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Hi, so I am looking to purchase/upgrade my capture card setup in a few days for an event I have coming up in the next few weeks. I currently have a BM Decklink PCI Mini Recorder which works great for single input but the event I am doing will require 2 live cameras and a third input from a laptop to display a powerpoint presentation.

So far I have been leaning towards picking up two more BM PCI Mini Recorders. Only issue with this is I would have to pull 2 cards from my machine to use this. Not too big of a deal but if I can find a solution that replaces my current card and allows 3-4 simultaneous captures that would be perfect.

Any input?

Machine specs in case anyone is wondering.
i7-6700K
MSI Gaming m5 board
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 G1
32gb Corsair LPX Vengance DDR4 3200 ram
Corsair H115i Watercooler
256 Samsung 850 PRO - OS Drive
512 Samsung 850 PRO - Content Drive
1tb Sandisk SSD Plus - Spare drive

Have you checked into the Black Magic Decklink Duo 2?
What is the resolutions of the device's you will need to be inputting? (1080p@60 or under?)

dinga wrote:Have you checked into the Black Magic Decklink Duo 2?
What is the resolutions of the device's you will need to be inputting? (1080p@60 or under?)

I did look into that and thats what im leaning towards if I don't do the 2 mini recorders. Just looking at the cost right now. Do you have personal experience with the duo 2? No issues running multiple inputs?

Devices will be running maximum 1080@60, most likely 30 to be honest.

xdjxklusivex wrote:Do you have personal experience with the duo 2? No issues running multiple inputs?

Devices will be running maximum 1080@60, most likely 30 to be honest.

I use the Decklink Duo & Duo 2 cards all the time and they work great! The Duo 2 is a little bit tricky to setup first time around so if you end up buying one take a look at this post for guidance.

Oaktown wrote:

xdjxklusivex wrote:Do you have personal experience with the duo 2? No issues running multiple inputs?

Devices will be running maximum 1080@60, most likely 30 to be honest.

I use the Decklink Duo & Duo 2 cards all the time and they work great! The Duo 2 is a little bit tricky to setup first time around so if you end up buying one take a look at this post for guidance.

Thanks for the help I just ordered a Duo 2. I was reading if used as an output there is a delay so I dont plan on doing that but it will work good for my inputs.

Thanks for the guide Oaktown

Got the decklink duo 2, wow this thing is a PITA! Its working but the way the inputs are numbered is very confusing, no markings on the plate either so you have to guess haha.

Thanks for your help, show is tomorrow going to test it out. I will post some pictures too