You can create your own playlist, organize clip bins and add additional metadata. Media Express lets you batch capture and playback 2D or even dual stream stereoscopic 3D in uncompressed YUV and RGB QuickTime, AVI and DPX, or compressed ProRes, DVCPRO and MJPEG files. For a broadcast strength solution, DeckLink Studio also has RS-422 deck control and blackburst and tri-sync reference input.ĭeckLink cards let you capture and playback to the widest range of equipment, such as HDCAM, HD-D5, HDCAM SR 4:2:2, Betacam SP, Digital Betacam, HD receivers, HDV cameras, televisions, VHS recorders, analog broadcast monitors, mixers and many more!īlackmagic Media Express is free software that comes with every DeckLink card.
When you're working in NTSC and PAL, you can use the SD-SDI output as a key output! Also included are a massive number of audio connections, with 4 channels of balanced analog audio, 8 channels of SDI audio plus 2 channels of AES/EBU digital with sample rate converters. Both the SDI and analog component connections auto switch between SD and HD, plus there's an extra SD SDI output via a built in hardware down converter for when you're working in HD. DeckLink Studio includes fully independent connections for SDI, HDMI, analog component, S-Video and composite video. DeckLink Studio includes highest quality 10 bit SDI video combined with enhanced analog connections to support a massive range of video equipment.
Blackmagic is the Apple of professional video and to develop Media Express could be something very interesting. I'm sure there is a good market for a simple and user friendly solution in this area. To put everything up in the cloud is nothing for theaters like us - it's enormous amounts of material for very few users. But shouldn't it be possible? To make Media Express talk and do stuff inside the H.264 box? Or does it need a graphic motor/card to do this - and there is no such thing in the H.264 box?Ī simple computer recording solution for video directly to files (today H.264) is very hard to find and to set up for example ToolsOnAir's solution - or a VOD-server - is financial and technical overkill for most companies, organisations and institutions.
the H.264 Pro Recorder is 'autonomy' and USB. I suppose it's another trick with the H.264 Pro Recorder than recording with other Blackmagic cards and QuickTime Prores etc. The second wish is possible in ATEM Software Controls recording function (I think - have not studied this.just used ATEM Software Control to cut live gigs so far and I don't want to record on the old simple Mac Mini I use for ATEM Software Control anyway). Over the mobile net and my iPhone or iPad it's also very small and it lags to use remote desktop solutions - when I'm home at a Mac works good though - here in Sweden it's all about 100-1000 Mbps broadband for both companies and citizens at home.Ī timer function in Media Express would be fantastic! Blackmagic Design The net and my brain is not robust enough. I forgot to stop the recording or the network connection screwed up. And that's not robust at all - it have happened that I've recorded many hours of the curtain and scene workers building and demounting - huge files that I have to edit after before I can deliver them.
Today I often have to start and stop recordings (static full scen picture - I'm not in the house) with remote desktop solutions (TeamVeawer for example).
Timer - autonomy or even connected to OSX Calendar (like ToolsOnAir does it) would be fantastic for me and I suppose many others. Adding layered graphics - in my case a logo and copyright watermark. I miss two things in Blackmagic Media Express:Ģ. I use our own FTP-server or file transfer services out there on the net. The other one use the 'YouTube' profile at 2 Mbps - it's for files that have to be delivered immediately to opera professionals around the globe. Support for 480p/60 capture with Media Express 2.3 with Intensity and Intensity Pro.
Free Blackmagic Design Mac OS X 10.5 Intel/PPC Version 3.9.4 Full Specs. Media Express lets you batch capture and playback 2D or even dual stream stereoscopic 3D in uncompressed YUV 4:2:2 and RGB 4:4:4 QuickTime, AVI and DPX, or compressed ProRes, DVCPRO and MJPEG files.
Native settings (we use 720p50 in our house - like the Swedish National Television SVT) in highest quality (around 20 Mbps) is sufficient for archivation.īlackmagic Media Express software comes free with every UltraStudio model. The H.264 Pro Recorder is very robust and versatile - I have two here at my work hooked to MacPro's for recording of shows from stage.