geogen Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Hi guys, I want to buy decklink studio for my new 6 outputs pc The question Does this card support simultaneous inputs, for example for 3 projectors I want to show hdmi input and for another 3 sdi camera as live feed Or I need to buy 2 different cards, one for hdmi input and another for sdi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Dannert Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Decklink Studio does only support one input at the time. Only Decklink Duo/Decklink Quad (HDSDI) or Datapath VisionSDI2 supports more. /jonas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabiosribeiro Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Hi Jonas, Do you know why the Decklink Studio doesn't support multiple inputs since the card has this resource ? http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/decklink/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Dannert Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Hi Fabios, Since the Decklink Duo, with 2 HDSDI inputs possible, simultaneously, is a PCIe x4 card. The Decklink Studio is a PCIe x1 card, which leads me to believe that it only can deal with one input at the time. But feel free to test yourself, we have not had one in house. /jonas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Hi Fabios: did you ever manage to use more than one input at a time in another program than WO with this card? I have those cards in both my Mac pro editing station as well in my WO systems and you are supposed to select 1 type of input in the BM configuration panel. (doesn't auto-sense like H264 recorder from BM) So it's just the design of the card that puts the limit on it. If card was able to select and recognize / process multiple inputs at a time, WO would be able to use all of them too. (i.e. with the SDI DUO or so). See image. Uploaded with ImageShack.us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croonquist Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Decklink Studio does only support one input at the time. Only Decklink Duo/Decklink Quad (HDSDI) or Datapath VisionSDI2 supports more. /jonas Is the Decklink quad SDI tested to work with watchout? Any issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Dannert Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Yes, they are, and works. Used by us & many customers (Duo), and by some customers (Quad). 1.5 GBps HDSDI = supports 720p50/59.94/60, 1080p25/29.97/30 and 1080i50/59.94/60. Need Windows 7 64-bit and preferably at least 8GB RAM. They are visible to WATCHOUT as 2 or 4 separate cards. Blackmagic cards can be picky on motherboards, that's only caveat. /jonas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfk Posted March 22, 2015 Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 Is the Decklink quad SDI tested to work with watchout? Any issues? We have placed BlackMagic Design DeckLink Quad equipped WATCHOUT Display computers in numerous regional locations for a national sports broadcast network. As a US sports network, they are native 720p59.97. Television studios are a stable environment, in this use the card always sees the same signal type. Once they are configured correctly - they are trouble free. About the only thing to be aware of is the SDI connector provided on this card is not the ubiquitous BNC. The DeckLink Quad uses DIN 1.0/2.3 connections rather than larger BNC type connectors. i.e. Molex, Winchester, Canon, Switchcraft, Canare, etc. ... Show Sage bundles four male DIN 1.0/2.3 to female BNC patch cables in its standard price for the DeckLink Quad option card. No one gets caught by surprise that way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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