BlackMagic DeckLink Mini Recorder HD

DeckLink Mini Recorder HD is a professional‑grade capture card designed for editors, streamers and broadcast engineers who require reliable SDI and HDMI ingest in a compact PCIe form factor. Built for modern post‑production and live‑content workflows, the card captures high‑quality SD and HD video up to 1080p60 and 2Kp60 DCI directly into editing, compositing or streaming applications with exceptional fidelity and low latency.

The card features a 3G‑SDI input and an HDMI 2.0 input, allowing you to ingest signals from professional broadcast cameras, switchers, game consoles, media players or any HDMI‑based source. Its video pipeline supports 10‑bit SD and HD formats, ensuring clean, color‑accurate capture for both broadcast‑level acquisition and high‑end creative workflows. Automatic format detection simplifies operation by matching incoming formats instantly without configuration changes, making it ideal for live production where flexibility and speed are critical.

DeckLink Mini Recorder HD supports a wide range of professional codecs including ProRes, DNxHD, DNxHR, AVC‑Intra, XDCAM, HEVC, HDV, DPX and both 8‑bit and 10‑bit uncompressed formats. This allows captured footage to integrate seamlessly into editing environments, color‑grading pipelines or real‑time graphics engines. Embedded SDI and HDMI audio capture ensures precise synchronization between picture and sound during ingest.

Designed for compatibility and stability, the card uses a PCI Express Gen 2 x1 interface and functions in any PCIe slot size, offering excellent flexibility for custom workstations and compact live‑production PCs. It operates across macOS, Windows and Linux and includes support for industry‑standard software such as DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, OBS, Wirecast, vMix and many others. Its low‑profile design and included full‑height and half‑height brackets make it suitable for both desktop towers and rack‑mounted systems.

DeckLink Mini Recorder HD delivers dependable, broadcast‑quality capture in a small and efficient design, making it a powerful and versatile ingest solution for production studios, editing suites, streaming platforms and on‑set recording environments.