Blackmagic HyperDeck Disk Recorders Recording Video

After confirming that your video source is displayed on the LCD, you can start recording straight away!

To start recording, press the record button. When recording to an SD card, the slot indicator will illuminate red along with the record button, the play button will illuminate and a record icon will appear in the LCD home screen. When recording to an SSD, the dynamic media indicator will illuminate red.

While HyperDeck Studio is recording, the storage indicator on the LCD will alternate between displaying the active slot and record time remaining on the media.

To finish the recording, press the stop button. Press the ‘play’ button to start playback immediately.

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TIP If you want to change the codec being used, you can use the front panel LCD menu. For more information, refer to the ‘settings’ section later in this manual.

Recording on multiple media

When there is less than 3 minutes of record time remaining on your SD card or SSD, the timecode counter on your HyperDeck Studio’s LCD will turn red and the ‘stop’ button will flash slowly.

This also means there is no second disk with space that recording can continue onto. In this case, you simply need to insert a disk with space so recording can continue. Once you insert a blank disk into an empty slot or the ext disk input, the slow flashing will stop and the timecode will revert to white. This means HyperDeck can continue to record, because this second disk has been checked ok and there is space to keep recording.

When more than one media is connected to HyperDeck Studio, the recording will spill from one disk or drive to the next. This will be shown in the upper right corner of the home screen.

Swapping Disks During Recording

If you want to change the disk you are recording to at any time, and you have a second disk that has free space, then simply hold down the record button and the recording will move from the current disk to the next disk. This is very useful when you want to get that disk out of the HyperDeck without pausing recording. This can happen during live events when you need to get an important recording out to another location, but you don’t want to miss anything or stop recording.

If the record button flashes during a recording, there may be problems with your media resulting in dropped frames. This can occur when recording Ultra HD using slower media, for example, recording 2160p30 ProRes HQ uses a higher data rate compared to ProRes Proxy, so your SD cards or SSDs need to be the fastest available. For a list of approved media, refer the ‘storage media’ section in this manual.