Blackmagic Design
TouchDesigner supports Blackmagic Design devices through the Video Device In TOP and Video Device Out TOP.
Blackmagic Design builds a wide array of high performance input and output video devices. They offer devices for PCI-e and USB 3.0 interfaces that are available in a variety of input/output connections such as HDMI, SDI/HD-SDI, DVI, Component, and more.
Blackmagic Products can be found here.
Blackmagic Support in TouchDesigner[edit]
TouchDesigner has built-in native driver support for Blackmagic devices providing better performance and lower latency than WDM/DirectShow capture devices.
Requirements
- Decklink or Intensity hardware device
- Install the Blackmagic Designer drivers
Ways to interface with Blackmagic Design in TouchDesigner
- Video Device In TOP - Captures video streams from capture cards and input devices such as the Decklink and Intensity. Will support HD-SDI capture on supported devices.
- Video Device Out TOP - Outputs video from the Decklink and Intensity devices. Will support HD-SDI output on supported devices.
Tips for Working with Blackmagic Design[edit]
- For additional support and troubleshooting refer to the Blackmagic Design Community.
An Operator Family that contains its own Network inside. There are twelve 3D Object Component and eight 2D Panel Component types. See also Network Path.
