Decklink 5.1 for Mac OSX

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Press Release
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Blackmagic Design releases Macintosh update for all models of DeckLink
broadcast video cards with HD 720p down conversion and 720p to 1080i
cross-conversion.

IBC 2005, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - 9th September 2005 - Today Blackmagic
Design announced the immediate availability of DeckLink 5.1 software for
Apple Mac OS X, which enables new software driver HD down conversion in
720p mode on all DeckLink models, and a new cross conversion allowing 720p
mastering to 1080i broadcast decks in real time.

New features in DeckLink 5.1 for Apple Mac OS X

A new software driven down converter allows all DeckLink cards, from the
lowest cost $295 DeckLink model, to play back High Definition video while
down converting in real time to standard definition. 720p/59.94 is easily
down converted to NTSC standard definition in both letterbox and anamorphic
modes.

All DeckLink SD and HD cards support 720p and 1080i down-conversion on
playback, while all DeckLink HD models can also support down conversion on
the capture input, so high definition video inputs can be captured to a
standard definition file for standard definition editing.

Often customers editing in 720p formats need to master to 1080i videotape
formats, and the new DeckLink cross conversion allows real time up
conversion of 720p video to 1080 output for broadcast mastering.

DeckLink 5.1 for Apple Mac OS X also has several updates for the Blackmagic
Deck Control application for automated timecode accurate capture and
mastering to broadcast decks. Improvements include new brushed metal user
interface improvements and a new timecode and frame count display.

Blackmagic Deck Control now shows a Time Code Reader (TCR) for any movie
opened in to Blackmagic Deck Control. The name of the movie and the TCR
appear above the movie and clicking on the time code reader display
instantly toggles between displaying the time code or a frame count
display, referenced from the start of the movie file.

Also in this update is gamma corrected output from After Effects, and
updated Apple Uncompressed 422 v1.2 codecs.

Availability

DeckLink 5.1 for Mac OS X includes all of these new features and is
available now from the Blackmagic Design web site at no charge. Check
www.blackmagic-design.com for download details.

Blackmagic DeckLink cards are available now from authorized Blackmagic
Design resellers worldwide starting from an amazing US$295 for uncompressed
10 bit 4:2:2. Please check [www.blackmagic-design.com] for more product
details and reseller locations.