BlackMagic Design Desktop Video Updated To 12.8, Now Works On macOS Sonoma 14.2.1... But Only With Resolve...

 DV version 12.7.1 was broken with Apple update to Sonoma, not even launching.

BMD just updated their DV app to version 12.8. It is now recognized by Macs M1s with macOS Sonoma 14.2.1.

Shows up in system report, good.

Launching fine, great.

Version 12.8

It works fine with Resolve, I can output to my external monitor without problems, so that's progress.

It shows in Resolve settings, and it outputs playback just fine from Resolve!

--- Now it still does not work with Final Cut Pro... 😩 Weirdly the Video Standard for Final Cut Pro is empty. Nothing under the drop down menu, it's empty. 😕

No way to select anything in FCP Video standard. That's not normal.

In FCP Playback settings, no way to select BMD output, it's not there.

--- It doesn't work with Premiere Pro either... Even though in Premiere case, it shows in the Playback settings.

Blackmagic Playback available from Premiere's preferences.

It shows in Premiere, but no output...

So, some progress, but it looks to me that Sonoma 14.2.1 is still blocking the output to Blackmagic devices.

I feel BMD has figured it out for Resolve, since it's outputting on playback no problem, but Final Cut Pro nor Premiere is able to output.

In the Read Me document, BMD state that Sonoma, listed devices and listed softwares are supported, but that's not entirely the case in my experience. 😞

About Blackmagic Desktop Video Software

Welcome to the Desktop Video software for macOS!

This software includes everything you need to set up your DeckLink, UltraStudio and Intensity for video capture and playback with your macOS computer.  

What's new in Desktop Video 12.8

New features and bug fixes for DeckLink IP models:

• Fix an issue where Rec.2020 video was incorrectly tagged.

• Ensure audio is passed through during keying.

• Add support for PTP follower only mode.

• Fix an issue where audio is captured on the wrong channels.

• Fix an issue where corrupted video is sometimes received during loopback capture.

• Ensure all flows are stopped after a video format change on the source.

• Fix intermittent issue where black video is captured after changing video input format.

• Fix issue where network settings would sometimes disappear in Setup utility.

• General performance and stability improvements for all models.

Minimum System Requirements

• macOS 14.0 Sonoma or later.

• macOS 13.0 Ventura.

• macOS computer with either Thunderbolt or PCIe slot.

• 8 GB of system memory.

Note: The following products are supported on macOS Ventura and Sonoma:

Apple silicon and Intel Macs:

- DeckLink Duo 2

- DeckLink Quad 2

- DeckLink Quad HDMI Recorder

- DeckLink 8K Pro

- DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G

- DeckLink IP HD

- DeckLink IP HD Optical

- DeckLink IP/SDI HD

- DeckLink Micro Recorder

- DeckLink SDI Micro

- DeckLink Mini Monitor HD

- DeckLink Mini Monitor 4K

- DeckLink Mini Recorder

- DeckLink Mini Recorder HD

- DeckLink Mini Recorder 4K

- DeckLink SDI 4K

- DeckLink Studio 4K

- UltraStudio Recorder 3G

- UltraStudio Monitor 3G

- UltraStudio HD Mini

- UltraStudio 4K Mini

- UltraStudio 4K Extreme 3

- Intensity Pro 4K

- DeckLink 4K Pro

- DeckLink 4K Extreme

- UltraStudio 4K

- UltraStudio 4K Extreme

Intel Macs only:

- DeckLink Mini Monitor

- DeckLink HD Extreme 3

- DeckLink HD Extreme 3D

- DeckLink SDI

- DeckLink Duo

- DeckLink Quad

- DeckLink Studio

- UltraStudio Express

- UltraStudio Mini Monitor

- UltraStudio Mini Recorder

- Intensity Pro

- Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt

Third Party Software Support

• DaVinci Resolve 17 and 18.

• Fusion Studio 17 and 18.

• Apple Final Cut Pro.

• Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2022 and 2023.

• Adobe After Effects CC 2022 and 2023.

• Adobe Photoshop CC 2022 and 2023.

• Adobe Character Animator CC 2022 and 2023.

• Autodesk Flame 2024.

• Avid Media Composer 2023.

• Avid Pro Tools 2023.

• The Foundry Nuke (Intel Macs only).

If you have installed the drivers prior to installing any of these applications, we recommend that you uninstall and reinstall the drivers. This will ensure that all relevant components are installed in their required locations.

Additional Information

Please check www.blackmagicdesign.com for additional information on third party software compatibility and minimum system requirements.

Some applications may use third party code under license. For details please refer to the included "Third Party Licenses.rtf" document.

Copyright 2024 Blackmagic Design. All rights reserved. 'Blackmagic Design', 'Blackmagic', 'Blackmagic Cloud', 'DaVinci Resolve', 'Fusion', 'Fairlight', 'Ultimatte', 'HyperDeck', 'DeckLink', 'HDLink', 'Videohub', 'Intensity' and 'Leading the creative video revolution' are registered trademarks in the US and other countries. All other company and product names may be trade marks of their respective companies with which they are associated.

Updated January 24, 2024.

Adobe Encore CS6 Asks For A Serial Number Current Adobe Cloud Subscription

 Today Adobe Encore refused to start, asking for a serial number. I am an Adobe CC subscriber, and I use Encore from time to time to author and burn discs.

I have an old Mac frozen on macOS Mojave, with Premiere Pro CS6, Media Encoder CS6 and Encore CS6 installed.

Adobe has removed Encore CS6 from CC. Adobe CC app does not offer CS6 as a choice in the older apps installs anymore. Encore is EOL and frozen. Some functionality has been removed (Dolby AC3 encoding.) But as a current CC subscriber, you can continue to use PP, AME and Encore CS6.

If like me you have them already installed on your system, you're good to go. If not, you might need to do some research to find stand alone CS6 installers on the web. Alas Adobe have removed their own links, and is making sure everything old is getting erased.

If Encore is asking for a Serial Number at startup, it's probably because you haven't used it in a while. But because you are a CC subscriber, you can still launch and use Encore as explained in this Creative Cow Forum entry here. Obviously it has to be on a compatible system. I haven't tried Encore on anything newer than Mojave.

How to do this is as follow:

• Launch Premiere Pro CC or any Adobe app. Go to Menu/Help and Sign out.
• Launch Premiere Pro CS6. It will ask you to Sign in via a web browser. Do so with your CC credentials. Adobe may request a second identification, and send you a code. Get it and enter your code.
• Premiere Pro CS6 will launch, let it fully open. Create a new project even just to make sure it works.
• Click on PPCS6 Menu/Help and make sure "Deactivate" is active and not greyed out.
• If it is greyed out, close and relaunch PPCS6. Check again.
• If it is still greyed out, quit and launch Premiere Pro CC this time, not PPCS6. Sign in if you are asked to. Quit PP CC.
• Launch PPCS6 one more time and check again Menu/Help, this time "Deactivate" should be active / not greyed out. That's the status you want.
• Now launch Encore CS6 and it should just open without asking for a serial number.

It might take you a while before it launches. It took me a good 30 minutes to get it to work, but it eventually did. Encore on my system is reasonably stable, and works as intended.

Happy BD / DVD authoring! ... Not for very long probably...

Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.8 Update

 BMD Desktop video software 12.8 is available as of today.

I mentioned the previous version of DV 12.7.1 being broken on macOS Sonoma 14.1.1.

I've now updated Sonoma to 14.2.1. Hopefully this DV update fixes the problem and we again have access to BMD in/out devices on Mac with Sonoma.

I will report as soon as I have a moment to install.

From the BMD website:

About Blackmagic Desktop Video Software

Welcome to the Desktop Video software

This software includes everything you need to set up your DeckLink, UltraStudio and Intensity for video capture and playback with your computer.

What's new in Desktop Video 12.8

New features and bug fixes for DeckLink IP models:

• Fix an issue where Rec.2020 video was incorrectly tagged.
• Ensure audio is passed through during keying.
• Add support for PTP follower only mode.
• Fix an issue where audio is captured on the wrong channels.
• Fix an issue where corrupted video is sometimes received during loopback capture.
• Ensure all flows are stopped after a video format change on the source.
• Fix intermittent issue where black video is captured after changing video input format.
• Fix issue where network settings would sometimes disappear in Setup utility.
• General performance and stability improvements for all models.

Mac OS Specific

Minimum System Requirements for Mac OS

• macOS 14.0 Sonoma or later.
• macOS 13.0 Ventura.
• Mac OS computer with either Thunderbolt, PCIe slot.
• 8 GB of system memory.

Note: The following products are supported on macOS Monterey and Ventura:

Apple silicon and Intel Macs:

• DeckLink Duo 2
• DeckLink Quad 2
• DeckLink Quad HDMI Recorder
• DeckLink 8K Pro
• DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G
• DeckLink IP HD
• DeckLink IP HD Optical
• DeckLink IP/SDI HD
• DeckLink Micro Recorder
• DeckLink SDI Micro
• DeckLink Mini Monitor HD
• DeckLink Mini Monitor 4K
• DeckLink Mini Recorder
• DeckLink Mini Recorder HD
• DeckLink Mini Recorder 4K
• DeckLink SDI 4K
• DeckLink Studio 4K
• UltraStudio Recorder 3G
• UltraStudio Monitor 3G
• UltraStudio HD Mini
• UltraStudio 4K Mini
• UltraStudio 4K Extreme 3
• Intensity Pro 4K
• DeckLink 4K Pro
• DeckLink 4K Extreme
• UltraStudio 4K
• UltraStudio 4K Extreme

Intel Macs only:

• DeckLink Mini Monitor
• DeckLink HD Extreme 3
• DeckLink HD Extreme 3D
• DeckLink SDI
• DeckLink Duo
• DeckLink Quad
• DeckLink Studio
• UltraStudio Express
• UltraStudio Mini Monitor
• UltraStudio Mini Recorder
• Intensity Pro
• Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt

Third Party Software Support

• DaVinci Resolve 17 and 18.
• Fusion 17 and 18.
• Apple Final Cut Pro.
• Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2022 and 2023.
• Adobe After Effects CC 2022 and 2023.
• Adobe Photoshop CC 2022 and 2023.
• Adobe Character Animator CC 2022 and 2023.
• Autodesk Flame 2024.
• Avid Media Composer 2023.
• Avid Pro Tools 2023.
• The Foundry Nuke (Intel Macs only).

Windows Specific

Minimum system requirements for Windows

• Microsoft Windows 10 or 11 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows computer with either Thunderbolt, PCIe slot or USB 3.0 port.
• 8 GB of system memory.

Third Party Software Support

• DaVinci Resolve 17 and 18.
• Fusion 17 and 18.
• Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2022 and 2023.
• Adobe After Effects CC 2022 and 2023.
• Adobe Photoshop CC 2022 and 2023.
• Adobe Character Animator CC 2022 and 2023.
• Avid Media Composer 2023.
• Avid Pro Tools 2023.
• Magix Vegas Pro 20.
• The Foundry Nuke.

Linux Specific

Minimum System Requirements for Linux

Basic system requirements:

• x86-64 running Linux 3.10 or higher.
• AArch64 running Linux 4.9.140 or higher.

A system with ample memory is strongly recommended.

Supported ARM Platforms

Desktop Video has been tested on the following platforms:

Nvidia Jetson AGX Xavier and Nvidia Clara AGX:

• DeckLink 8K Pro
• DeckLink Quad 2
• DeckLink Duo 2
• DeckLink Quad HDMI Recorder
• DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G
• DeckLink SDI Micro

Thunderbolt Hotplug Requirements

Supported kernels older than 3.12 require an extra step after plugging the device in. You must tell the kernel to rescan the PCI bus using the following command:

# sudo sh -c 'echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/rescan'

Kernel 3.12 and later support hotplug without the need for any extra steps.

Supported Distributions

x86-64:

• Ubuntu: 22.04, 23.04
• Debian: 11
• Fedora: 38
• CentOS: 7

Nvidia Jetson AGX Xavier / Nvidia Clara AGX:

• JetPack 5.1

Several different package formats are supplied:

• Native package (.deb) for Ubuntu and Debian based distributions.
• Native package (.rpm) for RedHat and Fedora based distributions.
• Tarball and packaging files for custom installation.

Full release notes including installation instructions are available in the ReadMe.txt found in the downloadable tar archive.

Installing Desktop Video Software

If you have installed the drivers prior to installing any of these applications, we recommend that you uninstall and reinstall the drivers. This will ensure that all relevant components are installed in their required locations.

Additional Information

Please check www.blackmagicdesign.com for additional information on third party software compatibility and minimum system requirements.

Some applications may use third party code under license. For details please refer to the included "Third Party Licenses.rtf" document.

© 2024 Blackmagic Design Pty. Ltd. All rights reserved. 'Blackmagic Design', 'Blackmagic', 'Blackmagic Cloud', 'DaVinci Resolve', 'Fusion', 'Fairlight', 'Ultimatte', 'HyperDeck', 'DeckLink', 'HDLink', 'Videohub', 'Intensity' and 'Leading the creative video revolution' are registered trademarks in the US and other countries. All other company and product names may be trade marks of their respective companies with which they are associated.

Updated January 24, 2024.