Conduit Live

Video capture device compatibility chart

This chart lists video capture devices that have been tested with Conduit Live. The software is available in two versions: one that is compatible with Mac OS X 10.4 ("Tiger") and one that only works on Mac OS X 10.5 ("Leopard").

There are two separate versions because Apple introduced a new capture interface in 10.5 which allows support for a wider range of devices and complex compression models like HDV. However not all drivers do work correctly with the new capture interface, so it's highly advisable to test a device with both versions of Conduit Live.

The new capture interface is unable to access configuration dialogs for old-style drivers, which may prevent access to the full functionality of a particular device. These devices will be listed as "incomplete" in the Leopard column.

If you test Conduit Live on a new device, please send a report to support (at) lacquer . fi

Latest update: 11 Aug 2008

Capture device	Tiger version	Leopard version
Uncompressed PCI/PCIe capture cards
Blackmagic DeckLink	Y	incomplete
Blackmagic Intensity	Y	unknown
Aja Kona	Y	unknown
DV over FireWire
DV 4:1:1 (NTSC DV / PAL DVCPro)	Y	Y
DV 4:2:0 (PAL DV)	Y	Y
MPEG-2 over FireWire
HDV 1080i/1080p	N	Y (see note)
HDV 720p	N	unknown
Uncompressed video over FireWire
Imaging Source DFG-1394 analog grabber	Y	unknown
IIDC FireWire camera protocol
Apple iSight (original model)	Y	unknown
Imaging Source DFK 21AF04 camera	Y	N
USB camera protocol
Apple built-in iSight	Y	Y

Important note about HDV: Final Cut Studio is required for HDV capture (the capture driver is not included by default in Mac OS X)