Blackmagic Design - DeckLink Duo 2

One capture and playback card with the flexibility of 4: the PCI Express card DeckLink Duo 2 has 4 independent 3G-SDI connections and it's completely customizable. Perfect for working with media play-out systems, multi screen digital signage servers, real time multi channel capture systems and more, it supports SDI formats in SD and HD up to 1080p60.

• 4-channel capture and playback.
• 4 independent 3G-SDI connections.
• SDI in SD and HD up to 1080p60.
• Playback and capture from any combination of connections.

Connections

SDI Video Inputs 4 x bidirectional 12-bit SD/HD independently con gurable as either Input or Output.

SDI Video Outputs 4 x bidirectional 12-bit SD/HD independently con gurable as either Input or Output.

SDI Audio Inputs 16 channels embedded in SD and HD.

SDI Audio Outputs 16 channels embedded in SD and HD.

Sync Input Tri-Sync or Black Burst.

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, HEVC, XDCAM EX, XDCAM HD, XDCAM HD422, DNxHR & DNxHD, Apple ProRes 4444, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, 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 and 8 lane PCI Express slots on Mac OS, Windows and Linux. Mac OS systems require a Mac Pro computer with PCI Express slots. Please check the Support pages to see the full system requirements.

Video Standards

SD Video Standards 525i59.94 NTSC, 625i50 PAL

HD Video Standards 720p50, 720p59.94, 720p60 1080p23.98, 1080p24, 1080p25, 1080p29.97, 1080p30, 1080p50, 1080p59, 1080p59.94, 1080p60 1080PsF23.98, 1080PsF24, 1080PsF25, 1080PsF29.97, 1080PsF30 1080i50, 1080i59.94, 1080i60

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.

Audio Sampling Television standard sample rate of 48 kHz and 24 bit.

SDI Color Precision 8, 10, 12-bit RGB 4:4:4 in all modes up to 1080p30 and 8, 10-bit YUV 4:2:2 in all modes.

SDI Video Sampling 4:2:2, 4:4:4

Color Space REC 601, REC 709