Hi all,

after spending the better part of 3 days to get my intensity pros working with an intel h77 chipset motherboard (if anyone knows the black magic *badaboom* to get this working would be even better) I decided to give up. So now I'm looking for an affordable card that supplies hdmi inputs with low latency, compatible with vmix (because i'm addicted to vmix :) )

preferably it has to be bought in Europe for tax reasons :) , it must be able to have multiple inputs or , preferably, multiple cards in 1 motherboard (the board i got has 3 x1 slots and 1 x16)

thanks in advance!


M@ik

doyousee.me

maik, check the power supply to your board. first try with one bm card. it should work. then two, if no it's the power supply. upgrade and you should be ok. at least that was the trick in my case running two bm cards and one shuttle, with no problem on a simple pc.
greetings stefan

Try this card. I have two in my box and they work well with vMix - Avermedia DarkCrystal HD Capture SDK Duo (c129)

Full specs on the card can be found here: http://solutions.avermed...ystal-hd-capture-sdk-duo

maik, i can use two bm in my small formfactor medion pc. one in the 16* and one in the 1* but i have two 1* slots. when i put them both in the 1* slots they don't work. so i guess it is something to do with thevfact that these slots share one connection. the bm cards use up al band width 5 gb/sec . the same problem i have when connecting a bm shuttle and add anything else to the free usb 3.0 port. the port is also shared.

i am interested to see an alternative to the bm cards and external conections just because of this requirement.

so i suggest put one bm card in the 16 and the other in the 1 but leave one slot inbetween open. maybe that would do it ( i played around with the cards aswell and can use 2 cards and one shuttle. have to try two shuttles also but this s oushing the limits.

stefan

I agree,

power shouldn't be an issue with these cards.

I have had 1 in the x16 and 1 in one of the 3 (tried them all) x1 slots, but no dice.

If power is the issue it would still be a problem, since silnce and small footprint are core values in this setup.

Amazon just mailed me the cards have shipped, you i guess tomorrow we'll know :)

it's an intel dh77eb

but i'm almost certain it's an incompatibillity issue with the driver (i did some research after it didn't work, and a lot of people have issues with these newer chipsets and the intensity drivers, should have done that beforehand ofcourse)

to be perfectly clear for anyone that reads this thread: this has nothing to do with vmix, it's the hardware that doesn't work in this combo, vmix run perfectly on this system with a couple of webcams connected. (as it does on all systems i test it on).

sorry to have dragged you all into this.

M@ik

I promissed to share the results and I will, but there was no mailman at the door today :(

hopefully tomorrow (trackntrace says there shipped from the UK yesterday, but they also say i should expect them in thursday).

As soon as i have them i will share, but from the things i hear from mcJaeger these cards are worth every cent. (I don't think price ratio is 3 to 1, it's merely 2 to 1, but if they do work with the most common chipset there is i'm happy :) )

M@ik

good to hear !

didn't someone teach you that wireless is never a good idea :)
you could offcourse have used the onscreen keyboard for lowerthirds :)

(although i do use my tablet to control vmix, as well as my cellphone, but never for key features)

M@ik
(shipping is still delayed, although the card is invoiced straight from the seller, amazon still wants to ship it through there warehouse :( , luckily i'm in the process of becoming a reseller myself)

good to hear it's not all bad :)

I did some quick testing with my new setup and it all works as advertised. (I'm having some trouble getting fmle to behave, because it has a very large delay while encoding , but that doesn't originate in the cards so that's a whole different issue)

There are now 3 in there, and i even tried out to use the fm radio (commentary often is broadcast at the events i stream, which is much more easy for me than cables)

Vmix mixes them perfectly, and they seam to be more forgiving in switching on and off connected camera's than the bm cards were, but I haven't tested that extensively, so it may be just luck.

when i have more info i will post

M@ik

Dear Martin (vMix) and colleagues in the Forum,
First forgive my English, really isn't my forte.

A few days ago I sent by vMix Forum a doubt about using 2 or 3 Cards Blackmagic Decklink Studio 2 (need to use this Card as I capture Analog stereo audio and Composite Video). But currently has a problem, namely:
-The Card 1 (BM) captures Video and audio usually, but the only Audio out the HDMI and not the balanced analog output – is failing and distorted (the levels are correct – without saturation). Is it defect of plate
The Card 2 (BM) works normally without any problem.
Arrangements that took in tests:
The 2 plates are on PCI-ex 16 x, because I believe that when using full HD can provide better performance, so I reversed the plates and the defect continues, but kept the original cables (Breakout Cable). But now occurs on the plate that was the old 2
In this way I can't do work the 2 plates simultaneously for use with 2 concurrent and independent Playlist

Questions:
-When changing one of the PCI-ex x boards may disappear the problem, because any conflict in PC bus?
-Does the 1 Card is actually defective and analog audio only?
-You or someone from the Forum can suggest any changes in Hardware or installation on vMix.
Remarks: this station is active in corporate TV station (SP-Brazil) in 12:0 am/7 d operation, so it's hard to get out of the air for testing and repairs – we have more 2 or 3 identical machines (with 3 BM Studio 2), but only after resolving this problem.

Hardware configuration: with Windows 7 Professional - 64 Bits
Asus-Sabertooh Z77 - Intel I7-3770 - 16 GB RAM - 1 x 520GB OCZ SSD - 2 x HDD-1TB (SATA III – No RAID) - Nvidia Quadro 2000 - Power Supply Corsair 650W.

Thank you all, I look forward directions and commentary.
Paulo Salvador
paulsalv@gmail.com