Overview

DeckLink Duo is perfect for developers who need two completely independent capture and playback streams in and out of a computer, as both capture and playback channels are completely independent.

There are two HD/SD SDI inputs, and two HD/SD SDI outputs plus a common tri-sync/black burst reference. DeckLink Duo appears as two independent SDI cards to the computer, but only uses a single PCI Express slot. DeckLink Duo is perfect for servers where there are multiple streams or simultaneous capture and playback per system. DeckLink Duo is compatible with Windows™, Mac OS X™ and Linux™.

Specification

• Inputs/Outputs:
  • 2 x HD/SD SDI In (independantly switchable)
  • 2 x HD/SD SDI Out (independantly switchable)
• Sync: 1 x Common Sync Input - Blackburst in SD, 720p50, 720p59.94, 1080i50 and 1080i59.94 formats or Tri-Sync in any HD format.
• SDI Audio: 8 Channels per input/output, embedded in SD and HD
• Interface: PCI Express 4 lane, compatible with 4, 8 and 16 lane PCIe slots (Mac OS X™ systems require an Intel-based Mac Pro computer.)
• HD Format Support:
  • 720p50
  • 720p59.94
  • 720p60
  • 1080PsF23.98
  • 1080p23.98
  • 1080PsF24
  • 1080p24
  • 1080PsF25
  • 1080p25
  • 1080PsF29.97
  • 1080p29.97
  • 1080PsF30
  • 1080p30
  • 1080i50
  • 1080i59.94
  • 1080i60
• SD Format Support:
  • 625/25 PAL
  • 525/29.97 NTSC
  • 525/23.98 NTSC
• Multiple Rate support: SDI video connections are switchable between standard definition and high definition. SDI switches between 270 Mb/s standard definition SDI and 1.5 Gb/s HD-SDI.
• Video Sampling: 4:2:2
• Color Precision: 10 bit
• Color Space: 4:2:2 YUV
• SDI Metadata Support: VITC read for 3:2 pulldown removal. VANC capture and playback using up to 3 lines of video in file. HD RP188. Closed captioning.
• Audio Sampling: Television rate of 48kHz and 24 bit.
• Colorspace Conversion: Hardware based real time.
• HD Down Conversion: HD to SD on video capture or video playback.
• HD Up Conversion: SD to 720HD or 1080HD on video capture.
• Cross Conversion: 720HD to 1080HD on video capture.
• Real Time Effects:
  • Apple Final Cut Pro™ internal effects in DV, DVCPRO HD, ProRes and uncompressed on Intel Mac OS X™.
  • Adobe® Premiere Pro® internal effects in DV, DVCPRO HD, MJPEG and uncompressed.
• Software Included:
  • Media Express, Disk Speed Test, LiveKey, Blackmagic System Preferences and Blackmagic driver on Mac OS X™.
  • Media Express, Disk Speed Test, LiveKey, Blackmagic Control Panel and Blackmagic driver on Windows™.
  • Media Express, Blackmagic Control Panel and Blackmagic driver on Linux.