Blackmagic Design HYPERD-PT2 User manual

Installation and Operation Manual

HyperDeck Shuttle HyperDeck Studio

Mac OS X

Windows

November 2012

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Welcome

Welcome to HyperDeck!

We hope you share our dream for the television industry to become a truly creative industry by allowing anyone to have access to the highest quality video.

Our range of HyperDeck disk recorders have made it easier and more affordable than ever to record and play back full 10-bit uncompressed video. HyperDeck records directly to removable 2.5” Solid State Disks (SSDs) that are getting bigger, faster and more affordable every day. It’s incredible that you can now record the most amazing quality SD and HD video onto something so small, and record and play an SSD thousands of times without any degradation in quality!

You can bypass unwanted camera compression and record directly from HDMI or SDI cameras straight to SSD and even connect to any HDMI or SDI monitor for instant playback! SSDs can also be mounted on any computer for immediate editing and fast transfer of your media. With no moving parts, SSDs are unbelievably robust and can handle harsh conditions that would destroy conventional hard drives and videotapes!

If you need longer recording times for each SSD, then HyperDeck also records and plays back Apple ProRes and Avid DNxHD ﬁles. These 10-bit quality codecs retain fantastic picture quality and increase the recording length of SSDs by more than 5 times!

This instruction manual contains all the information you need to start using your HyperDeck disk recorder. For uncompressed recording you need to use an SSD that supports the required data speed and we are continually adding details on our website of new SSDs that we have tested.

Please check the support page on our web site at www.blackmagicdesign.com for the latest version of this manual and updates to the HyperDeck software. Keeping your software up to date will always ensure you get all the latest features. When downloading software, please register with your information so we can keep you updated when new software is released. We are constantly working on new features and improvements, so we would love to hear from you!

Grant Petty

CEO Blackmagic Design

Contents

HyperDeck

Getting Started

Introducing HyperDeck 4

About SSDs 5

Choosing the Right SSD 5

Preparing SSDs for HyperDeck 6

Selecting Your Video Format 8

Recording and Playing Clips 9

Recording Video with HyperDeck Shuttle 9

Recording Video with HyperDeck Studio 9

Playing Video 10

Accessing Media on Mac OS X 10

Accessing Media on Windows 10

Externally Controlling Your HyperDeck 11

SDI Start/Stop Recording 11

Timecode Run Recording 11

RS-422 Deck Control 11

Updating the HyperDeck Software

HyperDeck Utility 12

How to Update Your HyperDeck Software on Mac OS X 12

How to Update Your HyperDeck Software on Windows 12

Using HyperDeck Shuttle

HyperDeck Shuttle Controls 24

HyperDeck Shuttle Connections 25

Installing the HyperDeck Shuttle Mounting Plate 26

Using HyperDeck Studio

HyperDeck Studio Controls 27

HyperDeck Studio Connections 28

Help

Getting Help 29

Blackmagic Design Online Support Pages 29

Contacting Blackmagic Design Support 29

Checking the Version Currently Installed 29

How to Get the Latest Updates 29

Warranty Information

Using HyperDeck

Using HyperDeck 13

Disk Check 13

Recording 13

Playback 16

RS-422 Control 18

Getting Started

Introducing HyperDeck

HyperDeck disk recorders record uncompressed SD and HD video quality directly to low cost solid state disks. Video playback can be viewed on an SDI or HDMI monitor or you can connect the SSD to a computer and edit directly from the SSD media itself. HyperDeck disk recorders have internal 3 Gb/s SATA ports which are used with standard 2.5" SSDs.

HyperDeck disk recorders have SDI and HDMI connectors making it easy to work with a huge range of professional and consumer video equipment. SDI and HDMI connectors also support embedded audio.

HyperDeck Shuttle

HyperDeck Studio

HyperDeck Shuttle is compact, affordable and battery powered, so it’s perfect as a ﬁeld recorder. HyperDeck Shuttle bypasses your camera’s compression and records from SDI and HDMI directly into the highest quality uncompressed video. The latest model can even record and play back in the Apple ProRes and Avid DNxHD formats if compressed video better suits your workﬂow or if you need to ﬁt more video on an SSD.

HyperDeck Shuttle Mounting Plate can be purchased if you want to secure your HyperDeck Shuttle to a camera rig with your choice of rail mounts, cold shoe mounts, articulated arms and more. You can also use the plate to power your HyperDeck Shuttle from an external battery by attaching a V-Mount or Anton Bauer style battery plate.

HyperDeck Studio is a rack mount broadcast deck style recorder that features dual SSD slots so it can automatically continue recording onto the next SSD when one disk is full. HyperDeck Studio features uncompressed video quality recording and playback, RS-422 deck control, genlock, jog and shuttle, an integrated LCD, and is affordable and easy to use. It can even record and play back in the Apple ProRes and Avid DNxHD formats if compressed video better suits your workﬂow or if you need to ﬁt more video on an SSD. HyperDeck Studio is the broadcast deck for the 21st century!

HyperDeck Studio is rack-mountable and is only 1 RU high and less than 4 inches deep. It's the perfect size when space is tight such as in broadcast vans and ﬂy away rack cases.

Getting Started

About SSDs

Choosing the Right SSD

When working with uncompressed video it's important to carefully check the SSD you would like to use. This is because some SSDs can have up to 50% lower write speed than the manufacturer’s claimed speed, so even though the disk speciﬁcations claim an SSD is fast enough to handle video, in reality the disk is not fast enough for real time video data recording. Hidden data compression mostly affects recording and often these disks can still be used for real time playback.

In our testing, we have found larger newer models of SSD, and larger capacity SSDs are generally faster. SSDs recommended for use with HyperDeck and uncompressed 10-bit HD video recording include:

 Crucial 256GB C300  Crucial 512GB M4 (ﬁrmware 009)  Kingston 64GB SSDNow V+100  Kingston 128GB SSDNow V+100  Kingston 240GB SSDNow V+200  Kingston HyperX 240GB  OCZ 240GB Vertex 3  OCZ 480GB Vertex 3  Sandisk Extreme 480GB.

Please check the tech notes on the Blackmagic Design web site for the latest information.

If you ﬁnd an SSD which isn’t fast enough for uncompressed HD video, try a faster SSD or use HyperDeck Utility to switch to a compressed recording format such as ProRes or DNxHD. These recording formats have a much lower data rate and are easier for the SSD to handle.

Getting Started

Preparing SSDs for HyperDeck

SSDs used by HyperDeck must be formatted as either HFS+ or ExFAT. These disk formats allow long clips to be recorded in a single ﬁle per clip. Simply connect the SSD to your computer with an external dock or cable adapter and format it as you would a regular disk. Make sure you back up anything important from your SSD as you will lose everything on it when you format it.

HFS+ is also known as Mac OS Extended. It is the recommended format for HyperDeck as it supports "journaling". In the event of a hardware or software malfunction, data on a journaled SSD is more quickly recovered and less likely to be corrupted in the ﬁrst place. HFS+ is natively supported by Mac OS X. Windows computers can use HFS+ with the purchase and installation of MediaFour MacDrive software from http://www.mediafour.com.

ExFAT is supported natively by Mac OS X and Windows without needing to purchase any additional software. However ExFAT does not support journaling which means data is more prone to corruption, and less likely to be recovered, in the event of a hardware or software malfunction.

Use Disk Utility on Mac OS X to erase your SSD in the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) or ExFAT format.

Use MacDrive software on Windows to initialize the SSD with a GPT and create an HFS+ volume.

Preparing SSDs on a Mac OS X computer

The Disk Utility application included with Mac OS X can format a drive in the HFS+ or ExFAT formats.

Step 1. Connect the SSD to your computer and dismiss any message offering to use your SSD for Time

Machine backups.

Step 2. Go to /Applications/Utilities and launch Disk Utility.

Step 3. Click on the disk icon of your SSD and then click the Erase tab.

Step 4. Set the Format to "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" or "ExFAT", type a Name for the new volume

and then click Erase. Your SSD will quickly be formatted and made ready for use with HyperDeck.

Preparing SSDs on a Windows computer

MacDrive software can format a drive in the HFS+ format on a Windows PC.

Step 1. Install MediaFour MacDrive and restart your PC.

Step 2. Connect the SSD to your computer.

Step 3. Choose Start>Computer and right-click on your SSD.

Step 4. From the contextual menu, choose MacDrive>Format Mac Disk.

Step 5. Select the SSD in the MacDrive Disk Manager and choose Initialize disk>Initialize as GPT.

Step 6. Choose "Automatically create an HFS+ volume" and click "Initialize Disk".

Step 7. Once the format has been completed, your SSD is ready for use with HyperDeck.

Getting Started

Use the Format dialog box feature in Windows to format your SSD in the ExFAT format.

The Format dialog box can format a drive in the ExFAT format on a Windows PC.

Step 1. Connect the SSD to your computer.

Step 2. Choose Start>Computer and right-click on your SSD.

Step 3. From the contextual menu, choose Format.

Step 4. Set the ﬁle system to "exFAT" and the allocation unit size to 128 kilobytes.

Step 5. Type a volume label, select "Quick Format" and click "Start".

Step 6. Your SSD will quickly be formatted and made ready for use with HyperDeck.

Getting Started

Selecting Your Video Format

HyperDeck Studio and HyperDeck Shuttle 2 let you select from a choice of uncompressed and compressed video formats. The original HyperDeck Shuttle exclusively records in an uncompressed video format.

HyperDeck can play back 10 bit uncompressed QuickTime ﬁles on a fast SSD, or to a compressed format if you have a slower SSD or want to ﬁt longer high deﬁnition recordings on a single SSD. This means it is possible to have uncompressed QuickTime ﬁles as well as compressed ﬁles on the same disk if you have used the HyperDeck Utility software to change the recording format.

Working with uncompressed video is exciting as there is no better quality than uncompressed. However if compressed video better suits your workﬂow, or if you need to ﬁt more video on an SSD, you can choose a high quality professional compressed video format which is also perfect for editing. The following table shows the video formats supported by your HyperDeck model.

HyperDeck Shuttle HyperDeck Shuttle 2 HyperDeck Studio

Uncompressed 10-bit QuickTime • • •

Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) QuickTime • •

Avid DNxHD 220 Mb/s QuickTime • •

Avid DNxHD 220 Mb/s MXF • •

To choose a compressed video format:

Step 1. Connect HyperDeck to your computer via USB.

Step 2. Launch HyperDeck Utility. The title bar of the utility will show you if you have an HyperDeck Shuttle,

HyperDeck Shuttle 2 or HyperDeck Studio.

Step 3. Set the recording format to the desired codec from the pulldown menu and save the setting.

You can now disconnect the USB cable if you wish.

All subsequent clips will be recorded in the compressed format. If you want to switch back to uncompressed video, repeat the procedure and choose “Uncompressed 10 Bit” from the pulldown menu.

Setting the recording format also sets the playback format so you will only be able to play back clips that match the current recording format. Any other clips will be hidden which helps prevent slow SSDs from being accidentally used to play back high data rate uncompressed clips which they might not be fast enough to play.

Getting Started

HyperDeck Shuttle recording video.

Recording and Playing Clips

HyperDeck ships ready to record and play back with uncompressed SD and HD video quality. You can start recording immediately without having to conﬁgure any settings and all you need is a recommended SSD formatted in the HFS+ or ExFAT format.

The "Using HyperDeck" section later in this manual provides information about changing settings for recording and playback as well as more detailed steps for recording, playback and using RS-422 control.

If HyperDeck records from a video source that contains closed caption data, your HyperDeck will record the QuickTime or MXF movie as well as a separate .MCC ﬁle containing the closed caption data. The .MCC ﬁle will have the same name as your recorded movie but with a .MCC extension.

Recording Video with HyperDeck Shuttle

Step 1. Insert a recommended SSD which has been formatted in the HFS+ or ExFAT format.

Step 2. Connect your video source to the SDI or HDMI input and the Video status LED should light up.

Step 3. Press the Record button and the SSD light will ﬂash to indicate SSD activity.

Step 4. Press the Stop button to ﬁnish your recording.

Recording Video with HyperDeck Studio

Step 1. Insert a recommended SSD, formatted in the HFS+ or ExFAT format, into either SSD slot.

HyperDeck Studio recording video.

Step 2. Connect your video source to an HyperDeck Studio input. Press the INPUT button once, while the

stop button is illuminated, to preview the video source on the LCD before recording. If you don’t see the video you want, press the button again to switch between the HDMI and SDI inputs.

Step 3. Press the record button to start recording to the SSD instantly. The SSD slot light will illuminate

with a looping red light to indicate it is being used for recording.

Step 4. Press the Stop button to ﬁnish your recording.

If the record button ﬂashes, this means the disk is not fast enough and recording cannot keep up. We recommend you change to a compressed recording format such as ProRes or DNxHD, or use a faster recommended SSD for uncompressed recording.

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