Decklink Studio 2 The world’s first low cost 10 bit SD, HD switchable editing card with SDI, component, S-Video and composite capture and playback, hardware down converter and 4 channel balanced audio.
Works with Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 and CS4 (currently CS4 only supported on Windows not Mac), CS5 & CS5.5Sony Vegas and Apple Final Cut Pro
Turbocharge your creativity with DeckLink Studio, the SD/HD broadcast video card that costs hundreds of dollars less than standard definition solutions! DeckLink Studio features SDI, HDMI and enhanced analogue connections, plus a built in hardware down converter, and an incredible 4 channels of balanced analogue audio. DeckLink Studio lets you move seamlessly between SD and HD workflows for the ultimate in creative flexibility!
Connect to Anything DeckLink Studio includes highest quality 10 bit SDI video combined with enhanced analogue connections to support a massive range of video equipment. DeckLink Studio includes fully independent connections for SDI, analogue component, S-Video and composite video. Both the SDI and analogue 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. 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 analogue audio, 8 channels of SDI audio plus 2 channels of AES/EBU digital with sample rate converters. For a broadcast strength solution, DeckLink Studio also has RS-422 deck control and blackburst and tri-sync reference input.
Now you can 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, analogue broadcast monitors, mixers and many more!
Hardware Down Converter If you've ever wanted to monitor in both HD and SD while you work, then you'll love the built in high quality down converter that's always active on the SD-SDI, S-Video and composite video output connections. This lets you use the main SD/HD-SDI output for HD, while simultaneously using the SD-SDI, S-Video and composite outputs for standard definition. When working in HD the built in down converter lets all video outputs remain active in both capture and playback mode, and in all HD video formats! You can instantly select between letterbox, anamorphic 16:9 and center cut 4:3 down conversion styles.
Incredible Analogue Connections Only DeckLink Studio has enhanced analogue connections to make it easy to connect to a wider range of analogue broadcast equipment. You can simultaneously connect to analogue component, S-Video and composite equipment, because DeckLink Studio has independent connections for each. All outputs are always active and will output via the built in down converter when you're working in HD. DeckLink Studio is the perfect capture card for working with decks such as Betacam SP, as it includes 4 channels of balanced analogue audio, so you can capture and playback all 4 channels of Betacam SP audio at the same time. DeckLink Studio has more analogue connections than SD only capture cards and costs hundreds of dollars less!
True Professional Quality Audio DeckLink Studio features a massive 4 channels of balanced professional analogue audio in and out, as well as 2 channels of AES/EBU digital audio in and out, for broadcast quality and sample accurate AV sync. DeckLink Studio also includes a sample rate converter on the AES/EBU input, so you can connect to any digital audio device, from either synchronized or un-synchronized sources. DeckLink Studio includes 8 channels of SDI embedded audio that are perfect for Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro's multi channel audio support. When working with multi channel audio, DeckLink Studio can switch it's analogue audio output 3 and 4 to AES/EBU digital audio outputs. That means you get an extra 2 digital audio outputs for a total of 6 channels of AES/EBU digital audio out! DeckLink Studio is perfect for 5.1 surround sound editing and multi language digital audio monitoring.
High Quality For highest quality digital broadcast workflows, DeckLink Studio includes incredible 10 bit SD/HD-SDI video with low SDI jitter, combined with AES/EBU digital audio with a high performance linear phase digital filtered sample rate converter. DeckLink Studio also features a total of 10 on board power supplies to isolate high precision analogue electronics from digital noise, so you get pristine quality analogue video and audio. Only DeckLink Studio provides all the quality you need for the most demanding broadcast environments and ensures your work retains that wonderful film look!
More HD Real Time Effects DeckLink Studio's super fast 2.5 Gb/s 1 lane PCI Express connection plugs directly into Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro's real time effects processing engine. Unlike FireWire products, you get all your CPU time dedicated to more multi layer HD real time effects. Only DeckLink Studio's high speed PCI Express lets you upgrade to HD without limiting your HD real time effects! The higher speed of PCI Express easily handles both compressed and uncompressed video file formats, such as ProRes(Mac), DVCPro HD, JPEG, DV, HDV playback, uncompressed 8 bit and uncompressed 10 bit. 1 Lane PCI Express also allows DeckLink Studio to work in lower cost computers and is fully compatible with 1, 4, 8 and 16 lane PCI Express slots.
Built in SD Keyer! When working in standard definition, DeckLink Studio includes the most amazing quality digital internal keyer that lets you key RGBA images over the video input. That's a total keying solution built right into DeckLink Studio. The built in keyer works great when used with Blackmagic Design's included Photoshop plug-ins, or even with RGBA animated video software for keying. If you want to perform keying externally, such as an external video mixer, then just select external key and DeckLink Studio will output the key channel on the SD-SDI output, with the fill channel on the main SD/HD-SDI output.
Compatible with Popular Video Software DeckLink cards are perfect for editing, broadcast graphics and digital effects work with built in support for your favorite video software such as Apple Final Cut Pro™, Adobe Premiere Pro™, Adobe After Effects™, Adobe Photoshop™, eyeon Fusion™ and many more. DeckLink includes plug ins for Photoshop so you can capture and output frames directly from within Photoshop. Real time playback from Adobe After Effects is supported so you can live preview your animations on your broadcast monitor. For ultimate flexibility, you can install on Windows XP™, Windows Vista™, Windows 7™ and Intel-based Mac Pro systems and instantly switch between 1080i, 1080p and 720p formats in HD, or NTSC and PAL formats for worldwide compatibility.
Loads of Free Software Utilities DeckLink cards include the Media Express deck control software which lets you control a deck remotely via RS-422 for capture and playback of DPX, AVI and QuickTime™ clips with timecode accuracy. Media Express is supported on Mac OS X™, Windows™ and Linux™. To help set up high speed disk arrays for uncompressed 10 bit HD editing, DeckLink includes Blackmagic Disk Speed Test™ software that checks your disk array and gives you an easy to understand speed test with the results in video frames per second!
DeckLink Studio is designed for anyone who needs a bridge between the 'SD and HD worlds' with maximum analogue compatibility for the widest range of video equipment. Check out DeckLink Studio for your facility today!
Mac OS X™, Windows™ and now Linux™! DeckLink cards are fully compatible with Mac OS X™, Windows™ and now Linux™! The new Media Express 2.0 is included, so you can capture and playback DPX, DVI and QuickTime media all platforms with full compatibility! Perfect for 3D graphics work or use our Linux™ SDK to develop your own solutions.
Features: Inputs: 1 x 10 bit SD/HD SDI switchable input, 1 x Component video on 3 BNCs, 1 x S-Video video on S-Video connector, 1 x Composite NTSC/PAL on 1 BNC, 2 channel unbalanced AES/EBU digital audio with sample rate converter, 8 channel embedded audio (SDI) in SD and HD, 4 channels of professional balanced analog audio via 1/4" jack connectorsOutputs: 2 x 10 bit SD/HD SDI switchable output, 1 x Component video on 3 BNCs / 1 x S-Video video on S-Video connector / 1 x Composite NTSC/PAL on 1 BNC, 2 channel unbalanced AES/EBU digital audio (Analogue outputs 3 and 4 can switch to AES/EBU outputs for audio 3 & 4 and 5 & 6 output. This provides a total of 6 AES/EBU audio channels out when using this feature.), 8 channel embedded audio (SDI) in SD and HD, 4 channels of professional balanced analog audio via 1/4" jack connectors (Channels 3 and 4 can switch to AES/EBU outputs.) Supported Video Formats: 626i PAL, 525i NTSC, 720HD and 1080HDSync Input: Blackburst in SD and 1080i50, 720p50, 1080i59.94, 720p59.94 HD formats or TriSync in all HD formatsDevice Control: Sony compatible RS422 deck control ports. Serial ports TxRx direction reversible under software controlReal time effects supported in Apple Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere Pro True 10 bit and 8 bit uncompressed YUV video capture and playback for high end production quality Compressed video capture and playback on supported platforms. Edit in DV, JPEG, HDV and DVCPRO-100 HD files on Mac OS X Blackmagic Deck Control included - complete solution for automated capture and playback of media to broadcast tape decks using serial control Realtime RAM preview in Adobe After Effects™, Apple Motion™ and Discreet Combustion™ Super high quality 64 bit RGB codec, QuickTime rendering at trillions of colours in Adobe After Effects™ SDI compliant with SMPTE 292M, SMPTE 259M, SMPTE 296M and ITU-R BT.656 HD format support: 1080PsF23.98/24, 1080i50, 1080i59.94, 720p50 and 720p59.94SD format support: 625/25 PAL, 525/29.97 NTSC and 525/23.98 NTSC SDI Compliance SMPTE 259M, 292/296MSDI Metadata Support : VITC read for 3:2 pulldown removal. VANC capture and playback using up to 3 lines of video in file. HD RP188Audio Sampling: Television rate of 48kHz at 24 bitCard type: PCI Express 1 lane, compatible with 1,4,8 and 16 PCIe slotSoftware Included: Deck Control, Disk Speed Test, LiveKey, FrameLink and Blackmagic driver £399.00 +VAT , £478.80 inc. VAT at 20%
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