Blackmagic Design Decklink Quad HDMI capture card unboxing, specs, close ups and why I've bought one
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In this video I'm unboxing the Blacjmagic Design Decklink Quad HDMI, taking a close up look at it and explaining what I'll be using it for.
The Quad HDMI is a HDMI video capture card that has four HDMI inputs. It has no outputs.
It can record 8Bit, 10Bit and even 12Bit at various resolutions resolutions and frame rates.
My use for the card is to be able to record uncompressed 10 Bit 4:2:2 chroma subsampling at 4K UHD 60FPS and 59.94 frames per second.
I will be using this card mostly for video gameplay capture from my Xbox Series X, iPad Pro, new Apple Silicon iPad Pro M1 when it's released, Mac Mini M1 and my various computers, all via their HDMI outputs.
I will also being using the Quad HDMI with OBS and I think that it may be the best HDMI capture interface for OBS Studio.
Here's the example I'm talking about in the video about the game capture and workflow of recording uncompressed and then only ever used a compressed codec right at the end for my YouTube upload file. This video was uploaded H.264 10 Bit 4:2:2 4K UHD 60FPS.
https://youtu.be/0_75pfG4ciU
Here's more info about the card.
DeckLink Quad HDMI Recorder is a high performance PCIe card that lets you capture from 4 different HDMI sources in any combination of SD, HD, Ultra HD, 4K and even computer formats, all at the same time! Featuring 4 independent HDMI 2.0b input connections, DeckLink Quad HDMI is like getting 4 separate and customizable capture cards in one, making it perfect for software live switching, real time computer game capture, streaming and more!
Supported Codecs
AVC-Intra, AVCHD, Canon XF MPEG2, Digital SLR, DV-NTSC, DV-PAL, DVCPRO50, DVCPROHD, DPX, HDV, XDCAM EX, XDCAM HD, XDCAM HD422, DNxHR, DNxHD, 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.
Software
Software Included
Media Express, Disk Speed Test, Blackmagic Desktop Video Utility and Blackmagic driver on Mac OS and Windows. Media Express, Blackmagic Desktop Video Utility and Blackmagic driver on Linux.
Internal Software Upgrade
Firmware built into software driver. Loaded at system start or via updater software.
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