-
Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4) and DeckLink compatibility
https://www.blackmagic-design.net/support/detail.asp?techID=68
Are DeckLink cards compatible with Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4)?
The DeckLink Macintosh v5.0 drivers are fully compatible with both Mac OS X 10.4 and Final Cut Pro HD v5.0. The DeckLink Macintosh v5.0 drivers are scheduled for release when Final Cut Pro HD v5.0 has been released.
We officially recommend the use of Final Cut Pro HD v5.0 with Tiger along with the new DeckLink Macintosh v5.0 drivers. The DeckLink Macintosh v5.0 drivers are a free update for all DeckLink users. The latest drivers are always available from the Support page of our web site.
The DeckLink Macintosh v4.8 drivers have been tested and verified for use with Final Cut Pro HD v4.5 and Mac OS X 10.3.8. While it is expected that both Final Cut Pro HD v4.5 and the DeckLink 4.8 drivers will work with Tiger, this is an unsupported configuration and minimal testing has been conducted with this configuration. Furthermore we are unaware of any official support for Final Cut Pro HD v4.5 with Tiger. Accordingly we would recommend against attempting to perform critical work with Final Cut Pro HD and DeckLink cards until both Final Cut Pro HD v5.0 and DeckLink v5.0 drivers have been released.
As with any major software upgrade, we would recommend that anyone in the middle of a big project, or with time-critical deadlines, continue to use their existing, working configuration to finish the job before adopting the new software updates.
In summary, we recommend the use of:
-
7 Replies
-
I ran 4.8 w/ Tiger all day today. It crashed once after I saved and quit (so no biggie). Other than that, everything seemed just fine and dandy. I’ll post any problems that occur so people can decide for themselves if it’s worth the risk.
The reason I upgraded so quickly was because 10.3.9 was an absolute nightmare. It crashed over ten times yesterday.
For anyone thinking about it, stick with 10.3.8. Do not go to 10.3.9 whatever you do.
-
But is there a download link available for the DeckLink version 5 drivers?
A small productrequest for BMD: Can you please make a product like this:
https://www.panoramadtv.com/overviews/PENPAL-sdi.html -
Steinar,
Please re-read Luke’s post, it explains this very clearly:
“The DeckLink Macintosh v5.0 drivers are scheduled for release when Final Cut Pro HD v5.0 has been released.”Thank you for the update Luke,
Mark -
I just installed Tiger and now the play back in FCP HD 4.5 doesn’t work anymore. I get still frames, but it won’t play back. It’s DV even, set to Blackmagic PAL 8bit, same as on 10.3.9. I’m a bit bummed, I just got my Decklink Extreme and now it looks like I have to work with shitty Firewire preview until FCP 5 comes out and even then I probably won’t be able to afford it. I hope there’s a fix for this.
-
We are looking for help in setting up two DeckLink HD cards in a single Dual G5 OSX tiger machine. Anyone have info on drivers (or easy drive hacks) which will allow us to do this? (BTH we are also trig to do this on a single XP machine and need similar help there too)
Thanks -
For what it’s worth, after installing Tiger yesterday, on system startup the Blackmagic Daemon goes into a crash/relaunch/crash loop. There appear to be two instances of the daemon running, one that’s stable and the other that keeps crashing and relaunching. The fix is to kill the stable instantiation, while stops the other daemon from relaunching, and then to remove the daemon from the Startup folder.
Best wishes,
Len Feldman
Riverbend Entertainment -
I have some updated info from my personal Tiger/Decklink experience. Don’t do it. It’s far less stable than I originally thought. Digitizing is fine. Laying off to tape is bad – but no worse than with Panther 10.3.8 (BMD – please fix the reference sync issues people have been complaining about for months).
It’s when you scrub around on the timeline when it gets bad. The Decklink card just poops out. The SDI monitor shuts off and the dreaded beachball shows up.
If I’m doing offline editing with DV material, I can change my Easy Setup to DV-NTSC and leave the Decklink functionality off. This seems to be pretty stable so I may have to live with it until FCP 5 comes out.
Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up