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  • intensity pro cant change video format

    Posted by David Hartman on February 22, 2012 at 10:46 pm

    so i installed the card in my computer, and download the latest version of media express, and connected the xbox in to the input of the hdmi. i have watched a number of how to videos and i know that what ever format media express is looking for the xbox has to be at the same. so at the bottom of the window next to the i, i see project untitled HD 1920x1080i 59.94fps, this tells me that ME is looking for 1080i, on my xbox it tells me it can do every format but 1080i (irony). in the videos they showed that you go to preferences in ME to change the format. so i did that and under video format it list only: native (progressive), and under capture format it only has : H.264 MP4, quality button is grayed out. there is nothing else in the drop down menus but that so my question is what do i do?

    Mike Squires replied 14 years, 2 months ago 4 Members · 9 Replies
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  • Mike Squires

    February 22, 2012 at 11:37 pm

    Under the format preferences, you should be able to select 720p, you may have to use the scroll bar on the right to see them all.

  • David Hartman

    February 23, 2012 at 12:26 am

    im on windows xp if that makes a differance

  • David Hartman

    February 23, 2012 at 12:42 am

    update: i tried it with my ps3 at 1080i and it still didn’t work and in media express under device it says no device connected, if needed i can post a video of my current settings if it helps.

  • David Hartman

    February 23, 2012 at 1:45 am

    is the format preferences under Edit>preferences called project video formats, because the only thing in the drop down box is native (progressive) and for capture file formate it only has H .264

    here is some pics of the settings
    https://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk57/cooldude159/IMG_1277.jpg
    https://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk57/cooldude159/IMG_1276.jpg

  • Mike Squires

    February 23, 2012 at 1:50 am

    In Media Express, under Device, there is nothing listed?

  • Justin Moy

    February 23, 2012 at 2:11 am

    Desktop Video 8.0+ is only supported on Windows 7 64-bit.

    Grab Intensity 3.9.4 from here: https://www.blackmagic-design.com/media/11190/Intensity_Windows_3.9.4.zip

    which was the latest driver package and Media Express for Windows XP and Windows 7 32-bit.

  • Kristian Lam

    February 23, 2012 at 2:42 am

    David,

    Looks like the card is not detected in your system. Go into the Blackmagic control panel which you can find in your Windows Control Panel and see if your card is detected. If it is, the Blackmagic control panel will say “Intensity Pro” right at the top. If the options are greyed out, then the card is not detected.

    regards

    Kristian Lam
    Blackmagic Design

  • David Hartman

    February 23, 2012 at 2:49 am

    it is grayed out in the blackmagic control pannel, so what would need to install to get the card detected?

  • Mike Squires

    February 23, 2012 at 3:59 am

    You need to start from scratch. It’s possible the card isn’t seated properly in the PCI-E slot, so I’d start there.

    Uninstall the BMD software, turn off the computer, pull the card and then re-seat the card. If you have another PCI-E slot, try using that one.

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