DeckLink Outputs via OpenMax IL

[kmifflin]

I know this topic has been asked many times, but here one more thread.

It would awesome if we could harness the outputs of the Blackmagic Deck Link Cards. I totally understand that they are not capable of the OpenGL that is required, but there seems to be something new on VLC's 2.1.2 that might help. They are claiming a new feature of "New outputs for OpenMax IL on mobile and Decklink Blackmagic."
Is it possible under the advanced output to have your GPU process the the composition but use a hook into either the Blackmagic SDK or OpenMax IL to duplicated or redirect the signal.

[dirtyjohn_lv]

Very little to do with Res/3rd party. Yes, they could develop their own hooks into the SDK to allow such, but requires a complete rewrite of the drivers to allow simultaneous I/O, while keeping proper function. For most 3rd party developers, this is to much - they have their own software to worry about.

BMD sucks at customer service/relation. They have a great idea/product but completely fail in delivery. They release software that doesn't work (Resolve 10 was a nightmare until 10.1, still bugs). Announce stuff and NEVER release it, with NO explanation. I based my purchase of the Decklink 4K Extreme on a press release in September of last year. They announce Desktop Video 10, a complete driver rewrite for speed and simultaneous I/O on the higher end 4K products; it's now pretty much February and their only response is "we don't know"

Email BMD, bug the sh!t out of them to release this. "soon" doesn't cut it 5 months late.

Thank you for contacting us. Unfortunately we do not have an update on a release time-frame for this. We do expect it soon, but are unable to give a specific release time since it is still under development.

Let us know if you have any other questions.

All the Best


Gilbert Lopez Jr
Technical Support Representative
Blackmagic Design Inc.

On a positive, I do get higher resolutions, I'm able to use the HDMI for touring VJs. There's about a 2-3 frame delay, which I was hoping that DV10 could fix, but everyone is happy with it for now.