About Blackmagic Cintel Software

The Blackmagic Cintel Scanner allows capture of 16 and 35mm film. This software will install the software required to support the Cintel Scanner as well as installing software to support the optional Cintel Audio and KeyKode Reader. Once installed, you can use DaVinci Resolve to operate your Cintel Scanner, or any software that supports the Cintel Scanner developer SDK.

If your Cintel Scanner requires an internal Firmware update, then the Cintel software will allow this to be updated via the included Cintel Setup utility.

What's new in Cintel 5.0

• Added support for Cintel Scanner G3 HDR+.
• Improved 16mm stability.
• Bug fix for Audio and KeyKode Reader at selected film frame rates.
• General performance and stability improvements for all models.

Compatible Software Support

• DaVinci Resolve or DaVinci Resolve Studio.
• Any software that supports the Blackmagic Cintel SDK.

macOS Specific

Minimum system requirements for Cintel Software on Mac OS

• Mac OS 12.0 Monterey or later.
• Mac OS 11.0 Big Sur.
• 8 GB of system memory for SDK capture, else see DaVinci Resolve system requirements.
• Any Mac with Thunderbolt 3 for Cintel 2 models.
• Any Mac with Thunderbolt 2 for Cintel 1 models.

Windows Specific

Minimum system requirements for Cintel Software on Windows

• Microsoft Windows 10 or 11 64-bit.
• 8 GB of system memory for SDK capture, else see DaVinci Resolve system requirements.
• Microsoft Windows computer with Thunderbolt 3 or PCIe for Cintel 2 models.
• Microsoft Windows computer with Thunderbolt 2 for Cintel 1 models.

Linux Specific

Minimum system requirements for Cintel Software on Linux

Basic system requirements:

• 8 GB of system memory for SDK capture, else see DaVinci Resolve system requirements.
• x86-64 running Linux 3.10 or higher, see Desktop Video requirements.
• AArch64 running Linux 4.9.140 or higher.
• A 64 bit kernel and ample memory is strongly recommended.

Thunderbolt Hotplug Requirements

Thunderbolt devices cannot be plugged in hot on kernels earlier than 2.6.30.

Supported kernels older than 3.12 require an extra step after plugging the device in. You must tell the kernel to rescan the PCI bus using the following command:

# sudo sh -c 'echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/rescan'

Kernel 3.12 and later support hotplug without the need for any extra steps.

Supported Distributions

• Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04
• Debian 10
• Fedora 36
• CentOS 7

Several different package formats are supplied:

• Native package (.deb) for Ubuntu and Debian based distributions.
• Native package (.rpm) for RedHat and Fedora based distributions.
• Tarball and packaging files for custom installation.

Full release notes including installation instructions are available in the ReadMe.txt found in the downloadable tar archive.

Additional Information

Please check www.blackmagicdesign.com for additional information on third party software compatibility and minimum system requirements.

Some applications may use third party code under license. For details please refer to the included "Third Party Licenses.rtf" document.

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Updated November 24, 2022.