DeckLink Mini Recorder HD - Low-profile PCIe capture card that records broadcast-quality HDMI and 3G-SDI video directly to your computer, SD, HD and 2K DCI formats up to 1080p60

Low-profile PCIe capture card that records broadcast-quality HDMI and 3G-SDI video directly to your computer, SD, HD and 2K DCI formats up to 1080p60

PCIe card that captures broadcast-quality HDMI and SDI video to your computer! With 3G-SDI and HDMI 2.0 connections, it records in SD and HD formats up to 1080p 60 and 2Kp 60 DCI.

DeckLink Mini Recorder HD is the broadcast-quality capture card compatible with any SD and HD equipment and with popular video software like DaVinci Resolve.

Technical characteristics

Connections

• SDI video input: 1 x 10-bit SD / HD switchable
• SDI rates: 270Mb, 1.5G, 3G
• SDI audio input: 16 channels embedded in SD / HD
• HDMI video input: 1 x HDMI 2.0 type A connector
• HDMI audio input: 8 channels embedded in SD / HD
• Computer interface: PCIe 1 lane generation 2, compatible with 1, 4, 8 and 16 lane PCIe slots

Supported codecs

• AVC-Intra, AVCHD, Canon XF MPEG2, Digital SLR, DV-NTSC, DV-PAL, DVCPRO50, DVCPROHD, DPX, HDV, HEVC, XDCAM EX, XDCAM HD, XDCAM HD422, DNxHR & DNxHD, Apple ProRes 4444, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422 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: PCIe 1 lane generation 2, compatible with 1, 4, 8 and 16 lane PCIe slots on Mac OS, Windows and Linux. Mac OS systems require a Mac Pro computer with PCIe slots

Software applications

• Wirecast, vMix, OBS
• Other supported applications include: Cinegy Capture Pro, DevTek EasyMediaSuite, Glookast Capturer, Livestream Producer, Metus Ingest, Softron MovieRecorder, ToolsOnAir just:in, Burst Video WebClip2Go & [REC]Marker, Zoom

SDI video standards

• SDI video standards: 525i 59.94 NTSC, 625i 50 PAL
• HD video standards: 720 x 480p 50, 720 x 480p 59.94, 720 x 480p 60, 1920 x 1080p 23.98, 1920 x 1080p 24, 1920 x 1080p 25, 1920 x 1080p 29.97, 1920 x 1080p 30, 1920 x 1080p 50, 1920 x 1080p 59.94, 1920 x 1080p 60, 1920 x 1080PsF 23.98, 1920 x 1080PsF 24, 1920 x 1080PsF 25, 1920 x 1080PsF 29.97, 1920 x 1080PsF 30, 1920 x 1080i 50, 1920 x 1080i 59.94, 1920 x 1080i 60
• 2K video standards: 2K x 1080p 23.98 DCI, 2K x 1080p 24 DCI, 2K x 1080p 25 DCI, 2K x 1080p 29.97 DCI, 2K x 1080p 30 DCI, 2K x 1080p 50 DCI, 2K x 1080p 59.94 DCI, 2K x 1080p 60 DCI, 2K x 1080PsF 23.98 DCI, 2K x 1080PsF 24 DCI, 2K x 1080PsF 25 DCI, 2K x 1080PsF 29.97 DCI, 2K x 1080PsF 30 DCI
• SDI compliance: SMPTE 259M, SMPTE 274M, SMPTE 296M, SMPTE 424M and SMPTE 425M A/B
• SDI metadata support: RP 188/SMPTE 12M-2 and closed captioning
• SDI audio sampling: television standard sample rate of 48 kHz and 24 bit
• SDI video sampling: 4:2:2, 4:4:4
• SDI color precision: 8, 10, 12 bit RGB 4:4:4 up to 1080p30, and 8, 10 bit YUV 4:2:2 in all standards
• SDI color space: REC 601, REC 709 and REC 2020
• Multiple rate support: SDI video connection is switchable between SD and HD

HDMI video standards

• SDI video standards: 525i 59.94 NTSC, 625i 50 PAL
• HD video standards: 720 x 480p 50, 720 x 480p 59.94, 720 x 480p 60, 1920 x 1080p 23.98, 1920 x 1080p 24, 1920 x 1080p 25, 1920 x 1080p 29.97, 1920 x 1080p 30, 1920 x 1080p 50, 1920 x 1080p 59.94, 1920 x 1080p 60, 1920 x 1080i 50, 1920 x 1080i 59.94, 1920 x 1080i 60
• HDMI audio sampling: television standard sample rate of 48 kHz and 24 bit
• HDMI video sampling: 4:2:2 and 4:4:4
• HDMI color precision: 8 bit RGB 4:4:4, 8 bit YUV 4:4:4 and 12 bit YUV 4:2:2 in all standards
• HDMI configuration: HDMI 2.0 supports Deep Color
• HDMI color space: REC 601, REC 709 and REC 2020
• Multiple rate support: HDMI video connection is 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

Hardware frame buffer

• Formats: v210 (10 bit YUV), 2vuy (8 bit YUV), ARGB, BGRA (8 bit RGB), r210 (10 bit RGB), R12B, R12L (12 bit RGB)

Processing

• Colorspace conversion: hardware based real time

Operating systems

• Mac OS: 11.1 Big Sur, 12.0 Monterey or later
• Windows: 10 64-bit, 11
• Linux

Power requirements

• Power consumption: 3 W

Environmental specifications

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

Physical specifications

• Dimensions: 92 x 80 x 22 m
• Weight: 56 g 

What's included

• DeckLink Mini Recorder HD
• Low profile slot bracket