Blackmagicdesign DeckLink - Table of Contents

Blackmagic Design - Leading the creative video revolution
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Mac OS X
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Welcome
Thank you for purchasing a DeckLink broadcast
video card. We hope you share our dream for
the television industry to become a truly creative
industry by allowing anyone to have access to the
highest quality video.
Previously high end television and post production
required investment in millions of dollars of
hardware, however with DeckLink cards, even 10
bit uncompressed is now easily affordable. We hope you get years of use from
your new DeckLink card and have fun working with some of the world’s hottest
television and design software!
This instruction manual should contain all the information you’ll need on
installing your DeckLink capture card, although it’s always a good idea to ask
a technical assistant for help if you have not installed hardware cards into
computers before. As DeckLink uses uncompressed video and the data rates
are quite high, you’ll need fast disk storage and a high-end Power Mac.
We think it should take you approximately 10 minutes to complete installation.
Please check our web site at www.blackmagic-design.com and click the
support page to download the latest updates to this manual and DeckLink
driver software.
Lastly, please email us (register@blackmagic-design.com) with your DeckLink
serial number so we can keep you updated when new software is released.
Perhaps you can even send us your latest show reel of work completed on
your DeckLink!
We are constantly working on new features and improvements, so we would
love to hear from you!
Grant Petty
CEO Blackmagic Design
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Contents
Welcome 2.
Storage and data rates for
uncompressed video 3.
Standard Denition Mac OS X
system requirements 4.
High Denition Mac OS X
system requirements 5.
Hardware installation 6.
Blackmagic DeckLink software 7.
Pre-installation checks 9.
Installing Blackmagic DeckLink software 10.
Viruses 12.
Getting connected 13.
Processor Amplier 15.
VANC 15.
Blackmagic Deck Control 17.
Adobe After Effects 19.
Final Cut Pro HD 20.
Trouble Shooting 23.
If things go wrong 26.
Connection diagrams
DeckLink 27.
DeckLink Pro 28.
DeckLink SP 29.
DeckLink Extreme 30.
DeckLink Extreme cables 31.
DeckLink HD 32.
DeckLink HD Plus 33.
DeckLink HD Pro 4:4:4 mode 34.
DeckLink HD Pro 4:2:2 mode 35.
DeckLink HD Pro Single Link 36.
DeckLink HD Pro cables 37.
Blackmagic Design Warranty 38.