DeckLink Mini Recorder

Has worked perfectly since I purchased it almost 4 years ago. Excellent video quality and no compatibility issues whatsoever.

Dude this is so cool! Using it with my Mac Pro 2019 and it’s awesome. I’m using the HDMI input and you need to install the software they have and that will let you select the port you need. Other than that it’s pretty simple. I will normally record with QuickTime. I tried there provide recorder and it’s awful can’t even listen to the audio while it’s recording. Then I tried OBS and that files took forever to render in Final Cut and the Audio would drift over time. I didn’t have any issues with QuickTime. Other than every now and then the recorded video would have a couple seconds missing. Haven’t figured that one out yet. Oh and every now and then whenever I got to record a clip and I haven’t recorded anything in a while the computer will freeze then restart and the recording will work after that. So I’m guessing a driver needs updating or something.

I like this card because it works for capturing hd video from a camera. It can capture it so you can see it in real time on your computer, play it, and record it. Aside from this, it doesn't do much more. What I mean is you don't get support for other things you might want to do. I wanted to use this with Skype, but after trying for a few hours, I gave up on it. You can't use it with Skype unless Skype natively recognizes the video. I used an hd sdi camera (with resolution of 1080p), because the black magic card has input for both hdmi and sdi. For my camera, Skype would not natively recognize the video, except when I use a third party program like manycam to connect the video to Skype. But to unlock manycam's hd features, you need to buy the pro version which costs $50. In addition, manycam's "hd" viewing video is very grainy, so even when I see it in Skype, it's very grainy as well, so a degradation in picture quality, although it does work. (as a side note, I'm thinking that maybe Skype doesn't support hd too well anyways because of internet bandwidth and not hardware, but this may or may not be a factor). What I like about this card is that it does recognize an hd video signal as long as it matches the configuration of the card's resolution and frame rate. For example, 1080p 30 fps. It can go from 1080p to 720p at varying frame rates, ntsc or pal. I emailed Black magic about compatible cameras and they responded: "We unfortunately do not have the compatibility listed or categorized by camera. Instead it is basically organized by supported resolutions and frame rates. Your camera basically has to support one of the following resolutions and frame rates. ..... 720p50, 720p59.94, 720p60, 1080PsF23.98, 1080p23.98, 1080PsF24, 1080p24, 1080PsF25, 1080p25, 1080PsF29.97, 1080p29.97, 1080PsF30, 1080p30, 1080i50, 1080i59.94 and 1080i60. " note: I'm not absolutely sure if this list is completely inclusive, but this is the list given to me in email for sure. If your resolution or frame rate is not listed, maybe it could still work but it's a hit and miss. Notice the resolution quoted to me is all hd and not sd. What I'm saying is just because your camera is not on the list doesn't mean it absolutely will not work, I tried a camcorder and it wouldn't work but all of a sudden it did (I don't know why), but the camcorder was built for uploading through hdmi and not streaming so it was a waste of money. The camcorder's resolution and frame rate was 720p at 29 fps and somehow the setting for the capture card was set at 1080i at 59.94 fps and an image came up for uploading from camcorder to computer (no other setting would work). My camcorder was only built for uploading and not streaming so it was a waste of time and money. Don't know how camcorder image for uploading from camcorder to computer came up, or what this means, but a fluke of nature, I don't know. So this capture card comes with a basic play and record software, but whether you want to use other software, it's totally up to you. There is no support for making this software work with Skype, 3rd party software and such. Or if there is support for it, you have to research it on your own. So therefore anything you do outside of the card and accompanying software is totally up to you. So it's not like you plug in this card, and you can plug and play with Skype and stuff like that. You have to research it. You have to make it work. This is why I gave it 4 stars, because it captures my hd video, but outside of that, it doesn't appear to me to do much more.

Unlike the Black Magic intensity shuttle, this little PCI card just works... all the time... no problems. With the portable versions of the same interface there are frequent connection issues. Sources get lost, it misidentifies them in OBS... etc. This little guy just works. It's been crucial for me for running my DSLR as a camera for teaching my students during COVID. I'm also considering building a computer with the multi-input version for my church to do live-streams. Yeah, it's not the best overall value, and you can find cheaper solutions. But you're paying for Black Magic and as I tell my children: Don't buy cheap tools that break -- buy the right tool once. WOULD BUY AGAIN

The card works great with it's own capture software. So far cannot get Cyberlink PowerDirector to capture through it, but we'll keep trying. Had sync issues no matter what we tweaked, but come to find out all we needed to do was reset the sound card and poof, all was well.. ...

Excelente producto calidad precio.

Easy to install, solid drivers. This card has helped me earn a lot of money. Visual quality leaves nothing to be desired. The only reason it earned 4 stars is because the software still uses the old MJPEG codec. So, use software that isn't Blackmagic Designs for capture purposes and you'll be peachy.

It's difficult to get this device to match up to the incoming signal at times. It's very particular about what signals it will accept. Once it's working it works great though.

reemplazo de componente de equipo da#ado, funciono perfectamente como se esperaba. Supongo que la marca representa calidad, alto costo para la tecnologia usada, producto sobrevaluado en el mercado.

Great to capture video and audio from the Blackmagic TV Studio

Scheda acquistata per il riversargio di vhs e altri formati analogici. Peccato per il software che ha costanti bug.

The card itself works great, wish the driver support in Linux showed the device as a v4l2 device, it doesn't (i.e. you need to have "BlackMagic" support in several apps (like Vlc media player) to be able to view the video - i.e. it's not a Video for Linux video device.) As a side note the card does have a plugin for the Gstreamer Multimedia Framework so it's useful if you want to build pipelines to share the video on it's input.

Este equipo vino dañado lo he probado en 3 slots diferentes y en ninguno lo detecto el administrador de dispositivos