Will this card fit and work in this thunderbolt enclosure?

Thanks,

Ben

Hi Ben,

how's your setup going?

i was thinking about the same card but mounted on a Sonnet Echo SE Express II with three Go Pro cameras. Has anybody tried this setup?

thanks
L

I'm using Sonnet Echo SE Express II with Macbook Pro Retina 15 Bootcamp with two Blackmagic cards, and it is working so far without problems.

Wish I could help ;)
I have a XI400DE-HDMI, still testing it in various desktops. So far so good.

Those of you that connect a box via Thunderbolt, can you recommend a powerful laptop? For at least 720 50p, four cameras and a couple of multiviews recording and streaming.

Also, is it possible to use a box with 2 PCIe slots, one for the XI400DE-HDMI and one for a graphics card? (to off load the PC).

Thanks for sharing! I have a MSI GE70, similar CPU (i7 4700MQ, vs HQ for the Asus you pointed at), but not as good graphics card (GTX 765M). Although I am not sure if vMix is actually using that card, or the built in Intel...

In any case, my MSI can barely handle two cams 720 25p via two USB3 Magewell dongles. While recording and streaming the CPU (total, all processes) is around 80% and the render time constantly above 20 ms. The CPU load makes me doubt that that the CPU is sufficient.

Jumped into a PC shop today just to check if the Magewell XI200XUSB box worked with the Asus G750 USB3 ports. As in most my other machines, there is a strange stuttering (looks like 15 fps instead of 25 or 50). The XI100DUSB-HDMI works fine, always. Will contact Magewell about the stuttering.

Still, I will somehow try to get my hands on a Thunderbolt expansion box and play with PCIe cards...

I've never been to Romainia, maybe it's time for an excuse to visit this summer ;). Would love to hear more about the Discovery Channel project you did.

Ben,
I will most likely not purchase a Magma ExpressBox. Instead I went for the cheaper Firmtek TTPX, which works just fine with the Magewell XI400DE-HDMI too :)

As the Firmtek has only one PCIe slot, and only one Thunderbolt port, I might supplement later with a Sonnet Echo Express SE II.

I noticed that the Firmtek TTPX gets rather hot (with a 4xHDMI input card inside). There is a small fan inside the box, most likely under dimensioned...