New triple output to avoid older Tripleheads

fredvaillant

Hi Mehdi,

I turned around this product and it's written on akitio website compatibility : Graphic card of any kind are not supported ! but they say OK for BM decklinck studio...

I didn't find the OWC Mercury Helios 2 in France, the cheapest I only found was the SONNET Echo Express SII which is much expensive on Macway then on sonnet website but with the Blackmagic card

I need to think for a single project because as I said I will not keep this material later. I'll catch two 720p inputs (and I still bought a BM ultrastudio minirec for rehearsals) and output three 720p over 3 hdmi 30 m (or vga premium).

@Fred

Is it too much to ask you more about your Hackintosh choices ? You selected Skylake, I read there were some problems before 10.11.4, is it solved ? It's brand new and harder to find what works around... Did you find a mother board with Thunderbolt 2 ? Or are they on the graphic card ?

Thank's all for your advices.

Fred

keftaparty

Hi Fred,

A BM decklink is not a graphic card, it's a video capture card maybe hard to get, but you have to accept it. They are right with their specs, and you should be fine with this setup.

I am on a project that will involve this exact setup on next monday.

We have a macbook pro with a decklink duo, and 2 projectors.

I will give you a feedback on this.

I can't advice on Hackintosh, never did this, I prefer windows to OsX personnaly...

fredvaillant

Thanks, I'm waiting for this next useful feedback.

It's funny, you prefer Windows and use a MacBook Pro, I prefer OsX by habits and search around PC.

It's strange that on Sonnet or OWC, BM decklinks are compatible and not on Akitio. It it this Thunder 2 PCIe you'll use ?

Have a good project, busy man.

keftaparty

Hi Fred,

Akitio's website says it's compatible with decklinks for what I see.

I'm working on a project involving a macbookpro, but that's not my part of the job here...

have a nice day too !

Fred

@[fredvaillant](http://troikatronix.com/troikatronixforum/profile/227/fredvaillant)

It was based around this motherbaord GIGABYTE GA-Z170MX, here is a starter to get it going

https://www.reddit.com/r/hackintosh/comments/3s2knz/el_capitan_on_gaz170mx_g5_i56500_igpu/

Also nvidia GFX cards GTX970-but the model with 256 bit not 128 bit memory - you should be able to get two of these running nicely.

32 gig of ram, pic whatever you want, ADATA SSD Premier Pro SP920

This case -Aerocool Dead Silence Cube Black Edition

and Intel® Core i7-6700, 3,4 GHz CPU

There are some tricky steps to get it going as a hackintosh but it is doable, anyway it is a pretty good machine.

I also added all the extra fans I could (super silent ones) in the case.

fredvaillant

Thanks for that, I'll study this architecture.

Fred .

keftaparty

Hi Fred, the akitio enclosure works with a blackmagic decklink duo. It works for simultaneous capture in Isadora. Mehdi

fredvaillant

Thanks Mehdi, I chose the Hackintosh solution. I'll receive composants next monday... I'll try maybe akitio for my own MBP...

fredvaillant

@Mehdi,

Still happy with Akitio ?

The person in charge of the Hackintosh solution didn't attempt to make it work perfectly... I lost 2 months for that and I need to find and receive my configuration in 2 weeks.

I still hesitate between classic old Mac Pro or MBP or iMac with Thuderbolt/PCI extern BM Decklink duo 2.

Did you try to use the thunderbolt chain of akitio ?

keftaparty

Hi Fred,

Yes, we used the aktio and it worked fine.

Best

Mehdi