Blackmagic Desktop Video User Manual Capturing and Playing Back Video

Once the Desktop Video hardware and software is installed, you can start capturing and playing back clips straight away. First, plug your video source into the input on your Desktop Video hardware, then connect a monitor to the output.

A quick way to begin capture and playback is to record a clip in Blackmagic Media Express, which was installed on your computer when you installed the Desktop Video software.

Setting Up

1. Connect a monitor or TV to the video output of your Blackmagic Design hardware.

2. Connect a video source to the input of your Blackmagic Design hardware.

Connect a video monitor and source to your Blackmagic Design video hardware.

Testing Video Capture

1. Launch Blackmagic Media Express. Click on the ‘log and capture’ tab. Your input video format is automatically detected and Media Express sets the project video format to match. Your video source will appear in the Media Express preview pane.

2. Click ‘capture’ at the bottom of the ‘log and capture’ window to perform the capture test. Click ‘capture’ again to finish the test. The captured clip is added to the media list on the left side of Media Express.

Click the ‘capture’ button to commence recording.

Testing Video Playback

1. Click on the ‘playback’ tab.

2. Double click the test clip. The video and any present audio will be sent to the monitor connected to your hardware’s output.