Questions about : Black Magic Design, Intensity Pro / Shuttl

[fruitygreen]

Any updates to the BMD Intensity?
Were there any changes to it?
Should I expect the same?

On the MAC, capture sources change with every reboot. And if I use more than 4 ,it flickers.

On PC the order stays the same.
Limit is 6 sources.

My hardware selections could be a factor in my symptoms, but I will be conform it to Res4 Arena.

My intensions is to maintain a stable system while maximizing my sources.

Whish I could have Arena at hand so I can begin my venture.

Anyways soon after I receive Res4 Arena I hope you guys can help .

[Joris]

Glad you asked this, because this is one of the big changes we couldn't really fit into the video. Resolume 4 has native support for all BlackMagic devices in both Avenue and Arena. So you shouldn't have any issues with changing order, flickering or unrecognized cards anymore!

Joris

[John McGeoch]

Has anyone had any luck with using an Intensity Shuttle with a laptop and a USB3 Express Card ?

[HerrNieDa]

read something about that the usb3 ports mostly don't provide enough power.
nec-chipsets should work. maybe you can upgrade with a pc-express usb3 card with nec-chip!

[fruitygreen]

Have tried usb3 pci-e cards for laptops. Several brands (Computer tested with: Toshiba Qosmio x505, gen1 i7 CPU) Matrox MXO2 system works with it, but not BMD.

Power is not neccessarily the problem as there are additional power options for it.
I believe in the BMD , the bus speed is the main obstacle. The PCI-E to USB3 addon cards do not have enough throughput. Experimented and tried many " USB3 adapters" but have concluded that it is just a gimmick.

If the adapter don't bridge the bus speed in it, you wont have enough for BMD.
On a PC workstation I have tested this theory with PCI-E cards. One set with 4x bridge and another without.
Both claim to be a USB3 addon.

Guess which one worked with BMD?

Hope this helps save your time and money.

[asperi]

I have also concluded that no Express card adapter will work with the shuttle, shame too, it is a nice box, got it to work on a Sager np8130 (HM65) and a dell m6600 (QM67), I think when looking at the Shuttle the best thing to to is look at the Wiki page on intel chipsets
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_chipsets
At the bottom of that page you will see the chip'sets with 6 Gbit/s, 2 Ports & 3 Gbit/s, 4 Ports, the sandy bridge chipsets, gen two with onboard usb3 seem to be stable for the Shuttle. This is just for sourcing into R3/4 have not done captures, thats a whole other deal. Anyways once you tinker with all the settings of the source and capture it will work on a laptop. Sucks though because with the m6600 it has the express card slot on one of the 6 Gbit/s, 2 Ports, and with an adapter that states it can do up to 5 Gbit/s.. but once connected the Shuttle is not even recognized.
The solution was to get a Matrox MXO2 mini into the express card thus offering a second 1080 source, got that working so both the Shuttle and MXO2 can mix with each other in R3.. BUT! the MXO2 has too much delay 1/3 to 1/2 a second, way to much for me.. the Shuttle is quite snappy, maybe a frame of delay.

Any one got the MXO2 or the Motu HD express to work good without delay, or at lease only a couple of frame???!!! thanks!!!

[fruitygreen]

Just tested my Shuttle on a new laptop. And in Resolume it performs choppy. But in Media Express (BMD) it runs smoothly. Same computer different apps.

Is there a difference in how Resolume renders the capture vs the way BMD does it?

BTW: The new laptop has a Ati HD6770M card, if that makes a difference. It is the new wierd hybrid cards that has integrated and/or dedicated switching.

Resolume works but not well with my Shuttle.

Any solution will be greatly appreciated.

[lalo3487]

Hi
I have just installed an Intensity Shuttle, and I want to use it on Resolume, but I am only getting a Black Image.
I'm not getting any video...

Any thoughts?

[fruitygreen]

Your capture source resolution has to match .

[asperi]

fruity, did you get it to work in R3? What is your new laptop? I have it working on the ones I talk of earlier in the post, you have to mess with the settings I have found. Get it to run good in the BM software then match the settings in R3. I just wish I could get it to work on an Express card adapter, I have the bandwidth, I think BM just sees that its an adapter and disables the Shuttle..