Blackmagic mini recorder on a PC?

[MarkoTC]

Hello all!

Got a question regarding using a black magic mini recorder capture card on a PC with resolume?

I somehow can't get it to work, I bought a new USB type C adapter since I don't have any thunderbolt 2.0 ports on my laptop, But the camera won't still show up in Black Magic Desktop Video Setup, i'm using a gopro that works perfectly well.

Anyone knows a solution for this? Works perfect on my mac.

[Joris]

If your device doesn't work in BM's own software, you probably want to talk to BM support. They know more about their hardware than we do.

[Oaktown]

Thunderbolt 3 uses a USB-C connector but it's different than USB 3.0/3.1-C so make sure your computer does have Thunderbolt 3.

Also, if you do have T3, not all USB-C ports on your computer may be T3 so make sure you have the right port. Other than that, Thunderbolt 3 is backward compatible with T1 & T2 so if you have a T3 port, your BM Mini Recorder should work assuming you've got a good T3(USB-C) to T2 adapter that's windows certified.

This may or may not be related but when I use the Mini Recorder on Windows 10 Bootcamp, it won't work unless the device is connected when I boot the computer so if I accidentally disconnect the thunderbolt device I'm not able to get it to work again.

[MarkoTC]

Thunderbolt 3 uses a USB-C connector but it's different than USB 3.0/3.1-C so make sure your computer does have Thunderbolt 3.

Also, if you do have T3, not all USB-C ports on your computer may be T3 so make sure you have the right port. Other than that, Thunderbolt 3 is backward compatible with T1 & T2 so if you have a T3 port, your BM Mini Recorder should work assuming you've got a good T3(USB-C) to T2 adapter that's windows certified.

This may or may not be related but when I use the Mini Recorder on Windows 10 Bootcamp, it won't work unless the device is connected when I boot the computer so if I accidentally disconnect the thunderbolt device I'm not able to get it to work again.

yes, I'm 110 % sure it's thunderbolt 3 port since I only have one and that's what it said in the tech specs of the laptop, I bought the thunderbolt 2 to thunderbolt 3 adapter from Apple.
Gonna give it a try to have it connected when booted up.

[Oaktown]

The problem may be the Apple adapter itself so if it doesn't work you might want to try the Startech adapter instead since you're on the PC.

[playstatixn]

hey man you ever tried the mini recorder on NUC? will it work?
also i have an offtopic question and maybe silly do i really need egpu to work with nuc and resolume?
can i just stick a datapath fx4 to its mini dp? (fx4's outputs are synced by default?)

[Oaktown]

hey man you ever tried the mini recorder on NUC? will it work?

I haven't tested but Thunderbolt 3 is backward compatible so all you need is a TB3 to TB2 adapter.

also i have an offtopic question and maybe silly do i really need egpu to work with nuc and resolume?
can i just stick a datapath fx4 to its mini dp? (fx4's outputs are synced by default?)

You can do that no problems but of course you will be limited to smaller/simpler composition due to the limitation of the NUC's GPU.