Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt

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Shopper : Will this work with the Thunderbolt port on a Windows PC, Lenovo P50 for example? Or should I got with USB3 version?FRANCISCO M : My experience is with Thunderbolt ports and they work great. I do not see a USB3 port in my Blackmagic device. Unless they have upgraded their design I do not think it is possible to connect to a USB3.Enrique P : I think you need the USB version as of thunderbolt is only for macs.STEVEN C : The usb 3.0 is safer. Usb c and thunderbolt 3 are supposed to be the same but I am having a hard time finding usb c to thunderbolt 2 converter that works.
Shopper : is this only for mac computers?FRANCISCO M : NO.... it is for any computer with a Thunderbolt port.JOSE R : I used it with mac I don't know if you can used it with p cFRANCISCO M : If your pc happens to have a Thunderbolt port it will help. This particular model connects to a portable computer via the Thunderbolt port.
JUAN R : Are the yellow, white and red video and audio ports inputs? Can I use this device for transfering video recordings I have done with a SONY Mini DV Handycam to my computer to create files with a video capture software?FRANCISCO M : I happen to have the same mini dvd sony camera and yes............. it works perfectly............ yes!!!!!Enrique P : Yes, you can use it for that. It has both sides. Input and outputFRANCISCO M : I suspect you have a similar Sony video camera /mini disk similar to mine. Yes you can. Just connect the single connector to your video camera and the individual cable ends to the black magic unit. I guess you have the proper cable going out into the Thunderbolt port?

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2020-06-02T17:42:42

Rated 4 out of 5

It works well

It works very well. Had to call Tech Support 2 times, but all is well. Biggest hurtle was that We upgraded to a new macbook so needed to buy adaptors to connect it, and it shows up only as an external device, so could not get it to work with Zoom. Works very good with OBS, and Restream.io It is a solid built unit.

ROGER J.

2020-01-09T08:06:59

Rated 1 out of 5

Watch out if digitizing SD

Advertises NTSC functionality, but only does 59.97..not 29.97.. which is pretty standard. not the end all be all digitizer I had hoped.

Mattison C.

2017-02-03T15:09:48

Rated 5 out of 5

connecting it to my macbook pro

great product, I connected it to my macbook pro and my nikon D750

Francisco M.

Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt Specifications

  • Analog Video Input

    Independent connections for component and composite and s-video

  • Analog Video Output

    Independent connections for component and composite and s-video

  • Digital Video Input

    1 x HDMI input

  • Digital Video Output

    1 x HDMI output

  • Analog Audio Input

    2 Channel RCA HiFi audio in 24 bit

  • Analog Audio Output

    2 Channel RCA HiFi audio in 24 bit

  • HDMI Audio Input

    8 Channels

  • HDMI Audio Output

    8 Channels

  • SPDIF Audio Output

    No

  • Dual Rate support

    HDMI and Analog Component switches between high definition and standard definition

  • Sync Input

    No

  • Device Control

    No. FireWire may be used for controlling some cameras

  • Supported HDMI Formats

    525 NTSC, 625 PAL, 720HD and 1080HD switchable

  • Computer Interface

    Thunderbolt

  • SD Format Support

    625i/50, 625p PAL and 525i/59.94, 525p NTSC, 480p

  • HD Format Support

    1080i50, 1080i59.94, 1080i60, 1080p23.98, 1080p24, 1080p25, 1080p29.97, 1080p30, 1080p50, 1080p59.94, 1080p60, 720p50, 720p59.94 and 720p60

  • HDMI Video Sampling

    4:2:2

  • HDMI Audio Sampling

    Television standard sample rate of 48 kHz and 24 bit

  • HDMI Color Precision

    4:2:2

  • HDMI Color Space

    YUV 4:2:2

  • Colorspace Conversion

    Hardware based real time

  • HD Down Conversion

    Software based down conversion during video playback

  • HD Up Conversion

    Real time standard definition to 1080HD and 720HD during video capture

  • Real Time Effects

    Avid Media Composer 6 internal effects in DNxHD, XDCAM and uncompressed. Apple Final Cut Pro internal effects in DV, DVCPRO HD, ProRes and uncompressed on Intel Mac OS X. Adobe Premiere Pro Mercury Playback Engine effects in DV, MJPEG, DVCPRO HD, DSLR, AVCHD, XDCAM, XDCAM HD and uncompressed

  • Firmware Upgrade

    Firmware built into software driver. Loaded at system start, or via updater software

  • Installation

    Requires Macintosh computer with Thunderbolt running Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard or later and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion or later. Please check the Support pages to see the full system requirements

  • Operating System Compatibility

    Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard or later and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion or later

  • UPC Code

    9338716001587

About Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt

FEATURED REVIEWS

connecting it to my macbook pro

By Francisco M.

great product, I connected it to my macbook pro and my nikon D750

The Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt lets you accomplish one or more of four tasks - grab footage out of a camera, pass it to a computer, adjust resolution up or down along the way and, at the same time, or at anytime, connect to a top-quality HDMI monitor and perform color-correction in the best available resolution.

Video gets captured uncompressed, meaning its bits and pieces are let out of their cage - out of the algorithm that packed them tight onto the camera's memory card - and are shuttled through to a computer without any further loss, whereas without capacity for uncompressed transfer, not many alternatives can substitute sufficiently.

The transfer from the camera to the Shuttle is done through an HDMI cable and from the Shuttle to the computer can also be by HDMI, but available on the Shuttle is a Thunderbolt port, which is an advanced data-transfer technology that with a 10Gbps capacity is extremely fast. Thunderbolt is also bidirectional and can thus serve as an input and an output. The receiving computer - or storage device - must also be equipped with Thunderbolt. Macs were the first of any devices to be equipped and all Macs are equipped.

Data does not stay in the Shuttle before moving on to the computer. The Shuttle serves as a pass-through only; and at the data's passing through, resolution can be adjusted to arrive in the computer higher or lower. SD can become HD and vice-versa, so that if you have footage from different cameras shot in different resolutions, you can match them up to look the same. The Shuttle is a capture-and-playback device, more often referred to as an I/O device for its inputs and outputs. Aside from the HDMI and Thunderbolt connections already mentioned, the Shuttle also has analog video ins and outs, as well as HDMI and RCA audio ins and outs.

The Shuttle is portable, allows many conveniences in transferring footage, affords quality transfers and delivers video to computers in codecs most recognized by popular editing systems.

Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt Features

  • True HDMI Digital Connections: Intensity features the highest quality HDMI input and output connections. HDMI is the worldwide standard for connecting digital consumer video equipment like cameras, set-top boxes and disk recorders
  • Highest Quality Analog Connections: Intensity Shuttle has built-in HDMI and analog video and audio connections, with all inputs on one side and all outputs on the other
  • Uncompressed or Compressed Video: HDV & DV use heavy compression. This increases the load on your computer's CPU as editing software decodes the video just to display each frame. Working with uncompressed video leaves the CPU free for real time effects & your system will feel snappy and fast to use
  • Full HD Resolution: Intensity captures full HD images with 1920 x 1080 pixels for every video frame. HDV reduces the image size to 1440 pixels wide due to the limitations of camera storage and the data transfer speed of FireWire
  • DVD and Blu-Ray Authoring: DVD and Blu-Ray Discs created from uncompressed media are much higher quality and look amazing! Intensity can create QuickTime and AVI video files that are fully compatible with editing and DVD authoring software
  • Live Streaming: Improve the quality of internet video streaming by starting with a clean uncompressed video source! Compressing to streaming standards from already compressed video will dramatically reduce quality and it will take more computer processing resources

Key Features

  • True HDMI Digital Connections
  • Highest Quality Analog Connections
  • Uncompressed or Compressed Video
  • Full HD Resolution
  • DVD and Blu-Ray Authoring
  • Live Streaming

What's in the box:

  • Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt
  • Software Bundle
  • Blackmagic Design 1 Year Limited Warranty