Blackmagic Design DeckLink Studio 4K Capture & Playback Card - Manual (Page 34)

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What is Blackmagic Media Express?
Blackmagic Media Express software is included with every UltraStudio, DeckLink and Intensity as well as
every ATEM Switcher, Blackmagic Camera, H.264 Pro Recorder, Teranex Processor and Universal Videohub.
Media Express 3 is a great tool when you don’t need the complexity of NLE software but simply want to
capture, play back and output clips to tape.
Capturing Video and Audio files
Setting Up a Project
Before capturing any clips in Media Express, you will need to select the settings for your project.
Step 1. Go to Media Express>Preferences or Edit>Preferences on Windows or Linux. The project formats
listed will vary depending upon whether your Blackmagic video hardware supports features such
as Ultra HD 4K video or stereoscopic 3D video.
Step 2. Select from a range of compressed and uncompressed capture formats or even a DPX image
sequence from the Capture File Format drop down menu. Video will be captured in the chosen
format and saved as a QuickTime movie.
Step 3. Set the storage location for your captured video and audio.
Step 4. Choose whether to stop capture or playback if dropped frames are detected.
Standard definition projects use the 4:3 aspect ratio unless you enable the Anamorphic SD 16:9 checkbox.
Applications will normally stop playing video if you send them to the background. Tick the checkbox
"Continue playback when in the background" if you want Media Express to keep playing video when you
open another application in the foreground.
The final options relate to tape decks with RS-422 deck control and include pre-roll and timecode offsets.
Use the Preferences window to set video format, file format,
storage location and other settings.
Blackmagic Media Express