Search this forum, the topic has been beaten to death. Black Magic does not support VegasPro versions since Version 9.0e - and be very careful of the mboard/chipset combo - it will bite you very hard.

If you go to buy one at Full Compass you will see this warning in the description:

"NOTE:"

That looks pretty scary if a device only works with very limited motherboards on a Windows PC.

~jr

I am using it with a non-NEC/Renesas USB3 card a HighPoint RocketU 4 port card.

This works better than the NEC/Renesas based ASUS card I had. With the ASUS card I had to unplug the unit after every reboot for it to be recognized.

That said, Vegas does have some issues with black magic interfaces in general, I've posted other places on some of those.

If I set the project properties to the output format of the card and stay away from 30 PSF I have had stable operation. Vary from this rule and you risk Vegas crashing instantly upon enabling the card. It's working well for me with the latest build of V12.

The decklink internal cards however I can't make Vegas recognize at all. Other people have had them work.

rocky

The Intensity Shuttle is working very reliably with Vegas Pro 12 Build 770. Excellent image quality from H.264 and HDV footage within Vegas.

As yet I haven't been able to see a significant performance improvement in preview frame rates. The frame rates indicated on the preview screen seem to be mirrored exactly on the TV. So it's not earth shattering, yet. I guess I was hoping to be able to play back more complex projects smoothly using the Intensity.

One test I've done is with three H.264 clips placed in split screen configuration using track motion. Playback at 25fps is only possible at Preview>Half quality.

Much more testing to do, but at least it's working with my Intel P35 motherboard. I'll keep testing and post any interesting findings.
David

To be clear I_Films - you are just using shuttle to get output to a preview monitor from the timeline? NOT as a capture of video from source to harddrive.
But you found that really did not do much? Why not use a secondary video card plugged right into the mboard bus?

OK, turns out I had a completely false impression of what Intensity is supposed to do. From the advertising it looked as though Intensity would allow real-time previewing in Vegas with complex effects etc. I learned from support at New Media that this is absolutely not the case.

Here is their helpful response, which makes complete sense. I still think the advertising is somewhat misleading.

The Intensity Shuttle does not do any kind of processing. You should not experience any performance increases (or losses for that matter) when outputting through the device.

What the devices does do is enable proper 10-bit YUV monitoring, suitable for broadcast.

The output of normal graphics cards is usually RGB (8-bit for DVI, some do 10-bit HDMI) and due to things like OS colour management, is not suitable for video which is destined for broadcast, or viewed on TV sets.

The output of the Intensity Shuttle is not affected by OS colour profile settings and is raw YUV 4:2:2. Viewing this on a high quality, calibrated display, means that the image you see is a close to “true” as you can get. There are so many different TVs and people have their own colour settings, so it is important when it comes to editing and colour grading, to make your video as “true” to neutral (or not, if you’re going for a specific look) as possible. What you currently see on your computer video preview window, is not necessary exactly what others will see on their monitors.

If you’re looking for more performance for full resolution playback in Vegas, these are the easiest ways:

1. Upgrade your CPU/purchase a new computer with the fastest CPU you can get.
2. Re-render all your H.264 material to more edit-friendly formats such as XDCAM (mpeg2)

I have an Intensity Shuttle USB-3 running on a P55-USB3 board. The device works really well if you stick to using the BlackMagic Media Express capture software, then import those files to Vegas. Edit in Vegas, and render back to the blackmagic codec, and use the Media express app to playback out. You pretty much need SSD to capture anything uncompressed HD. The included MJPEG codec works really well if you do not have really fast storage. Use it like a tape deck with the included software, its about all its good for.

astar, You are pretty much right-on the money. The issue of the shuttle being a tool to view better video - begs the question - how in the heck will you get it to a display monitor of any sort that will show.

On the other hand, realizing that BlackMagic engineers are no longer third party support for SCS products. in any form whatsoever .....then you have at hand a capture system that is just to itself. Within BlackMagic confines.