Blackmagic Design DeckLink Mini Recorder

The Blackmagic Design DeckLink Mini Recorder is a PCIe slot capture card with both SDI and HDMI inputs for capturing uncompressed 10-bit video from a camera directly into your computer.

You’ll be able to ingest footage as the camera’s recording live or from a playback of the camera’s recording. The inputs are active, so once you plug a cable into them, they’ll begin functioning.

This Blackmagic Design DeckLink Mini Recorder automatically switches between SD and HD, so it’ll be able to handle all common video formats. The point of ingesting through a capture card is to bypass unnecessary compressions and hence data loss.

The Blackmagic Design DeckLink Mini Recorder performs just one compression, upon delivery to your computer, where your footage gets encoded into an edit-ready codec of your choice.

Inputs

• SDI 10-bit SD/HD switchable video with 16 ch HD / 8 ch SD embedded audio
• HDMI type A video with 8 ch audio embedded in SD and HD

1-Lane PCI Express Card

The Mini Monitor is a 1-lane PCI Express card and is compatible with 4, 8 and 16 lane PCI Express slots on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. The only Mac capable of accepting the card is a Mac Pro as other Macs can’t be opened to enable installation. The card features two PCIe shields for both full height and low profile slots.

Codecs Supported

AVC-Intra, AVCHD, Canon XF MPEG2, Digital SLR, DV-NTSC, DV-PAL, DVCPRO50, DVCPROHD, DPX, HDV, XDCAM EX, XDCAM HD, XDCAM HD422, Apple ProRes 4444, Apple ProRes 422 (HQ), Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes (LT), Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy), Uncompressed 8-bit 4:2:2, Uncompressed 10-bit 4:2:2

Internal Software Upgrade

Firmware built into software driver. Loaded at system start or via updater software.