hakeem9 Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 I work for a web-video company that is making the move to all-mac environment. We broadcast a live daily video show to 3 different sources on the internet, each of which requires a separate feed coming into the machine. To do this we have 3 Viewcast Osprey cards in our PC. Can anyone tell me what good equivalent capture cards are for the Mac? The Ospreys we use are the 210 and 230 models which are both in the $200-250 range. I've ordered a Blackmagic Intensity Pro card which seems to fit the bill. Ideally we'd use PCI-X cards as we have several G5 PowerMac's I'd rather use for this task than having to use PCI-e and using a new Mac Pro (or Hackintosh). I should note that using multiple external firewire devices (like Canopus DVC110, etc) does not work with the combination of software we are using. Any advice would be appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newear2006 Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 I am using a Hackintosh with a similar config as your signature. I have added a Blackmagic HD extreme card PCI-e and it works beautifully, no issues at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlobnick Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I would like to install Blackmagic Intensity Pro card in my Hackintosh. This is the card: http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/intensity/ This is my configuration: Q6600 Asus P5K-E WiFi AP 8 GB DDR2 Kingmax 800 MHz 2xGainward Geforce 7300GT 256MB 128bit@passive (Full QE/CI working) Seagate 250GB single-platter Apple OS X 10.5.2 Leopard (all working) Will it work with drivers included on a CD from Blackmagic? Or I'll need to move around with kext files or some tweaking? Will it work at all? Has anyone tried? I use FinalCut Studio 2 (FCP 6.02). Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deomitrus Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 I think it should work. I'll be building a hackintosh this week, and I'm going to try to make the Intensity card work. I'll let you know how that goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPrice Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Anything on this? i would love to put an intensity card in my Hackintosh!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valdok Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Report: Blackmagic Intensity Pro on Osx86 (Kalyway 10.5.2) and FCP 6.0.3 - Installed in Gigabyte DS3R - Installed drivers from the CD - Tested & working: RCA output, HDMI in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solaar Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Has anyone made a serious stress test with a Blackmagic card? I'm also considering getting one for my hack. I keep reading everywhere that capturing and playing back HDMI absolutely requires a RAID array for smooth operation. Is that true? Does RAID and HDMI work properly under Leopard? Much appreciated. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdom1 Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Yeah I think I wanna add an instensity pro when I get mine up. Has anyone used it on a hack? Is the performance good? I'm glad the install is fine but how about operation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lngu Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Has anyone made a serious stress test with a Blackmagic card? I'm also considering getting one for my hack.I keep reading everywhere that capturing and playing back HDMI absolutely requires a RAID array for smooth operation. Is that true? Does RAID and HDMI work properly under Leopard? Much appreciated. cheers Our shop got 3 blackmagic so far. one with SD only, one with analog with SDI, one with HD. they will work. no problem. If you have vanilla kernel, it will think you got the real mac and it will run mac drivers just fine. they are great pieces of hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlobnick Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 I would like to install Blackmagic Intensity Pro card in my Hackintosh. This is the card:http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/intensity/ This is my configuration: Q6600 Asus P5K-E WiFi AP 8 GB DDR2 Kingmax 800 MHz 2xGainward Geforce 7300GT 256MB 128bit@passive (Full QE/CI working) Seagate 250GB single-platter Apple OS X 10.5.2 Leopard (all working) Will it work with drivers included on a CD from Blackmagic? Or I'll need to move around with kext files or some tweaking? Will it work at all? Has anyone tried? I use FinalCut Studio 2 (FCP 6.02). Thanks Just wanted to inform people that this works without a glitch Just like on real Mac, so I hope this helps someone with similar question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckelley87 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Just got this card this morning, installed and am getting nothing. Going to boot into Windows and see if it works there, but does it show up for you guys in the PCI Cards part of System Profiler for you? Final Cut Pro sees nothing, the Blackmagic Media Express software doesn't see it either. Latest software installed from the Blackmagic website as well. Installed into the lower PCI Express x4 slot on my GA-H55-UD2H motherboard. Is this maybe not supported by OS X? Using the vanilla kernel, 10.6.3, other specs all below. ANY assistance would be greatly appreciated! Thanks y'all. EDIT: Figured it out... nowhere did I see to go to System Preferences to change the input to Component, and also I had to sync my U-verse DVR and the video format in Media Express to the appropriate resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starobrno1 Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 The HDMI works with this card but only 1080i 50, I´ve had it in two hacks, got a Panasonic HDC-SD10 cam hooked up to it and cast HQ on JTV, Livestream, Blogtv etc etc. At least FCP2 sees it, that´s all have on my hack so I don´t know with later versions. FC express can´t see these kind of cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMJC Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 I'm experiencing the same issue, Current drivers, Mountain Lion 10.8.3 Intensity Pro which works in a real mac pro. OSX is picking up the audio I/O components but the blackmagic tools say no card, same as FCP X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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