If you work with a wide range of analog video and audio gear, and need to move seamlessly between SD, HD, 2K and Ultra HD, then DeckLink Studio 4K is perfect! DeckLink Studio 4K includes a massive number of analog and digital video connections including SD/HD/Ultra HD 6G-SDI, HDMI 1.4b, SD/HD component, composite, S-video, 4 ch balanced analog audio, 2 ch AES/EBU switchable to 6 ch out, Black Burst and Tri-Sync reference input, RS-422 deck control connections, keying in SD and a hardware down converter. Perform editing, paint and broadcast design and more with the ultimate future proof design!

1 x 10-bit SD/HD/2K/4K. Supports 6G 4:2:2 and 3G 4:4:4.

1 x 10-bit SD/HD/2K/4K. Supports 6G 4:2:2 and 3G 4:4:4.

1 x Component YUV on 3 BNCs, 1 x Composite, 1 x S-Video. Component supports HD and SD.

1 x Component YUV on 3 BNCs, 1 x Composite, 1 x S-Video, 1 x SD-SDI. Component supports HD and SD.

4 Channels of professional balanced analog audio via 1/4 inch jack connectors.

4 Channels of professional balanced analog audio via 1/4 inch jack connectors. Channels 3 & 4 can switch to AES/EBU outputs.

2 Channels unbalanced with sample rate converter.

2 Channels unbalanced. Analog outputs 3 and 4 can switch to AES/EBU outputs for audio 3 & 4 and 5 & 6 output. This provides a total of 6 AES/EBU output audio channels when using this feature.

16 Channels embedded in HD/2K/4K. 8 Channels embedded in SD.

16 Channels embedded in HD/2K/4K. 8 Channels embedded in SD.

1 x HDMI type A connector.

1 x HDMI type A connector.

8 Channels embedded in SD, HD, 4K.

8 Channels embedded in SD, HD, 4K

Tri-Sync or Black Burst.

Sony™ compatible RS422 deck control ports. Serial ports TxRx direction reversible under software control.

PCI Express 4 lane generation 2, compatible with 4,8 and 16 lane PCI Express slots.

Media Express, Disk Speed Test, LiveKey, Blackmagic Desktop Video Utility and Blackmagic driver on Mac OS and Windows. Media Express, Blackmagic Desktop Video Utility and Blackmagic driver on Linux.

Firmware built into software driver. Loaded at system start or via updater software.

PCI Express 4 lane generation 2, compatible with 4, 8, 16 lane PCI Express slots on Mac OS, Windows and Linux. Please check the Support pages to see the full system requirements.

Software Applications

DaVinci Resolve

Fusion

Final Cut Pro X

Adobe Premiere Pro CC

Avid Media Composer

Adobe After Effects CC

Avid Pro Tools

Steinberg Cubase

Autodesk Smoke

Adobe Photoshop CC

Other supported applications include: The Foundry Nuke, Grass Valley Edius, Steinberg Nuendo, Sony Catalyst Production Suite, Tools On Air Just: Play & Live & In, Softron MovieRecorder & MReplay, Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder, Telestream Wirecast, Resolume Arena, Magix Vegas Pro & Movie Edit Pro Premium, Corel VideoStudio Pro, CyberLink PowerDirector, Vidblaster X & Studio & Broadcast, Uniplay One & CG, CasparCG Server, Magicsoft CG, Xsplit Broadcaster, Imagine Communications Velocity & InfoCaster, DevTek Easy Media Suite, Metus Ingest, Boinx Software MimoLive, Cinegy Capture Pro, vMix Live, Renewed Vision ProPresenter, Ventuz Director, Class X Liveboard & Coral CG, Glookast Capturer, Open Broadcaster Software Studio, Nautilus NEMO3D, Burst Video WebClip2Go & [REC]Marker, Autodesk Flame, Zoom.

These are third party applications and support may vary, check with your software vendor.

525i59.94 NTSC, 625i50 PAL

720p50, 720p59.94, 720p60
1080p24, 1080p25, 1080p29.97, 1080p30, 1080p50, 1080p59.94, 1080p60
1080PsF23.98, 1080PsF24, 1080PsF25, 1080PsF29.97, 1080PsF30
1080i50, 1080i59.94, 1080i60

2K DCI 23.98p, 2K DCI 24p, 2K DCI 25p

2160p23.98, 2160p24, 2160p25, 2160p29.97, 2160p30

4K DCI 23.98p, 4K DCI 24p, 4K DCI 25p*
* SDI Only

SMPTE 292M, SMPTE 259M, SMPTE 296M, SMPTE 372M, SMPTE 425M, SMPTE 2081, ITU-R BT.656 and ITU-R BT.601.

RP 188/SMPTE 12M-2 and closed captioning.

4:2:2, 4:4:4*
*4K is 4:2:2.

8, 10-bit RGB 4:4:4 in all modes up to 1080p25 2K DCI, 8, 10-bit YUV 4:2:2 in all modes.

REC 601, REC 709

4:4:4, 4:2:2 & 4:2:0

10-bit RGB HD
10-bit YUV in HD and 4K

HDMI 1.4b. Automatically configures to connected display.

Television standard sample rate of 48 kHz at 24 bit.

10-bit

REC 601, REC 709

Pixel for pixel up to 4K resolutions.

HDMI and SDI video connections are switchable between SD/HD/2K and UHD. Component analog video connections are switchable between SD and HD.

HDMI input is unable to capture from copy protected HDMI sources. Always confirm copyright ownership before capture or distribution of content.

Built in, high quality hardware down converter outputs HD-SDI on SDI output, SD on SD-SDI, Composite and S-Video outputs when working in HD video formats on playback. Switch analog video to Component and choose HD or SD output. Selectable between letterbox, anamorphic 16:9 and center cut 4:3 styles.

Built in, high quality software up converter from SD to HD on input. Selectable between 16:9 Zoom or anamorphic.

Software based cross conversion from 720HD to 1080HD and 1080HD to 720HD on playback.

DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro X internal effects. Adobe Premiere Pro CC Mercury Playback Engine effects. Avid Media Composer internal effects.

Hardware based real time.

Physical Specifications

Operating Systems

Mac 14.0 Sonoma,
Mac 15.0 Sequoia or later.

Windows 10, 64-bit.
Windows 11.

Linux

22 W

5° to 40° C (32° to 104° F)

-20° to 45° C (-4° to 113° F)

0% to 90% non-condensing