Capture directly from SDI, HDMI and component analog video with. Plus you get RS-422 deck control and Media Express software for Mac and Windows! Blackmagic Intensity Extreme - video capture adapter - Thunderbolt overview and full product specs on CNET. Device Type Video capture adapter. Blackmagic-Design Pty. Interface Provided.
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I know that its designed to work with Mac computers, but is there a way to get it to feed it's output to a Windows PC. I can find Thunderbolt cables to connect to Macs, but Windows PC's do NOT have a Thunderbolt input and I can't find anywhere an adapter. Has anyone been able to use this devise in a PC? I have no personal experience with a Blackmagic Design Ultra Studio Mini Recorder, but I can tell you that the adapter cards used to add a Thunderbolt port to a Windows PC require a Thunderbolt header on the motherboard. You would need to build/buy a desktop PC with a motherboard that includes a Thunderbolt header onboard to use an adapter card for Thunderbolt 3.
Example of a motherboard with a Thunderbolt header: GIGABYTE H370 HD3 Add-on card: Gigabyte GC-ALPINE RIDGE Thunderbolt3 Certified PCI-E Expansion card Rev 2.0 ASUS also has motherboards with a Thunderbolt header as well as add-on cards for their motherboards. Edit 2 I did not realize that the Blackmagic Design Ultra Studio Mini Recorder is a Thunderbolt 2 device.which means that if someone uses a PC with a Thunderbolt 3 connection, they would need an adapter like the Apple MMEL2AM/A, Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to 2 Adapter to connect their Mini Recorder to their computer.
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Thanks for the info. I was afraid what you say was the case.
The more I investigated this device the more I realized that it was not going to work with what we had (it's for streaming our church service). As the video person I was asked to find a way to stream and that seemed like the easiest way seeing as our Panasonic AG160 camera has an HDMI out on it.
Our main problem is we have to go into a PC laptop with only USB2 inputs and we really don't have much of a budget to start buying a lot of equiptment. Back to the drawing board.
Thanks for the info. I was afraid what you say was the case. The more I investigated this device the more I realized that it was not going to work with what we had (it's for streaming our church service). As the video person I was asked to find a way to stream and that seemed like the easiest way seeing as our Panasonic AG160 camera has an HDMI out on it.
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Our main problem is we have to go into a PC laptop with only USB2 inputs and we really don't have much of a budget to start buying a lot of equiptment. Back to the drawing board. If all you have is a laptop with USB 2.0, then a capture device that supplies uncompressed HD output definitely isn't going to work.
USB 2.0 doesn't have enough bandwidth to accept such output and maybe the laptop doesn't have enough computing power to encode the stream in real time either. You would need a USB 2.0 capture device that hardware encodes, but I don't know what to recommend. I don't think a typical game capture device would be reliable enough. I was sure also that we would need a minimum of USB3. I will be talking to them and let them decide just how much they are willing to invest in streaming. I am surprised though that there is not an adapter that will convert a thunderbolt cable to even USB3 especially by the Blackmagic Design people. I'm sure they would find more customers for their device if wasn't just limited to Mac's.
USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt 2 may be too different. They use different protocols and the Thunderbolt 2 connection provides more bandwidth. In addition, a Thunderbolt 2 connection can supply more power than USB 3.0, and the Mini Recorder is powered via its Thunderbolt connection. I don't know if USB 3.0 would be sufficient to power the device.
In addition to its new DeckLink HD Extreme video capture card, Blackmagic Design recently introduced its new Video Recorder device and Broadcast Videohub. The Video Recorder retails for $119, while the Broadcast Videohub costs $14,995. The is a USB 2.0-based video capture device that records video files in H.264 format, for playback on the iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, YouTube and the Web. The company is offering two versions: an analog unit for consumers, priced at $119, and an SDI-equipped version that will retail for $299. Both are expected to be released in mid-July. The consumer-grade Video Recorder features analog component, NTSC, PAL and S-Video input. The device is about the size of a USB thumb drive, and includes Blackmagic software to help manage the capture of video, scaling it to the target output device and cropping of video edges to help get rid of analog blanking, VHS switching marks and timecode artifacts.
Related: The Serial Digital Interface (SDI) version is designed for video pros interested in ingesting standard definition video in H.264 format. It includes an RS-422 interface to manage broadcast deck control. Users with this version of the device can also use the software to enter in and out points for the deck they are capturing from. At the other end of the spectrum is Blackmagic's new.
It's designed for postproduction studios looking for a large-scale SDI router. It includes 72 SDI inputs, 144 SDI outputs, 72 deck control ports, twin redundant power connections, SDI re-clocking and 3Gbit/sec. SDI technology in an 8U chassis that's designed to fit into a standard equipment rack. The device is designed to replace manual patch cables that can degrade SDI video signals and limit cable length.
By re-clocking signals, the Videohub 'cleans up' the signal so you can run longer cable length with less image degradation. All connections are grouped together to include an SDI input, SDI output, deck control port and SDI monitor output for each user. This story, 'Blackmagic offers Video Recorder, Broadcast Videohub' was originally published.