Instruction manual

How to install Intensity Pro on a Windows PC

Installation Requirements for Windows

Your new Intensity includes video capture hardware and a software package containing the Blackmagic

driver, Blackmagic codecs, Blackmagic Media Express application and presets and plug-ins for popular

video applications. It does not matter in which order the hardware and software are installed.

Intensity Pro hardware is a x1 lane PCI Express card and should work in any x1, x4, x8 or x16 lane PCI

Express slot, whereas Intensity Shuttle hardware connects via USB 3.0. Older computers only have USB

2.0 ports and it is essential that Intensity Shuttle directly connects to a dedicated USB 3.0 port.

Please see the support pages at www.blackmagic-design.com/support for a comprehensive list of the

latest, minimum system requirements for Windows.

Installing Intensity Pro in your PCIe computer

1. Shut down and remove the power plug from the back of your computer. This is a safety precaution

before opening your computer. Ensure that you are statically discharged by using a static strap.

2. Remove the side cover of your computer to gain access to the PCI Express slots.

3. Remove your Intensity Pro card from the protective static bag making sure you don’t touch the

gold connectors on the base of the card.

4. Find a spare PCI Express slot within the computer, any slot will do. Intensity Pro is a PCI Express

1 lane card and is compatible with 1, 4, 8 and 16 lane PCIe slots. Remove the metal port access

cover and it’s screw from the back of your computer.

5. Insert your Intensity Pro PCI Express card and ensure it clicks ﬁrmly into place.

6. Secure the card with a screw and replace the side cover of your computer.

7. Connect the breakout cable to Intensity Pro.

8. Connect HDMI devices, such as an AVCHD camera to Intensity Pro’s HDMI input.

9. Connect HDMI compatible large screen televisions or projectors to the HDMI output.

Note: This is also a great time to install disk arrays and extra memory into your computer.

Intensity Pro PCI Express card