Blackmagic Design UltraStudio Recorder 3G with Thunderbolt 3

Blackmagic Design UltraStudio Recorder

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Blackmagic Design UltraStudio Recorder 

Just Reduced: Blackmagic Design UltraStudio Recorder 3G with Thunderbolt 3 Interface: HDMI, SDI, Operating System: Macintosh, PC/Windows, Type: Breakout Box

Professional Capture & Playback for Thunderbolt 3 Computers.Now you can connect Thunderbolt 3 computers to any kind of video equipment for building high performance edit workstations, archiving from old broadcast decks, outputting broadcast graphics and even live streaming! Simply connect to the Thunderbolt 3 port to get a wide range of video and audio connections that operate in all SD, HD, Ultra HD and 4K DCI formats up to 60 frames per second! Connections include SDI, HDMI and analog video and audio with broadcast quality 10-bit YUV and 12-bit RGB in Apple ProRes and uncompressed file formats. UltraStudio is designed to work with popular video software on Mac, Windows and Linux such as DaVinci Resolve, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro and many more.Professional Capture & Playback for any Workflow.Whether you're working on-set or in post production, UltraStudio gives you broadcast and digital cinema quality capture and playback that can be used for any workflow. UltraStudio is perfect for everything from editing, color and visual effects to live capture and on-set monitoring during production. There are even models with 12G-SDI and support for the latest HDR formats to ensure high end colorists get everything they need for monitoring to broadcast displays, HDR televisions or the latest digital cinema projectors. UltraStudio can even be used to feed SDI fill and key from RGB graphics directly from a computer to a live production switcher for amazing live broadcast graphics keying.The Power of Thunderbolt 3Built on revolutionary Thunderbolt 3 technology, UltraStudio uses a blazingly fast single cable connection to any computer that has the bandwidth to handle the highest resolution video formats easily! Thunderbolt ensures low latency and highly accurate time synchronization for the highest quality capture and playback. The UltraStudio HD Mini model is powered from the Thunderbolt connection so can run from a laptop battery without needing any power connection. UltraStudio 4K models also include an ACpower connection, perfect when working in studios. The new UltraStudio 4K Mini model even provides 45W trickle power via Thunderbolt 3 to the connected computer so it stays charged when connected.

Does the job  wiht with my BlackMagic Pro. i've had limitted tesgtingi with this ss I recentl got it. f works best with SDI at both ends (camera and P'C)  any other mix didn't' work foe me, but I had limited testing time. I've also used the Magwell equivalent which has worked well for me.

works good

Exactly what I needed at the right price.  It works as advertised and is essential in my live-streaming workflow.

An essential product

Day 2 and it's working great! Super easy software install and setup. Working seamlessly with all of my hardware, great that it only has one cable in and one cable out, no extra power needs. Video quality seems great.

Easy setup and running

I'm very pleased with this product. It is very compact, and set up was straight forward.
I connected it to a windows laptop with thunderbolt 3 port, and connected the video source via SDI.
The video source was recognized in OBS, and streaming works perfect.

Amazing Product

The Ultrastudio Recorder 3G is an excellent piece of equipment - the only thing to note is that the correct software and drivers must be installed. If you have trouble I would suggest using an earlier version of the software after a full uninstall and restart of your PC or MAC. Once the correct version is installed it always works flawlessly.

Excellent Hardware - Picky with Software

Works like a dream!  Once I got it set up (I had to call customer support) - because I couldn?t figure out the drivers - it was sooo easy to make it work.  Love this equipment!

Works like a dream!

Way better than the previous model with TB 2

Love this device!

Great Device that works well. Have used it a few times on get higher quality cameras into zoom.

Solid Device

So far, totally reliable. Very happy with the 3G video coming in.

Affordable TB3 capture device

Very bad audio issues.  We cannot get the audio to work and it's a known issue across the internet.  I called Blackmagic and they act like it's the first time they've heard this.

Bad audio issues

The device arrived as pictured, we will be installing this week

HDMI upgrade

Does what it is supposed to. Blackmagic makes good products.

Blackmagic Ultrastudio Does the Trick

It works fine after it gets the video source turned on/off a couple times otherwise it’s lots of static. Not like the previous model, the T2 model didn’t do thus. Not sure if this is expected since the video source equipment is older, considering exchanging for another of same model.

Not working like the older model did

Great device.  Very easy to setup and use.

Great device

We are using this to livestream our church services. Works seamlessly with our iMac and Livestream Studio. Very happy with it.

Works Seamlessly

Solid product so far with no technical issues. Thunderbolt 3 is limiting but it allows for a great price point so it's a good compromise if you have a decently new computer.

Only reason why I'm not giving it 5 five stars, and this may be due to something technical issue on my end, is that I can't seem to use the device for only audio capture (ie connecting a camera that has audio running into).  I tried using Resolve, Quicktime, and Audacity and unless you are capturing video you can't seem to be able to extract just an audio feed.

That being said it is working great for what I needed for, which is to interface with online video conferencing software such as Zoom and Skype.  Skype still has a bug in it which requires a hack in order to connect any external camera so if you are having issues connecting to Skype, google it and you will find the solution.  It's not the adapter's issue.  It does work straight out of the box, after installing the firmware, with Zoom, quicktime, etc.

Good solid video capture device with a great price point.

Works as advertised. Well built. Easy to use software.

As Advertised

Super solid, just like the Thunderbolt 2 unit I used previously. I’ve tried USB capture devices from other companies but the quality and consistency of this one wins out. I do wish it came with a thunderbolt cable included, though. Even a short one would be OK.

Side note: I had a strange issue in OBS when I set this up as a capture device, though that might just be the software. The capture screen would sometimes turn green, but could be easily fixed by opening up the source settings, changing the resolution, and then changing it back again.

Great hardware. Cable not included.

I got this so that I could use my RX100VA for video conferencing and it works perfectly! Super easy to download and use within minutes.

High-Quality Video Capture

It would be nice if you let us know that we need to purchase cables with this device.

Cables ?

Very solid and well built piece. Surprisingly heavy. All the connections are solid. Software works well. I would love for it to be able to display on an iPad, but it works great on the computer (Ran on a MacBook and an iMac).

Highly Recommended. Sturdy, solid, reliable.

It works great! Just make sure you have a Thunderbold 3 cable. It also generates a little heat but not that bad. Great for live streaming with your DSLR.

Hot little box to live stream your DSLR with.

It does what it is supposed to do but there are two things I wish they could improve:

1) You have to select the exact input resolution and frame rate or it doesn’t work.
2) You have to go and select the input in their software (HDMI vs SDI)

How about making it auto-sense these things so It’s true plug and play? AJA the competition has done this...

Good box but needs to auto-sense inputs

This new UltraStudio Recorder is a nice upgrade for USB-C Thunderbolt 3. Works like a charm. Note that the Thunderbolt cable is not included.

Works as designed. Simple to use.

We are blown away with this!  Stream quality is through the roof and much improved over Blackmagic's WebPresenter.  I love that it creates a list of selectable resolution qualities to choose from and integrates just as the web presenter did but a much better price point!  AMAZING - it is powered by thunderbolt 3 and does not need additional power.  It did need a driver installed to be recognized (Blackmagic's desktop video 11.6) however I am really glad to have this and am ordering more for the kit!

Blackmagic Ultrasudio Recorder 3G - thunderbolt 3

It did not work properly with my Sony PXW-100 for GoPro. So I will be getting the Blackmagic mini cinema camera, ATEM Mini Pro, and Blackmagic Video Assist package instead. 

I think is will be nice to list devices that are not compatible with it.

Compatibility issues

Working great and made my connections easy and clean

Blackmagic Design UltraStudio Recorder 3G with Thunderbolt 3

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