Re: Vegas 8 and Decklink / Multibridge

Hi There.

I have just downloaded and tried BlackMagic Drivers versions 64 bit 6.6.1, in XP64, and just as I suspected it did not work, with the same probklem as before, the device just does not show up in Vegas.

BUT.

After looking around I noticed that in the Vegas8 directory, in the "Video Hardware Drivers" directory, that there was no refernce to Decklink at all.

I compared this to a system that worked, running XP32 and the 32bit drivers and there was a file there called "DeckLink Vegas.dll"

So just a complete lucky try, I copied this file onto the 64bit system, and hey Presto, it only worked, I can now get the option to select the Multibridge as a preview device and, to my complete surprise I even get an output which seems to work. Although not 100%, but it works.

So my conclusion is that the 64bit drivers supplied by Decklink just do not install correctly, or they do not put this dll into the correct place.

I will have a really good look at this Monday, but at least we may be able to get an output from the Decklink now in 64bit systems.

Quoka if you PM me, I can send you the dll which sort of worked, basically the thing which didn't work was if I selected an HDV 1440x1080 50i Project in Vegas it would only preview in SD mode, but if I selected a 1920x1080 50i project it would output perfectly in HD.

This is fantastic, at least I feel I am getting somewhere, I brought this MultiBridge Box over a year ago, and have been fighting ever since with Vegas to get it to work.

What I can't understand is that I have been in communication with BlackMagic over this issue for a quite a few weeks now, and it would seem a simple problem, but they haven't managed to come up with any suggestions.

Matt Wright