Blackmagic Design Decklink Pro

Model Details

Fully Digital SMPTE-259M 10 bit SDI input and output with embedded SDI audio.

8 channels of SDI audio, all supported in FInal Cut Pro 4™.

Independent monitoring SDI and analog component Y, R-Y, B-Y video output.

Analog component video can be switched to either NTSC/PAL composite video output for easy monitoring.

4xSPIDF consumer digital audio monitoring outputs.

Sony™ compatible RS-422 serial control port. Blackburst compatible genlock input.

Features:

Realtime effects. Cross Dissolve, Dip to Color, Sepia, Desaturate, Brightness Contrast, Proc Amp, Tint, Gamma Correction and 3-Way color Corrector. RT Extreme support in Final Cut Pro™.

True 10 bit and 8 bit uncompressed video quality modes.

Built in DV bridge for playing DV files to video out.

Film support Capture from NTSC video to 23.98fps progressive video with automatic 3:2 pulldown removal using VITC on SDI input. Playback 23.98fps to NTSC video.

Blackmagic Deck Control™ included. Complete solution for automated capture and playback of media to deck using RS-422 serial control.

Video Desktop for direct video output from non QuickTime™ applications such as Adobe Photoshop™.

Super high quality 64bit RGB codec rendering in trillions of colours in Adobe After Effects™ and Final Cut Pro™ YUV native rendering support.

Real Time RAM preview in Adobe After Effects™, Apple Shake™ and Discreet Combustion™.

No sync generator required as DeckLink generates SDI sync. Genlock input also included on DeckLink Extreme, Pro and SP.

Apple Mac OS X™ and Microsoft Windows support™ using the same hardware. Media files compatible between platforms.

Specifications:

Connections	DeckLink™	DeckLink Pro™	DeckLink SP™	DeckLink Extreme™
SDI Video Input	1 x 10 bit	1 x 10 bit	None	1 x 10 bit
SDI Video Output	2 x 10 bit	2 x 10 bit	1 x 10 bit	1 x 10 bit
Analog Video Input	No	No	YUV/NTSC/PAL switchable to composite	YUV/NTSC/PAL switchable to composite
Analog Video Output	No	YUV/NTSC/PAL switchable to composite	YUV/NTSC/PAL switchable to composite	YUV/NTSC/PAL switchable to composite
AES Audio Output	2 Channels AES & S/PDIF compatible	8 Channels AES & S/PDIF compatible	2 Channels AES & S/PDIF compatible	2 Channels AES & S/PDIF compatible
SDI Audio Input	8 Channel	8 Channel	8 Channel	8 Channel
SDI Audio Output	8 Channel	8 Channel	8 Channel	8 Channel
Analog Audio Input	No	No	2 Channel	2 Channel
Analog Audio Output	No	No	2 Channel	2 Channel
Dual rate support	Standard definition SDI only
Sync Input	No	Blackburst Input	Blackburst Input	Blackburst Input
Device Control	Sony™ compatible RS422 deck control ports. Serial ports TxRx direction reversible under software control.
Settings Control	DeckLink System Preference (Mac OS X™) and Control Panel (Windows XP™)
Updates	Firmware for cards built into software driver. Loaded at system start.

 

Standards
SD Format Support	625/25 PAL, 525/29.97 NTSC
SDI Compliance	SMPTE 259M and ITU-R BT.601
SDI Video Sampling	4:2:2
SDI Color Precision	4:2:2 10 bit
SDI Color Space	YUV (technically expressed as YCbCr) or RGB in desktop mode
SDI Metadata Support	VITC read for 3:2 pulldown removal. VANC capture and playback using up to 3 lines of video in file.

 

Processing
Colorspace Conversion	Hardware based real time
HD Down Conversion	Mac OS X™ only software based real time rendering on all SD cards
Real time effects	Mac OS X™ only using Final Cut Pro HD™ internal effects. Mac OS X™ only using Blackmagic Design custom RT effects in Final Cut Pro HD™. Windows XP™ only using Blackmagic Design custom RT effects in Adobe Premiere Pro™.

 

Extras
Software Included	Deck Control, Disk Speed Test, LiveKey, Blackmagic driver. DeckLink Pro supports external key, in addition to internal key, with Blackmagic LiveKey.
Firmware Upgrade	Firmware for cards built into software driver. Loaded at system start.
Installation	Short PCI card, compatible 33 MHz and 66 MHz PCI slots