NTSC fps NTSC fps 170 75 PAL fps PAL fps 143 63 NOTE Copy and run from test disk Run Test DeckLink Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Pre installation checks fane oa SCSI Devices samean m Check the web site of your SCSI card vendor for the latest firmware and Bioman 0 Saime 3 drivers Firmware and drivers for t
17. crew from the back of your Mac Note If installing a DeckLink DeckLink HD or DeckLink HD Pro please refer to the instructions Which slot should use in a PowerMac G5 on page Insert your DeckLink card and ensure that it clicks firmly into place Gd s seem to have tighter slots so make sure the DeckLink card is firmly seated in to place Secure the card by the screw The procedure for installing a RAID controller card is similar to the above Now replace the side cover of your Mac Reconnect the power and start up the computer NM Se Ww FNA T DID rr gt 133MHz slot 100MHz slot PE 100MHz slot IE AcPsbt OE am e e SY Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Which slot should I use in a PowerMac G5 High Definition DeckLink cards require PCI X slots to perform both HD and SD work Either the 133 or 100 MHz slots can be used but the 133 MHz slot is preferable See page 8 for detailed installation instructions rr gt a me yy The high definition DeckLink cards are PCI X cards and it makes a lot of sense to place a HD card in the top slot If you find the job of installing the DeckLink 133MHz slot e HD in the top slot to be too tricky simply install it in to one of the 100 MHz 100MHz slot BEE slots slots 2 or 3 It is much easier to fit the card in to these slots and we have 100MHz slot FSS verified that the card runs
18. e Disk Arrays oe e SCSI Ultra 320 SCSI card with at least 8 x U320 SCSI disks 10 000 rom software striped as RAID 0 OR e 2GB Fibre Channel Note Check the Blackmagic Design website for updates on hardware compatibility at www blackmagic design com and click on the support page High Definition and Standard Definition Monitoring For monitoring high definition and standard definition video check out Blackmagic Design s low cost HDLink HDLink converts your HD and SD SDI output to DVI D perfect for use with LCD displays such as the Apple HD Cinema 23 display HDLink features 2 x resize of NTSC and PAL on 1920x1200 pixel displays and also provides analog RCA audio output For more information on HDLink visit www blackmagic design com Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Mac OS X DeckLink Hardware installation 1 Remove the power plug from the back of your Mac This is a safety precaution before opening your computer Ensure that you are statically discharged by using a static strap Remove the side cover of your Mac to gain access to the PCI slots Remove your DeckLink card from the protective static bag making sure you don t touch the gold connectors on the base of the card These precautions should be taken when handling any PCI card Find a spare PCI or PCI X slot DeckLink HD series cards require a PCI X slot Remove the metal port access cover and s
19. e DV PAL compressed For all HD standards select upper field first For NTSC 720 x 486 select lower field first For PAL 720 x 576 select upper field first Preferences Video Preview 4 Output Device 8 Andaa ra Cancel Blackmagic NTSC 8 Bit p Output Mode Blackmagic NTSC 10 Bit Previous Blackmagic NTSC DV Next Blackmagic NTSC JPEG Blackmagic PAL 8 Bit Blackmagic PAL 10 Bit Output During Blackmagic PAL RGB Blackmagic PAL DV Blackmagic PAL JPEG Blackmagic NTSC3 98p 8 Bit x2 Blackmagic NTSC3 98p 10 8t 2 Blackmagic NTSC3 98p JPEC x2 Note To show the current frame on the output device preni the forward inh on the rurmere keypt Composition Settings Composition Name Comp 1 on Small 160 x 120 Preset 7 Medium 320 x 240 Custom Width NTSC 640 x 480 Height Le NTSC DV 720 x 480 Pixel Aspect Ratio NTSC DV Widescreen 720 x 480 NTSC D1 720 x 486 NTSC D1 Square Pix 720 x 540 PALD1 DV 720 x 576 PAL D1 DV Square Pix 768 x 576 PAL D1 DV Widescreen 720 x 576 Start Timecode HDTV 1280 x 720 Duration D4 1440 x 1024 Cineon Half 1828 x 1332 HDTV 1920 x 1080 Film 2K 2048 x 1536 Frame Rate Resolution D16 2880 x 2048 Cineon Full 3656 x 2664 Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Final Cut Pro HD Final
20. ed frames and stuttering audio For this reason we recommend you dedicate your Mac to video work and avoid using it for other tasks which may introduce viruses e g email web browsing and sharing of ejectable disks such as USB disks and non commercial CD s amp DVD s It is good practice to run antivirus software and keep it up to date However the memory resident component of many antivirus products Is likely to cause your video to drop frames Accordingly we recommend disabling the memory Mac OS X resident component of your antivirus software while performing any video or audio work Most antivirus programs show an icon in the System Preferences of Mac OS X and clicking on this icon will usually reveal an option to disable automatic virus protection Disable the automatic protection memory resident protection while working on video or audio If you are also going to use your Mac for purposes other than video or audio work it would be wise to re enable the automatic virus protection whenever you have finished your video and audio work At the time of writing this manual there were no known viruses which could infect Mac OS X and cause system slow downs Given that memory resident antivirus software on Mac OS X will cause performance degradation during video and audio editing many DeckLink users have chosen to permanently disable automatic virus protection for maximum performance Anyone choosing to take the same app
21. enu Then click OK 4 Final Cut Pro HD will appear DeckLink Final Cut Pro HD l Setup For Blackmagic NTSC 10 8it snw AD Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Mac OS X DeckLink Playback As a quick test to make sure everything is connected correctly use the Blackmagic test media bars and tone which can be found on the installer CD Find a test clip which matches the format of your project eg NTSC 8 bit and copy it to your disk array Import this clip into your Final Cut Pro HD project and drop it into the timeline You should now see the image on both your computer desktop and your DeckLink output If you can t see any video on your DeckLink output check the connections again and ensure you have the correct output settings configured within Final Cut Pro HD by going to the View menu gt Video Devices and in the same menu make sure External Video is set to All Frames You might also check in the Displays menu and also the Blackmagic DeckLink preference pane in the System Preferences of Mac OS X Note SDI and analog outputs are always active If you have a DeckLink card which supports both component and composite analog you will need to choose between component and composite output in the Blackmagic DeckLink preference pane in the System Preferences of Mac OS X It is only on a card with multiple inputs such as the Deck
22. f Video port labelled sync and connect it to the Component Y port That should let the deck lock to the DeckLink There are a few UVW1400a decks where this doesn t work and in which case you might need to use a black burst generator Most decks can just lock to the DeckLink SP and DeckLink Extreme but UVW1400a owners have often reported that they had to use a blackburst generator The one we use inhouse is a Horita BSG 50 you have to specify NTSC or PAL and you can see it at http Awww horita com video htm BSG 50 Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution The UVW1400a lacks RS 422 serial control but you can still use RS 232 serial control with Final Cut Pro to obtain full deck control Please refer to the troubleshooting note I can t get machine control of my tape deck for more information Q am trying to play back a DV clip in Final Cut Pro on my PowerMac G4 but the video is jerky What can I do to fix this problem A Go to the top left corner of your timeline and you will find an RT popup menu Pop it open and ensure that it is set to Safe RT Then check the Playback Video Quality and reduce it to Medium or Low Make sure that Record to Tape Playback Video Quality Medium remains on Full Quality This will enable you to monitor smooth video at a lower quality on your TV monitor while recording to tape at full quality in pc Stn Mac OS X DeckLink Blackmag
23. he ATTO UL3D and UL4D can be found at Geis oe www attotech com Sometimes firmware updates are also released for SCSI Ke ake disk arrays Firmware for disk arrays from Huge Systems can be found at Bo B07 rive cane rice www hugesystems com If you intend to run your disk array as a software stripe you can use Apple s Disk Utility which is located in the Applications Utilities folder of Mac OS X Use RAID tab in Disk Utility to set up your software RAID or refer to third party Mac OS X instructions when using pre configured hardware RAIDs QuickTime SS Make sure the latest version of QuickTime is installed on your Mac QuickTime can be found at www apple com quicktime A QuickTime Pro 90O QuickTime serial number is included with Final Cut Pro HD as this is required to unlock 4 eio many QuickTime features Se Organization Software Applications QuickTime QuickTime 6 Pro DeckLink cards work with applications such as Final Cut Pro HD Adobe Register Onine ane After Effects and Discreet Combustion The DeckLink installer will install ARA components into some of these applications If you install or update these ee applications after installing your DeckLink card you should reinstall the DeckLink drivers to ensure these applications will work with your DeckLink card Having software applications pre installed will simplify the installation of your Cabon Quicktime Registration
24. he defect before the expiration of the war ranty period and make suitable arrangements for the performance of service The Customer shall be responsible for packaging and shipping the defective product to a designated service center nominated by Blackmagic Design with shipping charges pre paid Customer shall be respon sible for paying all shipping changes insurance duties taxes and any other charges for products returned to us for any reason This warranty shall not apply to any defect failure or damage caused by improper use or improper or inadequate maintenance and care Black magic Design shall not be obligated to furnish service under this warranty a to repair damage resulting from attempts by personal other than Mac OS X Blackmagic Design representatives to install repair or service the product b to repair damage resulting from improper use or connection to incompatible equipment c to repair any damage or malfunction caused by the use of non Blackmagic Design parts or supplies or d to service a product that has been modified or integrated with other products when the effect of such a modification or integration increases the time or difficulty of servicing the product THIS WARRANTY IS GIVEN BY BLACKMAGIC DESIGN IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED BLACKMAGIC DESIGN AND ITS VENDORS DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE BLACKMAGIC DESIGN S RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR OR REP
25. hen using this feature DeckLink Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Mac OS X DeckLink Connection Diagrams DeckLink HD Plus HD SD SDI 4 2 2 video audio capture and playback card Wordclock Output AES S PDIF Output AES S PDIF Input Genlock Tri Sync REF Input DeckLink HD Plus Break out Cable HD SD SDI 4 2 2 Deck Output to deck Control RS 422 HD SD SDI 4 2 2 Input from deck When you don t have genlock you can output stable black so DeckLink HD Plus locks the deck This output is always stable and allows the deck to be set to input reference or auto reference Be sure to set the Black Video Output to Deck in Capture option to On Digital SDI Outputs in the DeckLink control panel when using this feature Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Mac OS X DeckLink Connection Diagrams DeckLink HD Pro HD SD SDI 4 4 4 4 2 2 video audio capture and playback card with analog monitoring Dual Link Mode 4 4 4 os C IE Cuter not CY JD cutout CI I ouput CI 1 Cutout e I Tes M I Deck Control ai RS 422 DeckLink HD Pro Break out Cable Dual Link HD SDI 4 4 4 HD SD SDI 4 2 2 Monitoring Output HD SD SDI 4 2 2 Output to deck HD SDI Input 4 4 4 Ch 2 HD SD SDI 4 2 2 Input from deck a When you don t have genlock you can output stable black
26. ic Design Leading the creative video revolution Coun maamaa Deion Teapa _ EQ Google EA Tne e a a aana SOX When Maiko Dah Wack Fros Wich Poa A GAN RGIGGIn Ene none If things go wrong There are three steps to getting help design Step 1 Check out the Blackmagic Design web site www blackmagic design com and click on the support page for the latest support E SE E E sannio nmormanion Technical Support a Step 2 Call your dealer eee eenrnne Piren Your dealer will have the latest technical updates from Blackmagic ikam tm maeneene omae o Design and should be able to give you immediate assistance Rinne i Emene Tan We also recommend you check out the support options your dealer Nee msn Races Sr oven Mac OS X offers as they can arrange various support plans based on your f em en o e Se Ind etme Sect wooo tome 18 ae workflow requirements Step 4 The next option is to email us at macsupport blackmagic design com with your questions Note Please provide us with as much information as possible regarding your technical problem and system specifications so that we may try to reproduce your problem quickly DeckLink Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Connection Diagrams DeckLink SD SDI 4 2 2 video and audio capture and playback card Mac OS X Deck Control viaf RS 422 AES S PDIF Output SD SDI 4 2 2 h Monitoring O
27. ich do not include their own deck control capabilities Deck gt p x J No Comm I Cet Clip Y Put Clip Ger JI Stop Y Play f ne S ea a ee E a a 8 8 Pixel formats supported by Blackmagic Deck Control are Blackmagic QuickTime RGB 10 bit uncompressed Mac OS X Blackmagic QuickTime v210 10 bit uncompressed Blackmagic QuickTime 8 bit uncompressed Apple QuickTime PhotoJPEG compressed Ly e Apple QuickTime DV NTSC compressed Apple QuickTime DV PAL compressed oo This utility can capture or playback one video clip at a time The application n windows of which there are two are used for viewing clips and deck control The left window is the clip playback window and the right is the capture deck window Capture Settings Video Input Blackmagic NTSC PAL Source Blackmagic NTSC PAL 10 Bi F94 Setting Up 1 Double click the Blackmagic Deck Control icon on your desktop to open the application 2 Open edit gt preferences Select one of the Easy Setups from the drop down menu 3 Select your disk array as the capture location 4 Click OK Playback 1 Select File gt open and choose the video file you wish to playback If you have added Blackmagic Deck Control to your Dock you can also drag a movie file on to the Blackmagic Deck Control icon to open it The file will appear in the playback window 2 Click the
28. ink Batch Capture Select the clips you wish to capture by marque or shift click Go to the File menu and choose Batch Capture or click on the Batch button in the Logging tab of the Log amp Capture window Shortcut C i e Control C To set handles on the clips go to the File menu and choose Batch Capture C Enable the Add Handles box to capture additional frames handles before and after the In and Out points of a clip RT Extreme real time effects RT Effects are one of the great features of Final Cut Pro HD and your DeckLink card is fully compatible with Apple s RT Extreme Before Apple had their own RT Effects we included some Blackmagic RT Effects and they are also available if you want to use them Apple added great RT Effects support to version 4 of Final Cut Pro and so it now makes sense to use Apple s RT Extreme real time effects When you install the Blackmagic DeckLink driver software the effect handling in Final Cut Pro HD will default to the Blackmagic To use Apple s RT Extreme effects we recommend you switch this setting from Blackmagic to Final Cut Pro HD To do so go to the Final Cut Pro HD menu choose System Settings and click on the Effect Handling tab Change the settings for Uncompressed 10 bit 4 2 2 and Uncompressed 8 bit 4 2 2 from Blackmagic to Final Cut Pro HD If you are working in high definition you will not find a Final Cut Pro HD
29. input video sync when connected to DeckLink and then the deck can lock However if you are in a big post facility you might need Genlock so DeckLink Pro and DeckLink Extreme include genlock Some Betacam SP decks eg Sony UVW1800 and UVW1400a don t always work well without genlock so DeckLink SP and DeckLink Extreme include genlock If you have problems with an analog deck you can connect the genlock If you are using DeckLink SP DeckLink Pro or DeckLink Extreme try connecting the Y output of the DeckLink card to the reference input of the deck and then the reference loop out back into the Y input That should let the deck lock to the DeckLink There are a few decks where this doesn t work and in which case you might need to use a black burst generator Q I cannot get stable video output out of my Betacam SP UVW1400a What can I do A This is a very popular model of deck as it is low cost We have received a range of reports regarding the Betacam SP UVW1400a and you might or might not be able to get genlock working without a black burst generator However you can give it a try and this has worked for a number of our Customers especially with the latest drivers 1 In the Video Input for component you have the Y R Y and B Y ports Remove the Y in from deck cable from the Component Y port and connect it to the top left Ref Video port 2 Switch the Ref Video termination to Off 3 Connect a cable from the top right Re
30. ion Connection Diagrams DeckLink SP Analog video and audio capture and playback card with SD SDI 4 2 2 monitoring Mac OS X Audio pein e R balanced analog R O RA E JH T To e A E eee a T a Output c AT SD SDI O oa z C R Y Input RH o B Y Input Ro Y Input Ro DeckLink SP 7ft Breakout Cable R Y Output Si B Y Output BE Y Output IN i composite monitoring a When you don t have genlock you can output Senodki stable black so DeckLink SP locks the deck This ener wpe B gt output is always stable and allows the deck to be set to input reference or auto reference Be sure to be set the Black Video Output to Deck in Capture Deck Control RS 422 Wm option to On Analog Outputs in the DeckLink i control panel when using this feature DeckLink Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Connection Diagrams DeckLink Extreme SD SDI 4 2 2 and analog video audio capture and playback card Corea 2k ite ha a eae te peancsdaraog CAPE AES S PDIF Output ef ITT monitoring R Y Input Si B Y Input RO l Y Input B R Y Output BE a B Y Output Ro DeckLink Extreme 7ft Breakout Cable Y Output i composite monitoring p Mac OS X _ _ _ When you don t have genlock you can output SD SDI Input RHO stable black so DeckLink Extreme locks the deck This output is always st
31. llions 1280 x 720 59 Hz Millions 1280 x 720 60 Hz Millions 1920 x 1080 23 Hz Millions 1920 x 1080 24 Hz Millions 1920 x 1080 25 Hz Millions 1920 x 1080 29 Hz Millions 1920 x 1080 30 Hz Millions lt Displays Preferences Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Mac OS X DeckLink 6 The SDI and analog outputs are always active on DeckLink cards If you need to switch the analog connections between composite and component use the Blackmagic DeckLink PrefPane located in System or a e a Preferences You can adjust your analog settings in the video tab of show Aa onia Saad anei Se Usk the DeckLink control panel Video Settings for your DeckLink SP Video 3 2 Pulldown amp VANC Proc Amp 7 After installing the DeckLink Extreme you might find that you cannot am aire capture video The reason for this is that you first need to specify which aeo iE a TEETE O 0 0 IRE Used in Japan video input you are using i e SDI component analog or composite input Analog NTSC PAL Y In Video Desktop analog Open the System Preferences and then click on Blackmagic Black Video Output to Deck in Capture pyanie Alter Resear Output On Digital SDI Outputs x3 DeckLink Look at the settings for Video Connections and set the Input as desired i e e Digital SDI e Analog NTSC PAL Y In also known as composite analog e Analog Y B Y R Y also Known as com
32. op Open the Blackmagic Installer disk and double click on the Blackmagic Installer application You will require an Administrator password before it will allow you to install the new drivers All DeckLink cards use the same installer Click Continue Agree and Install buttons and the drivers will be installed on your system Now restart your machine to enable the new software drivers 0900 install Blackmagic DeckLink Software Install Software Introduction Read Me License Select Destination Installation Type The software was successfully installed Installing Finish Up Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution 7 To check the installation has been successful go to the Apple menu and choose System Preferences Click on the Displays icon and then on the Arrangement tab You should see an extra display which represents 000 DPLUS93S8 the extended desktop feature of your DeckLink card The size of the Saena DeckLink display will appear different to your computer display and may Display ARERR Color bea NTSC or HDTV resolution p ayasa tap apobolar 8 Select where sound is routed when playing and capturing QuickTime movies To do so go to the Apple menu and choose System Preferences Click on the Sound icon and then on the Output tab e Select DeckLink s SDI Digital Audio to output audio channels 1 to 8
33. ponent analog 8 If you wish to sync your deck to your Decklink card without using a signal generator we have provided the option of sending a stable black signal to the deck during capture You can set which output is used for this function with the Black Video to Deck in Capture drop down menu Please note that the accompanying audio output will be muted as well when in capture 9 The video desktop feature enables you to work in applications such as Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Powerpoint and display them on your broadcast monitor This will immediately show you how your project will display on a TV so there will be no surprises when you output to tape If you wish to disable this feature choose to Disable After Restart You will require an Administrator password to make this change Note When using the DeckLink HD Pro video output in RGB 4 4 4 Dual Link mode the signal from the analog component outputs will be RGB so switch your broadcast monitor to RGB You can still playback 8 and 10 bit YUV files as this setting only effects the video output setting DeckLink HD Pro will translate these files to RGB on playback in real time Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Mac OS X DeckLink Analog Video Input Processor Amplifier We now include a Proc Amp tab in the Blackmagic DeckLink PrefPane located in System Preferences Proc Amp can be used to adjust gain level controls for any ca
34. rds with analog input i e the DeckLink SP and DeckLink Extreme We have added this control due to variations in video output from analog tape decks This is also a reason why SDI is preferable to analog video as it does not suffer from the potential gain variance issues which can be seen with analog components Preserving Blanking Data or VANC To preserve VANC data when capturing this can be enabled in the Blackmagic DeckLink PrefPane located in System Preferences Now you can use up to 3 video lines at the top of a captured QuickTime movie file to store any 3 lines from vertical blanking This allows 3 line timecode VITC vertical interval test signals subtitle info or any other VANC data to be preserved between capture and playback Software applications can also access these lines if required This uses standard QuickTime files so applications such as After Effects and Final Cut Pro will be compatible This works on all standard or high definition DeckLink cards You can select if you want 1 2 or 3 lines to be used Although an extra metadata track to the QuickTime file would be desirable it would not be compatible with some video applications We also thought about making the movie file 3 lines larger in the vertical resolution So for example 1080 would become 1083 However these files would be incompatible with normal files so it is not a good solution So we thought that most people don t miss a line or
35. roach should re evaluate this decision on a regular basis especially if new viruses become a problem on the Mac OS X platform DeckLink Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Getting Connected Display Settings 1 After completing the software and hardware installation connect your DeckLink card to an external device such as a broadcast monitor tape deck or Blackmagic HDLink Connection diagrams for the DeckLink family of cards can be found towards the end of this manual from page 21 onwards 2 Goto the Apple menu and choose System Preferences Click on the Displays icon Ensure that Show displays in menu bar is enabled If you are using Mac OS X 10 2 x ensure that Show modes Mac OS X recommended by display is disabled If you are using Mac OS X 10 3 or newer increase the Number of recent modes to 10 The same dialog box should also be appearing on your broadcast monitor and you should also increase its Number of recent modes to 10 especially if you are using a high definition DeckLink card Quit out of System Preferences 3 Goto the menu bar above your main display and you should find the Displays menu Click on it and you will see all of the display resolutions for your 1 or 2 main computer monitors as well as for your TV monitor 4 The standard definition DeckLink cards will list two modes NTSC 720 x 486 29 Hz and PAL 720 x 576 25 Hz The high definition
36. t aet fae fal DVCPRO HD 1080160 effects handled by inal Cut Pro ee teen butis bOil Mire Rte ee Kiet tee OF Cow r we ao Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Mac OS X DeckLink Trouble Shooting Q There is no output from my card when in desktop mode A Go to the Apple menu and choose System Preferences Click on the Blackmagic DeckLink icon Ensure that Video Desktop option is set to Enabled and then restart the Mac You should now see your extended desktop on your broadcast monitor If it still does not appear go to the Applications Utilities folder and launch Disk Utility Select your startup hard disk and then click on Repair Disk Permissions A progress bar will draw across your screen and then disappear This will usually take 5 or 10 minutes and then you can restart your Mac Now see if the desktop displays on your broadcast monitor If not please contact macsupport blackmagic design com Q I can t get machine control of my tape deck A Make sure that the deck you are using Supports and is connected via the Sony RS 422 serial protocol DeckLink does not directly support older RS 232 serial devices Some low cost decks such as the Sony UVW1400a still use RS 232 Final Cut Pro can provide deck control via RS 232 with the addition of a Keyspan High Speed USB Serial Adapter htto www keyspan com products usb USA1 QW You will need to configure
37. ta and use it for various purposes e g 3 line timecode and audio chasing or other uses This feature has unlimited uses You can use this feature with software such as Deck Emulator software to create a disk recorder that captures and preserves on playback 3 line timecode in telecine suites etc How the VANC Feature Works This feature allows you to preserve lines of VANC in the vertical blanking and store them into lines 1 to 3 of the video file These lines are then inserted back into the video blanking when the file is played back You can select to hide these lines from the application so they don t look ugly or to let them be passed to the application if you are running software that interprets this data An example of VANC data is 3 line timecode which uses lines 18 19 and 20 in NTSC or lines 19 20 and 21 in PAL 3 line timecode as used in AATONTM equipped telecine suites feature audio timecode and keycode information along with the normal timecode numbers Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Blackmagic Deck Control e Blackmagic Deck Control Untitled mov B A ry Clip Time Deck Controller Blackmagic Deck Control is a basic utility used for capture from and recording to your tape deck It is controlled via RS 422 and uses the Sony RS 422 protocol It is designed to be used in conjunction with applications such as Adobe After Effects and Discreet Combustion wh
38. the RS 232 protocol by going to the Audio Video Settings in Final Cut Pro and then click on Device Control Presets Edit each oreset for which you want to use RS 232 This solution works fine if you have to use RS 232 If using a Panasonic deck you may need to use the deck s USER Menu to change the ID SEL to other to make it compatible with the Sony RS 422 deck control protocol ID SEL is usually USER Menu item number 202 Q Can monitor audio from my Mac s internal speaker A Yes you probably can however we do not recommend it This is because the Mac system clock and the DeckLink s clock are different If you monitor audio through your Mac s internal speaker the audio is likely to be out of sync with video Furthermore audio might stop working for no apparent reason We strongly recommend using the SPDIF output connectors from the DeckLink card or the audio output from your deck to monitor your audio Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Mac OS X DeckLink Q When I output video to my deck or TV monitor the picture moves or rolls What can I do to obtain stable video A DeckLink always has a stable video output so you don t need genlock and this is great as it saves you a lot of money on a black burst generator We designed DeckLink to do this as it makes the entire system cost much lower and that s important for a low cost card Generally you select the deck to
39. two from the top of the image and it would be beneficial to include this feature and use a line or 2 or 3 for that blanking data storage The great advantage is we don t need to know about the data structure of the VANC data as we just capture the lines So if there is some special data that you want to use that s no problem as we just capture the lines intact put them in the top lines of the movie file We then put the lines back into the vertical blanking when playing back the files a 2 Blackmagic DeckLink a A O g Show All Displays Sound Network Startup Disk Video Settings for your DeckLink SP Video 3 2 Pulldown amp VANC Proc Amp l Component Video Analog Input Settings K ta Blackmagic DeckLink F5 a ae a Show All Displays Sound Network Startup Disk Video Settings for your DeckLink SP Video 3 2 Pulldown amp VANC Proc Amp VITC Reader A Frame Detect A Frame reference on tape is at timecode Frame 00 Preserve VANC Data Using Lines 1 3 in Video File Video File Line 1 is used for VANC Data Line 1024 v On v Hide Line Video File Line 2 is used for VANC Data Line 20 On M Hide Line Video File Line 3 is used for VANC Data Line 21 On v Hide Line Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Mac OS X DeckLink Because these lines can be passed to the application a developer could write software to read the VANC da
40. uested via AppleScriot for confirmation that capture has stated or stopped DeckLink Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Mac OS X DeckLink Adobe After Effects Minimal configuration is required for Adobe After Effects Simply open the application and select the television standard frame size and frame rate you wish to work with How to use your DeckLink Card as a Frame Buffer To allow your Adobe After Effects composition to be displayed in real time from your DeckLink card go to edit gt preferences gt video preview Select Blackmagic RGB and the appropriate video standard Now you can view your Adobe After Effects compositions in YUV colorspace on your broadcast monitor as well as your desktop No more nasty surprises when you go to air or tape what you see is what you get Create a New Composition Go to the Composition menu and select New Composition Shortcut N In the dialogue box select an appropriate television standard from the pulldown menu Click OK Rendering When you have completed your composition you will need to render to a pixel format supported by Blackmagic DeckLink Below is a list of Supported codecs Blackmagic QuickTime RGB 10 bit uncompressed Blackmagic QuickTime v210 10 bit uncompressed Blackmagic QuickTime 8 bit uncompressed Apple QuickTime PhotoJPEG compressed Apple QuickTime DV NTSC compressed Apple QuickTim
41. utput SD SDI 4 2 2 Output to deck SD SDI 4 2 2 Input from deck This DeckLink model does not have genlock so you need to connect your deck to the Deck SDI Output which has stable output to sync the deck Set the deck to input or auto reference Be sure to set the Black Video Output to Deck in Capture option to On Digital SDI Outputs in the DeckLink control panel when using this feature DeckLink Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Connection Diagrams DeckLink Pro SD SDI 4 2 2 video and audio capture and playback card with analog monitoring AES S PDIF Mac OS X aa po lt q m monitoring A AES S PDIF Output f S monitoring B AES S PDIF Output lt q Jm monitoring C AES S PDIF Output lt q Om monitoring D R Y Output BE monitoring B Y Output amp monitoring o monitoring M Deon A wo BY SD SDI Input Si DeckLink Pro from deck 7ft Breakout Cable Genlock Input BL S es Deck Control RS 422 Jio q ix When you don t have genlock you can output stable black so DeckLink Pro locks the deck This output is always stable and allows the deck to be set to input reference or auto reference Be sure to set the Black Video Output to Deck in Capture option to On Digital SDI Outputs in the DeckLink control panel when using this feature DeckLink Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolut
42. when new software Is released Perhaps you can even send us your latest show reel of work completed on your DeckLink We are constantly working on new features and improvements so we would love to hear from you Grant Petty CEO Blackmagic Design Contents Welcome Storage and data rates for uncompressed video Standard Definition Mac OS X system requirements High Definition Mac OS X system requirements Hardware installation Blackmagic DeckLink software Pre installation checks Installing Blackmagic DeckLink software Viruses Getting connected Processor Amplifier VANC Blackmagic Deck Control Adobe After Effects Final Cut Pro HD Trouble Shooting If things go wrong Connection diagrams DeckLink DeckLink Pro DeckLink SP DeckLink Extreme DeckLink Extreme cables DeckLink HD DeckLink HD Plus DeckLink HD Pro 4 4 4 mode DeckLink HD Pro 4 2 2 mode DeckLink HD Pro Single Link DeckLink HD Pro cables Blackmagic Design Warranty a gt pi 10 12 13 15 15 17 19 20 23 26 2 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Mac OS X DeckLink Storage and data rates for uncompressed video The data rates for uncompressed video are quite high and listed below are minimum recommended disk requirements for uncompressed standard definition and high definition video Uncompressed 10 bit YUV 4 2 2 Standard Definition Frame Size 720
43. x486 29 97fps 720x576 25fps High Definition Frame Size 1280x720p 60fps 1920x1080 24PsF 1920x1080 50i 1920x1080 60i Uncompressed 10 bit RGB 4 4 4 High Definition Frame Size 1280x720p 60fps 1920x1080 24PsF 1920x1080 50i 1920x1080 60i MB per second 2r 26 MB per second 141 127 132 158 MB per second 211 190 198 237 MB per minute 1 600 1 582 MB per minute 8 438 7 594 7910 9 482 MB per minute 12 656 11 391 11 865 14 238 GB per hour 94 93 GB per hour 494 445 463 556 GB per hour 742 667 695 834 Due to disk seeks when calculating the data rates required for your disk system it is a good idea to add a safety margin due to fluctuations in disk speed The degree of margin can be reduced by adding more disks Serial ATA SATA disks can reduce to half their speed as they become full so in a 2 disk SATA array you should aim for a 100 safety margin In an 8 disk SATA array a 30 safety margin should be adequate SCSI disk arrays seem to display less fluctuation and so a 20 safety margin should be adequate for an 8 disk SCSI array Generally the more disks in the array the better Note Although other vendors and third parties may provide different data rates for uncompressed video the above recommendations are tested for use with Decklink cards Blackmagic Design Leading the creative video revolution Mac OS X DeckLink Standard Definition on Mac OS X Minimum
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