Instruction manual

Blackmagic Software

Setting Blackmagic Preferences

Intensity video and audio output connections

All of the video and audio outputs of Intensity are active all of the time. This means that when you play

video through Intensity, it will be play out through all video and audio outputs simultaneously.

Intensity Pro uses shared connectors for analog video output and so one must choose between component

analog video, S-Video or composite NTSC/PAL analog video output. Intensity Pro also includes an AES/

SPDIF connector, which outputs 2 channel digital audio at 48 kHz, in addition to the analog audio output

connectors.

The HDMI and component analog video outputs support HD and SD video. S-Video and composite

analog video do not support high deﬁnition video and so you will not see video on these outputs when

working with HD video unless you switch on down conversion.

S-video is supported on both Intensity Shuttle and Intensity Pro but Intensity Pro requires the use of

an inexpensive S-video adapter cable. See the connection diagrams for S-video towards the end of

this manual.

Intensity video and audio input connections

Intensity supports the following combinations of video and audio on its inputs:

 HDMI Video & HDMI Audio

 HDMI Video & Analog RCA Audio

 Component Video & Analog RCA Audio.

 Composite (Y In) & Analog RCA Audio.

 S-Video & Analog RCA Audio

It is essential to select the correct inputs for your video and audio, otherwise you may see a blank screen

and hear no audio.

NTSC setup

The NTSC composite video used in the USA, and some other countries uses 7.5% setup. Setup is only

used in composite video and never in HDMI, component or S-Video. Your Intensity will handle adding and

removing setup from NTSC video automatically for you. The USA and countries that use 7.5% setup should

enable this setting; if you’re working in Japan and countries that don’t use this setup, leave this set to 0 IRE

setup. The PAL and high deﬁnition standards do not use this setup.

Intensity settings in Windows

Intensity settings in Mac OS X