Black Magic Intensity Pro trashes User Permissions etc.

[Lin4Win]

Beware if you plan to install the Linux Software for the PCI-E capture card Black Magic Intensity Pro! I bought this card and installed it on both Win7 Professional 64bit and on Linux Mint 11 Katya (also on Ubuntu 11.04 before that). Once their software is installed, upon reboot your User Rights will have been revoked, trashed, whatever - you will no longer be able to access any other drive besides your home drive. This includes any USB Drives/Sticks you hook up after booting. Besides that, the Software seems unable to record in 1080p 30, even though it is supposed to be able to do that. Picture shows the screen twice, on top of each other, squished to half height. 1080i 60 worked though. The Software also does not perform well on the Win7 side - I am trying to get an update from BM Designs on this. Oh, and sound over HDMI didn't work either, for both Lin & Win. Packages provided by BM include several architecture types, I used the AMD64 ones.

I am really sad about all this. I mean, for once a publisher offers a native Linux software solution for use with their product, and then it trashes your OS

If any of you guys have their own experiences to share on this, please add them to this thread!

Cheers!

[xenopeek]

Moved here by moderator

We can move it to the hardware support forum if you want help on this piece of hardware, but it looks like you want to warn other users. Perhaps also review this hardware on the community website? So other users checking the hardware compatibility database can find these problems. http://community.linuxmint.com/ > login or create and account > my places > my hardware > add a new hardware device, and add your review on what works and what doesn't.

[Lin4Win]

Thanks for your suggestion, but my intention was, as you deduced correctly, mainly to warn others about the software so they know to save their work and files before trying to use it. Naturally you can copy things over after the fact by using a live-cd, but that is tedious. Still, Linux does what Windon't Just leave it here, or move/copy it to another section as you see fit

Cheers!