Blackmagic Intensity Pro............. at DVinfo.net

Gerald Webb · February 13th, 2010, 02:06 PM

Hi Guys, I just have to share this, If I had of known about this I would have got one ages ago.
I capture a lot of stuff from the TV, for family and forums I belong to.
Installed my new Blackmagic card yesterday and I am blown away.
It can capture in Vegas (massive bonus, previous card had to use its own software)
It will capture at any resolution you want it too ( I know some will argue this, but IMO it means you can capture twice the size of what you re receiving which equates to lossless at a much lower bit rate)
Capture uncompressed or MXF (50Mbps MPEG2).
The MXF codec is sooooooooooooo good, preview in best quality.
Check out this one min clip of the 576i footy last night.....
YouTube - Blackmagic Intensity Pro test 2

I know this sounds like a corny ad, fact is , I wish I had known about this a long time ago.
Please guys, if there are things that you think are amazing that people may not know about, share it.

Paul Cascio · February 13th, 2010, 02:17 PM

I bought one of these about 6 months ago and haven't been able to use it because it requires about a 3-drive raid array. They don't seem to point this out in their advertising.

Troy Williams · February 13th, 2010, 02:18 PM

From your post, you are suggesting that you have 576i footage but capture at 1080i. Is this correct. Is it possible to take DV footage and capture to 1080i to be edited in Vegas?

Gerald Webb · February 13th, 2010, 02:27 PM

Sorry Paul, I dont have a 3 drive raid, and Im going great guns. the default is to capture to the system drive ( my documents- Blackmagic design- capture-1 ). If you tell whats going wrong for you I may be able to help, maybe, Im a Blackmagic newb, lol.

Troy, that is exactly what Im saying, its so good. I think of it like this, The Input is analog 576i, you tell the the Blackmagic card to 'take pictures' of it at 1080i (or progressive if you want) IMO it means you lose nothing in the capture.

Troy Williams · February 13th, 2010, 02:48 PM

I will start researching this immediately...

Gerald Webb · February 13th, 2010, 02:57 PM

Intensity Pro.

And yes, you capture in Vegas and it appears in your project media.

Oh and I forgot to mention, it works in Vegas 64bit Windows 7, my capture has NEVER worked before in any Vegas 64bit, XP , Vista or 7, 8.1 or 9.

And another biggy as well, for HDV, you no longer have to capture to MPEG2, with this card you can capture it uncompressed if you like.

Troy Williams · February 13th, 2010, 03:19 PM

One more question. When you say uncompressed you are talking .avi right? We all know Vegas loves .avi files. Man o man you made my day with this info. I think I gonna order one today!

Gerald Webb · February 13th, 2010, 03:30 PM

8 bit yuv avi or MXF in Vegas
other options in the Blackmagic software.
have a good one.

Jeff Harper · February 13th, 2010, 07:43 PM

Footage was phenomenal...very nice.

Gerald Webb · February 14th, 2010, 03:27 AM

and another thing, and I think this may be the best yet.
Had my sons christening today, took along my handy little canon HF10 avchd cam.
Got home and went to load the footage on the PC, and thought, hang on, I wonder......
HF10 has HDMI out- plugged the HDMI into the blackmagic and .......
how good is this!!!!
Captured MXF 50Mbps MPEG2 from a AVCHD camcorder.
Now my formally AVCHD footage previews in best quality.
This thing really is the best thing since sliced bread.
:)

Cedric Cornell · February 14th, 2010, 04:15 AM

.....of course this turns up when I'm halfway thru converting my Hi8 tape thru a Sony DV handy!

Looks like a nice card.

Serge Victorovich · February 14th, 2010, 08:07 AM

HDMI/Composite HD/HD-SDI DIY portable capture station tutorial by Henry Olonga.

Paul Cascio · February 14th, 2010, 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gerald Webb

Sorry Paul, I dont have a 3 drive raid, and Im going great guns. the default is to capture to the system drive ( my documents- Blackmagic design- capture-1 ). If you tell whats going wrong for you I may be able to help, maybe, Im a Blackmagic newb, lol.

...

Wow Gerald, I may have to give the Intensity another chance. I thought the instructions said I needed a minimum hard drive speed that translated to a raid. As a result, I stuck the card in a drawer and never looked at it again.

Are you saying that a RAID not only is not needed, but I don't even need a dedicated drive? I've got an HMC150 and a Sanyo HD2000 and both have HDMI so this would be great news.

Gerald Webb · February 14th, 2010, 01:09 PM

Paul,
when capturing in Vegas, you can choose to save the capture to any part of your PC, the same as capturing any HDV.
I havent tried an external HD via USB cable yet, this may be a problem as the data transfer is prob too fast for USB. Ill give it a go though and post back.
Any of my single Sata drives works like a charm.

Paul Cascio · February 14th, 2010, 01:23 PM

I wanted to capture the output from my camera's HDMI port. Anyone have experience with this?

February 13th, 2010, 02:06 PM	#1
Gerald Webb Trustee Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Central Coast Australia Posts: 1,046	Blackmagic Intensity Pro............. Hi Guys, I just have to share this, If I had of known about this I would have got one ages ago. I capture a lot of stuff from the TV, for family and forums I belong to. Installed my new Blackmagic card yesterday and I am blown away. It can capture in Vegas (massive bonus, previous card had to use its own software) It will capture at any resolution you want it too ( I know some will argue this, but IMO it means you can capture twice the size of what you re receiving which equates to lossless at a much lower bit rate) Capture uncompressed or MXF (50Mbps MPEG2). The MXF codec is sooooooooooooo good, preview in best quality. Check out this one min clip of the 576i footy last night..... YouTube - Blackmagic Intensity Pro test 2 I know this sounds like a corny ad, fact is , I wish I had known about this a long time ago. Please guys, if there are things that you think are amazing that people may not know about, share it.

February 13th, 2010, 02:17 PM	#2
Paul Cascio Trustee Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bristol, CT (Home of EPSN) Posts: 1,192	I bought one of these about 6 months ago and haven't been able to use it because it requires about a 3-drive raid array. They don't seem to point this out in their advertising. __________________ Paul Cascio www.pictureframingschool.com

February 13th, 2010, 02:18 PM	#3
Troy Williams New Boot Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia Posts: 20	Trying to understand From your post, you are suggesting that you have 576i footage but capture at 1080i. Is this correct. Is it possible to take DV footage and capture to 1080i to be edited in Vegas?

February 13th, 2010, 02:48 PM	#5
Troy Williams New Boot Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia Posts: 20	Which Model Do You Have? I will start researching this immediately...

February 13th, 2010, 03:19 PM	#7
Troy Williams New Boot Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia Posts: 20	Wow thanks for this info... One more question. When you say uncompressed you are talking .avi right? We all know Vegas loves .avi files. Man o man you made my day with this info. I think I gonna order one today!

February 13th, 2010, 02:27 PM	#4
Gerald Webb Trustee Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Central Coast Australia Posts: 1,046	Sorry Paul, I dont have a 3 drive raid, and Im going great guns. the default is to capture to the system drive ( my documents- Blackmagic design- capture-1 ). If you tell whats going wrong for you I may be able to help, maybe, Im a Blackmagic newb, lol. Troy, that is exactly what Im saying, its so good. I think of it like this, The Input is analog 576i, you tell the the Blackmagic card to 'take pictures' of it at 1080i (or progressive if you want) IMO it means you lose nothing in the capture.

February 13th, 2010, 02:57 PM	#6
Gerald Webb Trustee Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Central Coast Australia Posts: 1,046	Intensity Pro. And yes, you capture in Vegas and it appears in your project media. Oh and I forgot to mention, it works in Vegas 64bit Windows 7, my capture has NEVER worked before in any Vegas 64bit, XP , Vista or 7, 8.1 or 9. And another biggy as well, for HDV, you no longer have to capture to MPEG2, with this card you can capture it uncompressed if you like.

February 13th, 2010, 03:30 PM	#8
Gerald Webb Trustee Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Central Coast Australia Posts: 1,046	8 bit yuv avi or MXF in Vegas other options in the Blackmagic software. have a good one.

February 13th, 2010, 07:43 PM	#9
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Footage was phenomenal...very nice.

February 14th, 2010, 03:27 AM	#10
Gerald Webb Trustee Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Central Coast Australia Posts: 1,046	and another thing, and I think this may be the best yet. Had my sons christening today, took along my handy little canon HF10 avchd cam. Got home and went to load the footage on the PC, and thought, hang on, I wonder...... HF10 has HDMI out- plugged the HDMI into the blackmagic and ....... how good is this!!!! Captured MXF 50Mbps MPEG2 from a AVCHD camcorder. Now my formally AVCHD footage previews in best quality. This thing really is the best thing since sliced bread. :)

February 14th, 2010, 04:15 AM	#11
Cedric Cornell Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Sætre, Norway Posts: 27	.....of course this turns up when I'm halfway thru converting my Hi8 tape thru a Sony DV handy! Looks like a nice card. __________________ http://vimeo.com/no66 http://www.youtube.com/user/no66

February 14th, 2010, 08:07 AM	#12
Serge Victorovich Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 376	HDMI/Composite HD/HD-SDI DIY portable capture station tutorial by Henry Olonga. HDMI/Composite HD/HD-SDI DIY portable capture station tutorial on Vimeo

February 14th, 2010, 01:09 PM	#14
Gerald Webb Trustee Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Central Coast Australia Posts: 1,046	Paul, when capturing in Vegas, you can choose to save the capture to any part of your PC, the same as capturing any HDV. I havent tried an external HD via USB cable yet, this may be a problem as the data transfer is prob too fast for USB. Ill give it a go though and post back. Any of my single Sata drives works like a charm.

February 14th, 2010, 01:23 PM	#15
Paul Cascio Trustee Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bristol, CT (Home of EPSN) Posts: 1,192	I wanted to capture the output from my camera's HDMI port. Anyone have experience with this? __________________ Paul Cascio www.pictureframingschool.com