Decklink as system audio?

[Kai Whittaker]

you can use the decklink to be the output for your system.

i don;t know how to do it on pc but in os x you open system prefs and choose it as your sound output device. then all your system sounds play through the DL.

[Tony Partam]

seems i cannot do that on xp.
But i put an rca cable from HdLink to pc,and another from pc to amp.
That’s the only way to hear both audio devices

[Luke Maslen]

Hi,

You are correct and Windows audio works differently so currently you cannot output system audio via DeckLink. However it is something we will look at to see if it can be done.

Out of interest, why would you want to output system audio via a DeckLink card? That would include system beeps and so on which you might not really want to output via DeckLink.

DeckLink cards use the television standard sample rate of 48 kHz and 24 bit and so it is important to use the 48 kHz format in conjunction with DeckLink cards.

Regards,

Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design

[Tony Partam]

Hi Luke

Why i need it is because i have a pair of audio monitors on the decklink edit workstation and sometimes need to check a dvd…sometimes i get an mp3 by email…sometimes i edit audio at 44Khz so instead of having to put two outputs on two monitors i was hoping that windows can detect Decklink as an audio device but without having the 48Khz problem…
So i guess the best way is to hook the HDlink rca out to the pc line in…that way i also can control what goes through the amp…windows beeps or not…and all is done via my multimedia logitech keyboard.

[Tony Partam]

Hi Luke

Why i need it is because i have a pair of audio monitors on the decklink edit workstation and sometimes need to check a dvd…sometimes i get an mp3 by email…sometimes i edit audio at 44Khz so instead of having to put two outputs on two monitors i was hoping that windows can detect Decklink as an audio device but without having the 48Khz problem…
So i guess the best way is to hook the HDlink rca out to the pc line in…that way i also can control what goes through the amp…windows beeps or not…and all is done via my multimedia logitech keyboard.