Specifications

Using Blackmagic Media Express
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Capturing Video and Audio Files
Selecting Your Blackmagic Cinema Camera
If you have more than one Blackmagic Design capture product installed or connected to your computer,
go to the Device menu in Media Express and select your Blackmagic Cinema Camera. In the example
pictured on this page, an Intensity Extreme and a Blackmagic Cinema Camera are both connected to the
same computer. Selecting your Blackmagic Cinema Camera will allow you to choose suitable video settings
for your project.
Setting Up a Project
Before capturing any clips in Media Express, you will need to select the settings for your project. Go to
Media Express>Preferences on Mac OS X. Any settings which are grayed out are only used with other
Blackmagic Design capture products and are not required by your Blackmagic Cinema Camera.
With Blackmagic Cinema Camera, set the project video format to HD1080p and also set the frame rate.
Select from a range of professional compressed and uncompressed capture file formats or even a DPX
image sequence. Video will be captured in the chosen format and saved to a QuickTime movie on Mac.
Set the storage location for your captured video and audio and choose whether to stop capture or playback
if dropped frames are detected.
Usually video applications stop playing video if you send them to the background. If you want Media Express
to keep playing video, even if you open another application in the foreground, enable the checkbox to
"Continue playback when in the background."
The final options are not used by Blackmagic Cinema Camera as they relate to tape decks with RS-422 deck
control.
Select your Blackmagic Cinema Camera from the Device menu.
Media Express Preferences