Instruction manual

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Blackmagic Software
Blackmagic Software
Using Blackmagic Media Express
Blackmagic Media Express is a simple utility for frame-accurate capture and playback with your
broadcast tape deck. It uses the RS-422 port on DeckLink and DeckLink hardware to control the
deck using the Sony™ RS-422 protocol.
It’s great for use with applications such as Adobe After Effects™ and eyeon Fusion™ which do not
include their own deck control capabilities.
Blackmagic Media Express supports capture and playback of AVI files in the following Blackmagic
formats:
Uncompressed 10-bit RGB (.avi) 
Uncompressed 10-bit YUV (.avi) 
Uncompressed 8-bit YUV (.avi) 
Compressed Motion JPEG (.avi) 
Playback of the following formats is also supported:
Windows Media Video (.wmv) 
Blackmagic QuickTime Uncompressed 10-bit RGB (.mov) 
Blackmagic QuickTime Uncompressed 10-bit YUV (.mov) 
Blackmagic QuickTime Uncompressed 8-bit YUV (.mov) 
Playback of other video formats is likely to work as long as the relevant codec is present on the
computer and the video is in a standard TV resolution and frame rate, eg 720 x 486 at 29.97 fps.
Computer resolutions such as 640x480 cannot be used. Audio must use the television standard
sample rate of 48Hz and 24 bit.
This simple utility can capture or play back one video clip at a time. Put Clip
Setting Up
1. Go to the Windows Start menu and select All Programs > Blackmagic Design > DeckLink
> Media Express.
2. Open Edit > Preferences and select the desired video format and compression type from the
drop down menu.
3. Set your disk array as the Capture Location and enter a Capture Filename to apply to any captured
clips or frame grabs.
Media Express preferences.
Media Express interface.