Blackmagic DeckLink And Intensity Cards

Some Drastic software now supports the Blackmagic series of DeckLink and Intensity cards. Blackmagic has a wide range of current and legacy cards. This article lists the in house and third party tested Blackmagic cards and provides some useful operational tips.

Supported Cards

HD Extreme 3/3D - Drastic		The Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle for USB 3.0 is a 10-bit HD/SD video capture/playback device that supports USB 3.0 and allows you to capture 10-bit HDMI or analog video directly from a camera onto your computer for professional editing or mere playback.
DeckLink Duo - Drastic		The Blackmagic DeckLink Duo 2 provides 4 independent 3G-SDI connections, DeckLink Duo 2 is a PCI Express capture and playback card that supports SDI formats in SD and HD up to 1080p60. Designed for media play-out systems, multi screen digital signage servers, real time multi channel capture systems and more.
Intensity HDMI - Drastic		The Blackmagic Intensity Pro 4K Intensity Pro 4K has all the same great features of the original Intensity Pro capture card plus Ultra HD and 1080p60 high frame rate support. Capture Ultra HD images at up to 30 frames per second or 1080HD at 60 frames per second. Save files with or without compression. Compatible with the most popular Mac and Windows video software. Intensity Pro 4K also includes DaVinci Resolve.
MultiBridge - Third Party		The Blackmagic Multibridge Pro includes capture and playback to any SDI, HDMI, Analog Component, Analog Composite NTSC/PAL, and S-Video device. For audio, 8 channels of AES/EBU digital audio, and 2 channels of pro balanced analog audio connections are included. All AES/EBU inputs feature sample rate conversion for plug-and-play digital audio connections. Multibridge Pro also includes Dual Link 4:4:4 SDI video input and outputs, and each SDI link features the new 3 Gb/s SDI video standard for SD, HD and 2K film compatibility.
Intensity USB3 - Third Party		The Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle for USB 3.0 is a 10-bit HD/SD video capture/playback device that supports USB 3.0 and allows you to capture 10-bit HDMI or analog video directly from a camera onto your computer for professional editing or mere playback.

Supported Blackmagic Drivers

• Version 11/12 drivers required

Supported Record File Types

Supported Software

DrasticScope

sdiScope

4KScope

HDRScope

NetXScope

Media Player

videoQC (version 6 or greater)

Ingest/Output Server

Net-X-Code Server

Notes

There are some operational notes on the Blackmagic cards:

• If you are using single link (one cable) SDI/HD-SDI signal and the card has two inputs (like the Extreme 3), do not connect the second input to a signal. If it is connected, the card will expect it to be part of the signal (e.g. a 4:4:4:4 dual link input).  In this case, the single link input will not appear when selected.
• The external reference lock is automatic.  If your board has an external reference input, and it is connected, the board will lock to the reference signal. This will happen regardless of the reference setting in our software.  With Blackmagic boards, the reference select is a read-only status, not a control.
• RP-215 is not supported with the Blackmagic cards, as they cannot capture the entire vertical blank area.
• Closed caption I/O is not supported with the Blackmagic cards.
• ARRI T-Link, Weisscam, LMP and other Direct Bayer camera types are not supported for Blackmagic cards.
• SD VITC I/O is currently not supported with Blackmagic cards, only RP-188 LTC/VITC1/VITC2.
• SD formats that require vertical blank capture are not supported.  These include, but are not limited to: D10/IMX and Avid YCbCr Uncompressed.