About Blackmagic Cintel Software

Welcome to Cintel

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.

Installing Cintel Software

First you will need to have installed DaVinci Resolve, or any software that supports the Blackmagic Cintel SDK.

Then double click the DaVinci Resolve Installer icon and follow the onscreen instructions. To remove DaVinci Resolve from your system, double click the Uninstall Resolve icon. If your Cintel Scanner requires an internal Firmware update, then the Cintel Setup utility will let you update the scanners software.

What's new in Cintel 7.0

• Added Cintel Scanner G3 HDR+ 8/16 product support.
• Added 16mm HDR Gate support.
• General performance and stability improvements for all models.

macOS Specific

Minimum system requirements for Cintel Software on Mac OS

• macOS 14.0 Sonoma or later.
• 8 GB of system memory or 16 GB when using Fusion.
• For monitoring, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.9 or later.
• Apple Silicon based computer or GPU which supports Metal.

Windows Specific

Minimum system requirements for Cintel Software on Windows

• Microsoft Windows 10 or 11 64-bit.
• 16 GB of system memory.
• For monitoring, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.9 or later.
• Integrated GPU or discrete GPU with at least 4 GB of VRAM.
• GPU which supports OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 12.8
• AMD/Intel official drivers from your GPU manufacturer.
• NVIDIA Studio driver 570.65 or newer.
• Computer with a Thunderbolt connection or PCIe slot.

Linux Specific

Basic system requirements for Cintel Scanner on Linux:

• x86-64 running Linux 3.10 or higher.
• 16GB of system memory for SDK capture;

Else see DaVinci Resolve system requirements.

A system with 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: 22.04, 24.04
• Debian: 12
• Fedora: 40
• CentOS: 7
• Rocky Linux: 8.6, 9.4

Several different package formats are supplied:

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

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 July 28, 2025.