About Blackmagic Desktop Video Software

Welcome to the Desktop Video software!

This software includes everything you need to set up your DeckLink, UltraStudio, Intensity and H.264 Pro Recorder for any task in your facility.

What's new in Desktop Video 10.2.1

• Support for RP188 timecode on playback added to DeckLink Mini and UltraStudio Mini models
• General performance and stability improvements

Mac OS Specific

Minimum system requirements for Mac OS

• OS X 10.9 Mavericks or later.
• OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion or later.
• Mac OS computer with either Thunderbolt, PCIe slot or USB 3.0.
• 4 GB of system memory.

Third Party Software Support

• DaVinci Resolve 10 and 11
• Apple Final Cut Pro X
• Apple Motion 4
• Adobe Premiere Pro CC
• Adobe After Effects CC
• Adobe Photoshop CC
• Autodesk Smoke 2013
• Avid Media Composer 7 or 8
• Avid News Cutter 11
• Avid Symphony 6.5
• Avid Pro Tools 8, 9, 10, 11
• The Foundry Nuke

Windows Specific

Minimum system requirements for Windows

DeckLink, UltraStudio and Intensity products:

• Microsoft Windows 8 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit
• Thunderbolt Motherboard or Notebook
• 4 GB of system memory.

USB 3.0 Products:

• Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit
• A suitable USB 3.0 port using a Renesas chipset
• 4 GB of system memory.

Third Party Software Support

• DaVinci Resolve 10 and 11
• Adobe Premiere Pro CC
• Adobe After Effects CC
• Adobe Photoshop CC
• Avid Media Composer 7 or 8
• Avid Media Symphony 6 or 7
• Avid News Cutter 6 or 7
• Sony Vegas Pro 9
• The Foundry Nuke
• eyeon Fusion 6
• Cyberlink Power Director
• Corel Video Studio X5
• VLC

Linux Specific

Minimum System Requirements for Linux

Basic system requirements:

• 32 bit x86 running Linux 2.6.18 or higher
• 64 bit x86_64 running Linux 2.6.18 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

This release has been tested on:

• Ubuntu 10.04 - 13.10
• Debian 6 - 7
• Fedora 15 - 20
• CentOS 5 - 6
• OpenSUSE 12.3 - 13.1

Several different package formats are supplied:

• Native package (.deb) for Ubuntu and Debian based distributions.
• Native package (.rpm) for RedHat, Fedora and OpenSUSE 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.

Installing Desktop Video Software

If you have installed the drivers prior to installing any of these applications, we recommend that you uninstall and reinstall the drivers. This will ensure that all relevant components are installed in their required locations.

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 September 4, 2014.