• Blackmagic Design

  Any Blackmagic decklink experts?

  Posted by Hector Sierra on July 28, 2011 at 5:16 am

  Hey guys,

  Does anyone knows how to setup a blackmagic decklink HD extreme 2 so that I can capture video coming from an HDMI input (1080i)?

  I bought this converter https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc…VGA_Audio.html that outputs the video coming from the graphics card to 1080i but I’m still not able to configure my Decklink HD extreme 2 so I can capture the video to FCP 6.

  In FCP 6 this are the settings I tried…

  EASY SETUP
  Format: Blackmagic RGB 10 bit
  Use: Blackmagic HDTV 1080i 59.94 – 10 bit RGB 4:4:4
  Rate: 29.97

  AUDIO/VIDEO SETTINGS
  Sequence preset: Blackmagic HDTV 1080i 59.94 – 10 bit RGB 4:4:4
  Capture preset: Blackmagic HDTV 1080i 59.94 – 10 bit RGB 4:4:4
  Device control preset: Non-controllable device (since the video is coming from the converter that comes from the VGA out of the computer)
  Video playback: Digital Cinema Desktop Preview – Main

  I have a mac pro quad-core, 16GM ram, and a GSPEED ES 4T Raid to store the video.

  I read the entire manual and there is nothing that shows you how to deal with this… Any suggestions will be GREATLY appreciated!!!

  Paul Jay replied 15 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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  Paul Jay

  July 28, 2011 at 8:58 am

  To Capture this quality you need a fast RAID.
  Try Blackmagic ProRes Capture.

  First. Check your Decklink control panel in the Mac system preferences. The input must be set to HDMI.
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  Hector Sierra

  July 29, 2011 at 3:03 am

  I have a pretty fast RAID (G-SPEED ES) and I already setup the blackmagic to capture form the HDMI input in the mac system prefs but still no luck…

  I just tried to capture from the HDMI output of a graphics card to the HDMI input of the blackmagic and this is what it showed at first:

  https://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/684/screenshot20110728at930.jpg/

  Then I tried reconnecting the cable and this happen:
  https://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/688/screenshot20110728at944.jpg/

  I have no idea why the screen turn like this… and for some reason I’m still not able to capture any video before windows starts… All I want to be able to do is to capture the BIOS setup of a computer without actually recording a monitor screen using a video camera… any ideas?
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  Hector Sierra

  August 1, 2011 at 9:02 am

  I found the solution!!!!!

  https://www.epiphan.com/products/frame-grabbers/vga2pcie/
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  Paul Jay

  August 1, 2011 at 9:53 am

  Try 50i settings?
  Try other capture settings?

  All the same?

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