Blackmagic Design DeckLink Duo 2 PCIe Capture/Playback Card

Featuring 4 independent 3G-SDI connections, The Blackmagic Design DeckLink Duo 2 is a PCIe capture and playback card that supports SDI formats in SD and HD up to 1080p60! You get the flexibility of 4 separate capture or playback cards in one! Plus, it’s completely customizable so it’s perfect for media play-out systems, multi screen digital signage servers, real time multi channel capture systems and more!

This new model of DeckLink Duo 2 features 4 independent 3G-SDI connections so it can now work in high HD frame rates and it supports SDI formats in SD and HD up to 1080p60. Each SDI connection is completely independent, meaning that each of the 4 connections can input or output entirely different video standards and content streams, all at the same time. DeckLink Duo 2 can also capture and playback at the same time, and also includes a reference connection for black burst/tri-sync. Developers can use the SDK to configure the four SDI connections to be any combination of inputs and outputs.

Featuring high performance 4 lane Generation 2 PCI Express, DeckLink Duo 2 takes up only one single PCI slot in the computer, which makes it the perfect solution for system integrators and developers that need completely customizable, flexible I/O configurations on a single card. DeckLink Duo 2 appears as 4 independent SDI cards to the host computer, even though it only uses a single PCI Express slot and is ideal for use in servers that need to handle multiple video streams for both simultaneous capture and playback.

Connections

• SDI Video Inputs: 4 x bidirectional 12-bit SD/HD independently configurable as either Input or Output.
• SDI Video Outputs: 4 x bidirectional 12-bit SD/HD independently configurable as either Input or Output.
• SDI Audio Inputs: 16 channels embedded in SD and HD.
• SDI Audio Outputs: 16 channels embedded in SD and HD.
• Sync Input: Tri-Sync or Black Burst.
• Computer Interface: PCI Express 4 lane generation 2, compatible with 4, 8 and 16 lane PCI Express slots.

Video Standards

• SD Video Standards
  • 525i59.94 NTSC, 625i50 PAL
• HD Video Standards
  • 720p50, 720p59.94, 720p60
  • 1080p23.98, 1080p24, 1080p25, 1080p29.97, 1080p30, 1080p50, 1080p59, 1080p59.94, 1080p60
  • 1080PsF23.98, 1080PsF24, 1080PsF25, 1080PsF29.97, 1080PsF30
  • 1080i50, 1080i59.94, 1080i60
• SDI Compliance
  • SMPTE 259M, SMPTE 292M, SMPTE 296M, SMPTE 372M, SMPTE 425M, ITU-R BT.656 and ITU-R BT.601.
• SDI Metadata Support
  • RP 188/SMPTE 12M-2 and closed captioning.
• Audio Sampling
  • Television standard sample rate of 48 kHz and 24 bit.
• SDI Color Precision
  • 8, 10, 12-bit RGB 4:4:4 in all modes up to 1080p30 and 8, 10-bit YUV 4:2:2 in all modes. 12-bit RGB 4:4:4 only supported in playback.
• SDI Video Sampling
  • 8, 10, 12-bit RGB 4:4:4 in all modes up to 1080p30 and 8, 10-bit YUV 4:2:2 in all modes. 12-bit RGB 4:4:4 only supported in playback.
• Color Space
  • REC 601, REC 709