Blackmagic Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt

I don't have experience with it, but I don't think you can capture directly into FCP. You would have to use the Black Magic capture software.

I have the Intensity Extreme. Similar deal to yours.

Toms' answer is correct, use the BM capture software.

Al

Hey Alchroma - I have a similar MacBook Pro (late '11) but I have the Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt (I noticed you have the Intensity Extreme) and I haven't had success seeing any live feed in Black Magic's capture software (Media Express)... I've been scouring help forums, applying all of the suggestions, but nothing is working. This is the first thread that I've found with what seems to be a resolution and I'm desperate to see if you can offer me any guidance!

Busy at the minute.

I'll post a step by step for my gear later in the day.

Watch this space. 🙂

Al

Awesome - I truly appreciate it.

Update: I don't know what happened but all of a sudden, the Intensity shuttle isn't registering in System Preferences anymore; everything's greyed out :-\ I've posted on blackmagic's forum regarding this (http://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=766&p=23632#p23632), in case you'd like to see more detail on my efforts.

Had a look at the thread to get on the pace.

Just tested mine and it works.

About the gear used in this test:

Macbook Pro 17" late 2011, OS 10.8.2 using the Thunderbolt port.

Black Magic Intensity Extreme using BM Media Express V3.2.

Apple Thunderbolt cable.

Panasonic HDC-SDT750 set to 1920 x 1080i50.

HDMI cable mini to standard cable.

I've noticed that all connections should be made before opening the BM capture app or it's not recognized by BM Media Express. This applies the BM box rather than the camera.

Open the BM app and confirm from the Cascade Menu under DEVICE that there is a check mark against the model you use. Mine is Intensity Extreme with the tick indicating the device and the BM software are communicating.

Now setup your Media Express>Preferences to suit the camera and capture codec etc.

Note: If you don't see a bunch of options in the Project & Capture format fields to match your computers stuff then something is amiss.

Also you can check the MAC>System Profiler>Thunderbolt to ensure the computer is seeing the BM device.

Connect the camera and HDMI cable at this point if it's not already and switch on.

I'd suggest making all connections before starting.

Log and Capture in the BM software window should display whatever the camera sees.

You can either live capture or capture pre-recoreded clips as desired.

Hope this steers you in the right direction.

Al

Hey there, Al - I truly appreciate the time and attention to detail in your reply, thank you!

I wish I had good news; all of the steps you outlined matched up perfectly with what I am seeing on my end, except for the last step - I still don't see anything in the Media Express "Log and Capture" window 😢

I even shut down and restarted my computer, made sure all the connections were made before starting up Media Express, etc... SO FRUSTRATING!

I'm gonna return the Intensity Shuttle and get the Intensity Extreme; hopefully the extra $60 will get me a model that will work. If that doesn't work, I guess I'm buying a MiniDV camcorder with a FireWire-compliant output.

It does seem to be the Shuttle model that is being difficult to deal with.

You would think the Black Magic people would advise users what's the scoop!

There is enough users running into the same brick wall.

Al

I use normal USB port to transfer my video files to the Mac. I'm working with a Power Mac G5 and no have the

Thunderbolt connection. Works very well.

Andrew

Hello i think i know your problem why you not seeing a feed in Media express, you have to go to

system preferences- Blackmagic design -then Set Input and change the input.

If you dont see the Black Magic design icon in system preference go to this link and down load the drivers first then try again. http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/archive?sid=3947&pid=26718&dlSeries=&os= mac&custom=true

Hi.

I have recently purchased the Macmini and blackmagic Intensity Extreme

The Imovie recognises the device, but is not able to show the live picture on the screen.

If I use the Blackmagic media express software on the same Macmini, it recognisis the devices, shows the picture, and i am able to record on the macmini.

A little late to the party, but Quicktime Pro 7.6.6 also detects the Intensity Shuttle perfectly. None of FCPX 10.2.3, iMovie 10.1.1 or Quicktime Player 10.4 detect the Shuttle.

So, if you don't like Blackmagic Media Express, QT Pro 7 can be used instead. I use QT Pro 7 frequently (especially for Analogue sources) for my capturing because FCPX is quite irritating in that you can not turn scene detection off.

FWIW.