Seamless presentation switcher designed for real-time 4K video processing, fully modular, pre-configured with 6 input cards + 4 output cards on board, 8K ready
Seamless presentation switcher designed for real-time 4K video processing, fully modular, pre-configured with 3 input cards + 4 output cards on board, 8K ready
Seamless presentation switcher designed for real-time 4K video processing, fully modular, pre-configured with 4 input cards + 2 output cards on board, 8K ready
Seamless presentation switcher designed for real-time 4K video processing, fully modular, pre-configured with 2 input cards + 1 output card on board, 8K ready
Deck. Link Studio 4K is the perfect video capture and playback card for those who work with a wide range of analog AV equipment and need to move easily between SD, HD, 2K and Ultra HD resolutions.
Deck. Link Studio 4K includes a huge number of analog and digital video connections including SD / HD / Ultra HD 6G-SDI, HDMI 1.4b, SD / HD component, composite, S-video, 4 CH balanced analog audio, 2 CH AES / EBU switchable to 6 CH out, Black Burst and Tri-Sync reference inputs, RS-422 control port, SD keying and a hardware down converter.
With Deck. Link Studio 4K you can edit, broadcast and much more thanks to its future-proof features!
Main features
Capture and playback of all formats up to 4K DCI 25p
Extensive analog and digital connections
Ideal for editors and designers who work with analog equipment
6G-SDI, component, composite video and S-Video, Black Burst and Tri-Sync
4 Channels of balanced analog audio and 2 channels of AES / EBU audio or 6 channels of output
Technical characteristics
Connections
SDI video inputs: 1 x 10-bit SD / HD / 2K / 4K. Supports 6G 4:2:2 and 3G 4:4:4
SDI video outputs: 1 x 10-bit SD / HD / 2K / 4K. Supports 6G 4:2:2 and 3G 4:4:4
Analog video inputs: 1 x component YUV on 3 BNCs, 1 x composite, 1 x S-Video. Component supports HD and SD
Analog video outputs: 1 x component YUV on 3 BNCs, 1 x composite, 1 x S-Video, 1 x SD-SDI. Component supports HD and SD
Analog audio inputs: 4 channels of professional balanced analog audio via 1/4 jack connectors
Analog audio outputs: 4 channels of professional balanced analog audio via 1/4 jack connectors. Channels 3 and 4 can switch to AES / EBU outputs
AES / EBU audio inputs: 2 channels unbalanced with sample rate converter
AES / EBU audio outputs: 2 channels unbalanced. Analog outputs 3 and 4 can switch to AES / EBU outputs for audio 3 and 4 and 5 and 6 output. This provides a total of 6 AES / EBU output audio channels when using this feature
SDI audio inputs: 16 channels embedded in HD / 2K / 4K. 8 channels embedded in SD
SDI audio outputs: 16 channels embedded in HD / 2K / 4K. 8 channels embedded in SD
HDMI video inputs: 1 x HDMI type A connector
HDMI video outputs: 1 x HDMI type A connector
HDMI audio inputs: 8 channels embedded in SD, HD, 4K
HDMI audio outputs: 8 channels embedded in SD, HD, 4K
Sync input: Tri-Sync or Black Burst
Device control: SonyTM compatible RS422 deck control ports. Serial ports TxRx direction reversible under software control
Computer interface: PCI Express 4 lane generation 2, compatible with 4,8 and 16 lane PCI Express slots
Supported codecs
AVC-Intra, AVCHD, Canon XF MPEG2, Digital SLR, DV-NTSC, DV-PAL, DVCPRO50, DVCPROHD, DPX, HDV, XDCAM EX, XDCAM HD, XDCAM HD422, Apple ProRes 4444, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, DNxHR and DNxHD, Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes LT, Apple ProRes 422 Proxy, uncompressed 8-bit 4:2:2, uncompressed 10-bit 4:2:2, uncompressed 10 bit 4:4:4
Software
Software included: Media Express, Disk Speed Test, LiveKey, Blackmagic Desktop Video Utility and Blackmagic driver on Mac OS and Windows. Media Express, Blackmagic Desktop Video Utility and Blackmagic driver on Linux
Internal software upgrade: firmware built into software driver. Loaded at system start or via updater software
Physical installation
PCI Express 4 lane generation 2, compatible with 4, 8, 16 lane PCI Express slots on Mac OS, Windows and Linux. Please check the Support pages to see the full system requirements
Other supported applications include
The Foundry Nuke, Grass Valley Edius, Sony Catalyst Production Suite, Tools On Air Just: Play and Live and In, Softron MovieRecorder and MReplay, Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder, Telestream Wirecast, Resolume Arena, Magix Vegas Pro and Movie Edit Pro Premium, Corel VideoStudio Pro, CyberLink PowerDirector, Vidblaster X and Studio and Broadcast, Uniplay One and CG, CasparCG Server, Magicsoft CG, Xsplit Broadcaster, Imagine Communications Velocity and InfoCaster, DevTek Easy Media Suite, Metus Ingest, Boinx Software MimoLive, Cinegy Capture Pro, vMix Live, Renewed Vision ProPresenter, Ventuz Director, Class X Liveboard and Coral CG, Glookast Capturer, Open Broadcaster Software Studio, Nautilus NEMO3D, Burst Video WebClip2Go and [REC]Marker, Autodesk Flame, Zoom. These are third party applications and support may vary, check with your software vendor
SDI metadata support: RP 188/SMPTE 12M-2 and closed captioning
SDI video sampling: 4:2:2, 4:4:4* (*4K is 4:2:2)
SDI color precision: 8, 10, 12-bit RGB 4:4:4 in all modes up to 1080p 30 and 8, 10-bit YUV 4:2:2 in all modes
Color space: REC 601, REC 709
HDMI video sampling: 4:4:4, 4:2:2 and 4:2:0
HDMI color precision: 10-bit RGB HD, 10-bit YUV in HD and 4K
HDMI configuration: HDMI 1.4b. Automatically configures to connected display
Audio sampling: television standard sample rate of 48 kHz and 24 bit
Color precision: 10-bit
Color space: REC 601, REC 709
HDMI resolution: pixel for pixel up to 4K resolutions
Multiple rate support: HDMI and SDI video connections are switchable between SD / HD / 2K and UHD. Component analog video connections are switchable between SD and HD
Copy protection: HDMI input is unable to capture from copy protected HDMI sources. Always confirm copyright ownership before capture or distribution of content
Processing
Colorspace conversion: hardware based real time
HD down conversion: built-in, high quality hardware down converter outputs HD-SDI on SDI output, SD on SD-SDI, Composite and S-Video outputs when working in HD video formats on playback. Switch analog video to component and choose HD or SD output. Selectable between letterbox, anamorphic 16:9 and center cut 4:3 styles
HD up conversion: built in, high quality software up converter from SD to HD on input. Selectable between 16:9 Zoom or anamorphic
Cross conversion: built-in, high quality software cross conversion from 720HD to 1080HD, 1080HD to 720HD on playback
Real time effects: DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro X internal effects. Adobe Premiere Pro CC Mercury Playback Engine effects. Avid Media Composer internal effects
