<![CDATA[Isadora and Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle]]>Hello Izzy forum users,

I am just entering the world of Isadora (imminent purchase with video core upgrade) and could do with some advice.

I have a project coming up which requires me to capture a live feed (from DSLR) and mix it with some prerecorded footage. I'm hoping to achieve this with Isadora; I believe I need to use the Chroma Key actor for this task as the live feed is a green screen. I wish to display the resulting footage, generated in Isadora via a projector.

I am using an early 2011 Macbook Pro 15" 2Ghz Intel Core i7 with 8 gig of RAM and an AMD graphics card with 256 MB of VRAM.

I have been looking at the Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle capture card for this purpose. As my Mac doesn't have USB 3 I will need to purchase the Thunderbolt version.

My first question is can I output the mixed footage from Izzy via the Intensity Shuttle's HDMI output port to a HDMI compatible screen or projector, or is this HDMI output just a monitor feed of the HDMI input? I ask this question because as the Intensity Shuttle will be using the one and only Thunderbolt port on my Mac there is no other output option.

My second question is, assuming the Intensity Shuttle's HDMI output can be used to display Izzy's output has any one else done anything similar? Does it sound feasible? If any members have any advice on the subject I would be very grateful.

Best wishes Paz

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/topic/885/isadora-and-black-magic-design-intensity-shuttleRSS for NodeMon, 09 Mar 2026 12:42:15 GMTMon, 30 Sep 2013 03:13:32 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Isadora and Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle on Tue, 14 Oct 2014 23:11:15 GMT]]>Apologies I thought the video capture was also AVF.

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/13147https://community.troikatronix.com/post/13147Tue, 14 Oct 2014 23:11:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Isadora and Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle on Tue, 14 Oct 2014 21:34:28 GMT]]>@jgastonraoul To be clear, the reason that Isadora does not see all the input formats is due to its use of the old quicktime capture library, (this library is pretty much finished and will cease to be supported at all very shortly). I work with Avfoundation directly and the blackmagic API and I get full access to all the capture formats.

Until isadora adopts avfoundation capture (which has its own problems) or incorporates the blackmagic capture API into an actor (as resolume has done) you wont get these input formats. The fastest workaround is to use blacksyphon (written with the blackmagic api) and get the image with syphon. And hassle that Isadora gets a current capture system instead of the old quicktime.
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/13144https://community.troikatronix.com/post/13144Tue, 14 Oct 2014 21:34:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Isadora and Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle on Tue, 14 Oct 2014 08:34:51 GMT]]>@Skulpture

Yes Isadora does use AVFoundation but I think only for playback not for capturing.

Best
Michel

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/13136https://community.troikatronix.com/post/13136Tue, 14 Oct 2014 08:34:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Isadora and Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle on Mon, 13 Oct 2014 23:02:02 GMT]]>Yes it works for me, but not with the newest Update. I had to install BMDDesktop Video 9.7.9 again, there it works. Macbook Pro with Intensity Shuttle USB 3

All the best,
Alex
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/13110https://community.troikatronix.com/post/13110Mon, 13 Oct 2014 23:02:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Isadora and Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle on Mon, 13 Oct 2014 22:49:54 GMT]]>Isadora version 2.0 does use AVFoundation. I have the thunderbolt version so can't comment on that but I am pretty sure @Feinsinn has had it working (and he also has version 2)

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/13106https://community.troikatronix.com/post/13106Mon, 13 Oct 2014 22:49:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Isadora and Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle on Sat, 17 Jan 1970 08:32:56 GMT]]>A little post for an information and a question about Intensity Shuttle USB3.

The information : Blackmagic has finally released a stable driver for Intensity Shuttle USB3 on Mac OS X.
The question : is there a way to capture stream from Intensity Shuttle for USB3 on Mac using AVFoundation framework ?
Currently, I'm unable to see all input settings (like 1080p25 for example) and someone on BlackMagic Design Forum told me that it is because Isadora doesn't use AVFoundation for capture.
See related post here : [http://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=27349](http://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=27349)
Has someone an idea or solution to make this work ? (I've an Isadora 2.0 license and use Isadora 2.0.0b4)
Best regards,
Jeremie
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/13096https://community.troikatronix.com/post/13096Sat, 17 Jan 1970 08:32:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Isadora and Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle on Sat, 09 Nov 2013 15:10:53 GMT]]>I've done some more testing with my Intensity Shuttle USB3 on Mavericks and I've got a problem : Intensity sound input has disappeared from Isadora and OSX audio preferences.

Has anybody else the same problem ?
Best regards,
Jeremie
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/9023https://community.troikatronix.com/post/9023Sat, 09 Nov 2013 15:10:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Isadora and Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle on Fri, 08 Nov 2013 08:14:07 GMT]]>a pic of it.

ed9e5e-caldigit.jpg

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/9006https://community.troikatronix.com/post/9006Fri, 08 Nov 2013 08:14:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Isadora and Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle on Fri, 08 Nov 2013 00:33:00 GMT]]>The build quality is great, and the device is much smaller than I thought it would be.

Best
Michel

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8990https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8990Fri, 08 Nov 2013 00:33:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Isadora and Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle on Fri, 08 Nov 2013 00:17:29 GMT]]>Thats great to know @Michel.

Whats the  build quality like and first impressions, etc?
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8986https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8986Fri, 08 Nov 2013 00:17:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Isadora and Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle on Thu, 07 Nov 2013 12:02:50 GMT]]>Just received the CalDigit thunderbolt station today. On OS X 10.9 it works out of the box. On 10.8 you have to install an ethernet driver for the network to work.

DON'T INSTALL the driver on 10.9 otherwise your internet will not work at all, not even wifi. I have made the mistake. Had to reinstall maverick.

Best
Michel

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8984https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8984Thu, 07 Nov 2013 12:02:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Isadora and Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle on Sat, 17 Jan 1970 00:15:07 GMT]]>BM Intensity Shuttle Pro USB3.0 works on my setup with izzy and 10.9.

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8923https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8923Sat, 17 Jan 1970 00:15:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Isadora and Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle on Wed, 23 Oct 2013 23:11:54 GMT]]>The Matrox will work. I can't see why using both products at the same time would hinder the process. As long as your machine is fast enough, you have a SSD for media and the patch isn't super crazy with tons of blur and effects - I am quite confident it will be ok.

:)
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8828https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8828Wed, 23 Oct 2013 23:11:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Isadora and Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle on Sat, 17 Jan 1970 00:02:14 GMT]]>Hi,
Intensity shuttle pro USB3.0 works on osx 10.8.5 with izzy.
Matrox tripplehead 2Go DP works on my mac but didn't tried it yet with izzy.
I will test the two cards together soon..

Best
Philippe

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8827https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8827Sat, 17 Jan 1970 00:02:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Isadora and Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle on Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:24:22 GMT]]>Ah, ok. So I´ll give it a try.

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8823https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8823Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:24:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Isadora and Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle on Wed, 23 Oct 2013 00:14:04 GMT]]>@[fifou](http://troikatronix.com/troikatronixforum/profile/271/fifou)  and @[jgastonraoul](http://troikatronix.com/troikatronixforum/profile/502/jgastonraoul) said they got it working on this post @[feinsinn](http://troikatronix.com/troikatronixforum/profile/371/feinsinn)

http://troikatronix.com/community/#/discussion/870/low-latency-capture-card

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8804https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8804Wed, 23 Oct 2013 00:14:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Isadora and Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle on Tue, 22 Oct 2013 23:29:18 GMT]]>Anyone did a test with captured video via blackmagic Intensity Shuttle USB3.0 into izzy and output the video to the matrox triple head via thunderbold? I got an email from blackmagic that it should work, just wanted to know if anyone had done some tests. I´m on a macbook pro mid 2012.

Cheers,
Alex
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8803https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8803Tue, 22 Oct 2013 23:29:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Isadora and Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle on Sun, 06 Oct 2013 00:54:52 GMT]]>Many thanks for your comments and recommendations. The BMD Ultra Studio 4K looks great but out of my price range although with a great feature set.

I think it will be cheaper to buy either the Belkin or Caldigit thunderbolt expansion + BMD Intensity Shuttle USB3\. alternatively purchase the Isadora USB dongle + BMD Intensity Shuttle USB3 and hire a Mac with USB3 ports for the project.
Great forum by the way!
Thanks again Paz
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8683https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8683Sun, 06 Oct 2013 00:54:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Isadora and Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle on Wed, 02 Oct 2013 21:44:57 GMT]]>@Rick, no they all have output and input but full duplex requires different hardware as it says very clearly in the press release it is only for the 4k models.

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8636https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8636Wed, 02 Oct 2013 21:44:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Isadora and Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle on Tue, 01 Oct 2013 05:12:25 GMT]]>Thanks for checking @fifou 

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8612https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8612Tue, 01 Oct 2013 05:12:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Isadora and Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle on Tue, 01 Oct 2013 05:04:01 GMT]]>Hi guys,
I've been running some tests with blackmagic Intensity Shuttle USB3.0
And... NO it is not possible to capture video and output a stage at the same time with the intensity hardware with VDMX.
But YES, you can output anything you want from VDMX to the intensity hardware output.
When you capture a video stream, the output of the intensity shuttle is a copy of the input...

Best
Philippe

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8611https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8611Tue, 01 Oct 2013 05:04:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Isadora and Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle on Tue, 01 Oct 2013 03:24:35 GMT]]>Won't the ultra studio express also do this? It's half the cost of the 4k and has both an HDMI input and output.

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8609https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8609Tue, 01 Oct 2013 03:24:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Isadora and Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle on Fri, 16 Jan 1970 23:29:48 GMT]]>The larger thunderbolt blackmagic box (UltraStudio 4K) with desktop video 10 drivers now feature full duplex, ie simultaneous capture and recording. I dont have a unit and therefore cannot test it with Isadora but according to the new spec it should work. It is a more expensive capture box but with 4k you are seriously future proof and then have genlocked output and simultaneous input. It is also a rackmount unit with no breakout cables and a preview screen so it is quite handy.
Here is the press release

New Desktop Video 10 Update

Lastly, we are announcing Desktop Video 10 at IBC and this is a major software update for the UltraStudio 4K and DeckLink 4K Extreme capture and playback models.

With this new software update, these models get lots of new features but the most dramatic one is simultaneous capture and playback. At IBC we are going to show this working with DaVinci Resolve 10 and UltraStudio 4K where we will show live capture, color grading and then output live on the single UltraStudio 4K.

This update is a lot more than just simultaneous capture and playback and after 11 years of shipping thousands of capture and playback products for Mac, Windows and Linux, it was time to redesign the firmware and drivers to allow a new generation of features and performance.

This new architecture has been designed from the ground up to be optimized for high speed Thunderbolt and PCIe computers and the new emerging Ultra HD television formats that require massive data speeds to support. This new design has also been driven by the needs of high end DaVinci Resolve customers who are working on high end feature films.

The new design replaces the entire driver set and internal processing in the UltraStudio 4K and DeckLink 4K Extreme models. This change is a purely modern design that allows exciting features such as capture and playback at the same time and in different video formats. The new design features almost zero latency, depending on the host computer for the highest performance Direct GPU support.

Possible another solution for those with a single thunderbolt port.

Fred

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8599https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8599Fri, 16 Jan 1970 23:29:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Isadora and Black Magic Design Intensity Shuttle on Fri, 16 Jan 1970 23:28:45 GMT]]>_The Caldigit Thunderbolt station looks interesting - is this similar to the designs that Belkin and Matrox have recently introduced?_Yes its similar, but next to the two thunderbolt connections it also has an HDMI out.

Best
Michel

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8594https://community.troikatronix.com/post/8594Fri, 16 Jan 1970 23:28:45 GMT