Analog and digital 4K video capture and playback card - Blackmagic Design BLM-BDLKSTUDIO4K

DeckLink Studio 4K is the perfect video capture and playback card for those who work with a wide range of analog AV equipment and need to move easily between SD, HD, 2K and Ultra HD resolutions. DeckLink Studio 4K includes a huge number of analog and digital video connections including SD / HD / Ultra HD 6G-SDI, HDMI 1.4b, SD / HD component, composite, S-video, 4 CH balanced analog audio, 2 CH AES / EBU switchable to 6 CH out, Black Burst and Tri-Sync reference inputs, RS-422 control port, SD keying and a hardware down converter. With DeckLink Studio 4K you can edit, broadcast and much more thanks to its future-proof features! Main features Capture and playback of all formats up to 4K DCI 25p Extensive analog and digital connections Ideal for editors and designers who work with analog equipment 6G-SDI, component, composite video and S-Video, Black Burst and Tri-Sync 4 channels of balanced analog audio and 2 channels of AES / EBU audio or 6 channels of output

Technical characteristics

Connections

• SDI video inputs: 1 x 10-bit SD / HD / 2K / 4K. Supports 6G 4:2:2 and 3G 4:4:4
• SDI video outputs: 1 x 10-bit SD / HD / 2K / 4K. Supports 6G 4:2:2 and 3G 4:4:4
• Analog video inputs: 1 x component YUV on 3 BNCs, 1 x composite, 1 x S-Video. Component supports HD and SD
• Analog video outputs: 1 x component YUV on 3 BNCs, 1 x composite, 1 x S-Video, 1 x SD-SDI. Component supports HD and SD
• Analog audio inputs: 4 channels of professional balanced analog audio via 1/4" jack connectors
• Analog audio outputs: 4 channels of professional balanced analog audio via 1/4" jack connectors. Channels 3 & 4 can switch to AES / EBU outputs
• AES / EBU audio inputs: 2 channels unbalanced with sample rate converter
• AES / EBU audio outputs: 2 channels unbalanced. Analog outputs 3 and 4 can switch to AES / EBU outputs for audio 3 & 4 and 5 & 6 output. This provides a total of 6 AES / EBU output audio channels when using this feature
• SDI audio inputs: 16 channels embedded in HD / 2K / 4K. 8 channels embedded in SD
• SDI audio outputs: 16 channels embedded in HD / 2K / 4K. 8 channels embedded in SD
• HDMI video inputs: 1 x HDMI type A connector
• HDMI video outputs: 1 x HDMI type A connector
• HDMI audio inputs: 8 channels embedded in SD, HD, 4K
• HDMI audio outputs: 8 channels embedded in SD, HD, 4K
• Sync input: Tri-Sync or Black Burst
• Device control: SonyTM compatible RS422 deck control ports. Serial ports TxRx direction reversible under software control
• Computer interface: PCI Express 4 lane generation 2, compatible with 4,8 and 16 lane PCI Express slots

Supported codecs

• AVC-Intra, AVCHD, Canon XF MPEG2, Digital SLR, DV-NTSC, DV-PAL, DVCPRO50, DVCPROHD, DPX, HDV, XDCAM EX, XDCAM HD, XDCAM HD422, Apple ProRes 4444, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, DNxHR & DNxHD, Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes LT, Apple ProRes 422 Proxy, uncompressed 8-bit 4:2:2, uncompressed 10-bit 4:2:2, uncompressed 10 bit 4:4:4

Software

• Software included: Media Express, Disk Speed Test, LiveKey, Blackmagic Desktop Video Utility and Blackmagic driver on Mac OS and Windows. Media Express, Blackmagic Desktop Video Utility and Blackmagic driver on Linux
• Internal software upgrade: firmware built into software driver. Loaded at system start or via updater software

Physical installation

• PCI Express 4 lane generation 2, compatible with 4, 8, 16 lane PCI Express slots on Mac OS, Windows and Linux. Please check the Support pages to see the full system requirements

Other supported applications include

• The Foundry Nuke, Grass Valley Edius, Sony Catalyst Production Suite, Tools On Air Just: Play & Live & In, Softron MovieRecorder & MReplay, Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder, Telestream Wirecast, Resolume Arena, Magix Vegas Pro & Movie Edit Pro Premium, Corel VideoStudio Pro, CyberLink PowerDirector, Vidblaster X & Studio & Broadcast, Uniplay One & CG, CasparCG Server, Magicsoft CG, Xsplit Broadcaster, Imagine Communications Velocity & InfoCaster, DevTek Easy Media Suite, Metus Ingest, Boinx Software MimoLive, Cinegy Capture Pro, vMix Live, Renewed Vision ProPresenter, Ventuz Director, Class X Liveboard & Coral CG, Glookast Capturer, Open Broadcaster Software Studio, Nautilus NEMO3D, Burst Video WebClip2Go & [REC]Marker, Autodesk Flame, Zoom. These are third party applications and support may vary, check with your software vendor

Video standards

• SD video standards: 525i 9.94 NTSC, 625i 50 PAL
• HD video standards: 720p 50, 720p 59.94, 720p 60 1080p 23.98, 1080p 24, 1080p 25, 1080p 29.97, 1080p 30, 1080p 50, 1080p 59, 1080p 59.94, 1080p 60 1080PsF 23.98, 1080PsF 24, 1080PsF 25, 1080PsF 29.97, 1080PsF 30 1080i 50, 1080i 59.94, 1080i 60
• 2K video standards (SDI only): 2K DCI 23.98p, 2K DCI 24p, 2K DCI 25p
• 4K video standards: 4K DCI 23.98p, 4K DCI 24p, 4K DCI 25p* (* SDI only)
• SDI compliance: SMPTE 259M, SMPTE 292M, SMPTE 296M, SMPTE 372M, SMPTE 425M, ITU-R BT.656 and ITU-R BT.601
• SDI metadata support: RP 188/SMPTE 12M-2 and closed captioning
• SDI video sampling: 4:2:2, 4:4:4* (*4K is 4:2:2)
• SDI color precision: 8, 10, 12-bit RGB 4:4:4 in all modes up to 1080p 30 and 8, 10-bit YUV 4:2:2 in all modes
• Color space: REC 601, REC 709
• HDMI video sampling: 4:4:4, 4:2:2 & 4:2:0
• HDMI color precision: 10-bit RGB HD, 10-bit YUV in HD and 4K
• HDMI configuration: HDMI 1.4b. Automatically configures to connected display
• Audio sampling: television standard sample rate of 48 kHz and 24 bit
• Color precision: 10-bit
• Color space: REC 601, REC 709
• HDMI resolution: pixel for pixel up to 4K resolutions
• Multiple rate support: HDMI and SDI video connections are switchable between SD / HD / 2K and UHD. Component analog video connections are switchable between SD and HD
• Copy protection: HDMI input is unable to capture from copy protected HDMI sources. Always confirm copyright ownership before capture or distribution of content

Processing

• Colorspace conversion: hardware based real time
• HD down conversion: built-in, high quality hardware down converter outputs HD-SDI on SDI output, SD on SD-SDI, Composite and S-Video outputs when working in HD video formats on playback. Switch analog video to component and choose HD or SD output. Selectable between letterbox, anamorphic 16:9 and center cut 4:3 styles
• HD up conversion: built in, high quality software up converter from SD to HD on input. Selectable between 16:9 Zoom or anamorphic
• Cross conversion: built-in, high quality software cross conversion from 720HD to 1080HD, 1080HD to 720HD on playback
• Real time effects: DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro X internal effects. Adobe Premiere Pro CC Mercury Playback Engine effects. Avid Media Composer internal effects

Operating sytems

• Mac 14.0 Sonoma, Mac 15.0 Sequoia or later
• Windows 10, 64-bit, Windows 11

Power requirements

• Power consumption: 22 W

Environmental specifications

• Operating temperature: 5 to 40 °C
• Storage temperature: -20 to 45 °C
• Relative humidity: 0 to 90% non-condensing

Physical specifications

• Depth: 140.9 mm
• Weight: 166 g