Blackmagic Design DeckLink Studio 4K Capture & Playback Card - Manual (Page 5)

Getting Started 5
Introducing Desktop Video
Blackmagic Design's Desktop Video software works in conjunction with your UltraStudio, DeckLink, Intensity
or Teranex hardware. The Desktop Video software includes drivers, plugins and applications like Blackmagic
Media Express. Desktop Video also integrates seamlessly with your favorite Adobe, Apple, Autodesk and
Avid software!
This manual takes you through computer system requirements, installing hardware and software and using
your favorite third party software.
System Requirements
The computer requires at least 4 GB of RAM. PCIe x1 lane cards should work in any slot. PCIe x4 lane cards
require a x4 lane or faster slot.
Mac OS X
Desktop Video software runs on the latest Mountain Lion and Mavericks versions of Mac OS X.
If your Blackmagic video hardware connects to your computer via a PCI Express slot, then an Intel-based
Mac Pro is required.
If your Blackmagic video hardware connects to your computer via Thunderbolt, then an Intel-based Mac
with a Thunderbolt
™ port is required.
Windows
Desktop Video runs exclusively on 64-bit versions of Windows, with the latest service pack installed. Both
Windows 7 and Windows 8 are supported.
If your Blackmagic video hardware connects to your computer via Thunderbolt, an Intel-based PC with a
Thunderbolt port is required.
If your Blackmagic video hardware connects to your computer via USB 3.0, a USB 3.0 port using a Renesas
chipset is required.
Linux
Desktop Video runs on 32-bit and 64-bit x86 computers running Linux 2.6.23 or higher. Please refer to the
release notes for the latest list of supported Linux distributions, package formats and software dependencies.
Getting Started