[Luke Maslen]

Hi Sameer,

Any G5 with PCI-X slots will be fine for use with the PCI version of DeckLink Extreme. Just avoid the entry model G5’s with PCI slots. More information about this is available in the support note No video output from PowerMac G5 (PCI).

Regards,

Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design

[Luke Maslen]

Hi,

The PowerMac 7200 (old beige computer) was one of the first Macs to use 33 MHz PCI slots. These PCI slots were continued through to the PowerMac G4 computers and were only available in the entry model PowerMac G5 computers.

The better and best models of PowerMac G5’s had PCI-X slots which were also backwards compatible with many PCI cards even though PCI-X cards were a different size.

In the last generation of PowerMac G5’s and the new Mac Pro’s, Apple has updated to PCI Express (PCIe) slots which are physically different and will not acccept either PCI or PCI-X cards.

Following is a picture of the PCI connection on your DeckLink Extreme:

The next picture shows the new DeckLink Extreme PCIe card with its much smaller PCIe connector:

As Paul mentioned, a new PCIe card will be required for use with your Mac Pro. If you have any other cards like SCSI or Fibre Channel cards, they will also need to be replaced with PCIe versions. Rather than replacing the DeckLink Extreme card with the PCIe version for $895, I would encourage you to consider the $995 DeckLink HD Extreme which is a PCIe card with HD and SD capabilies plus 14 bit analog video for maximum quality when working with analog hardware.

Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Regards,

Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design

[Luke Maslen]

Hi Reiner,

The current drivers support Premiere Pro 2.0 and you can find setup details on page 20 of the PDF manual for the DeckLink Windows drivers.

Regards,

Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design

[Luke Maslen]

Thanks Sameer,

That’s good advice.

Regards,

Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design

[Luke Maslen]

Hi Sean,

Thank you for this additional information. I’ll see if I can get any clues from the engineers.

Regards,

Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design

[Luke Maslen]

Hi Chris,

I’m glad the problem has gone away but don’t understand what was happening. If it comes up again, please let us know.

Regards,

Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design

[Luke Maslen]

Hi John,

I can’t see why Final Cut Pro 5.0.4 should have any issue with the 100 MHz slot as we have previously tested that and it worked fine.

Regards,

Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design

[Luke Maslen]

Hi,

Can you please provide some more details of the problem you are encountering as I haven’t heard of this before and am not aware of such a requirement.

Regards,

Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design

[Luke Maslen]

Hi Chrispy,

I think it is just to make our product offerings more attractive and is not related to processing.

Regards,

Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design

[Luke Maslen]

Hi John,

That’s really weird. If there was no other card in the spare 100 MHz slot, then DeckLink HD Pro should have been able to run at 100 MHz and which it requires for working in HD. It’s a good idea to run it in the 133 MHz slot anyway but this is the first time I’ve ever heard of the card not working in a 100 MHz slot when the other 100 MHz slot has been unoccupied.

We often run the cards in the 100 MHz slot so your problem is a bit of a mystery. In any case, thank you for posting the solution.

Regards,

Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design