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I've searched the forum for an answer to this question and haven't found any. Is there a new version of Ultrascope that supports the BMCC connected via Thunderbolt to a Mac running El Capitan?

Since the new camera utility no longer installs Ultrascope, it instructs users to find the standalone software. However, the last time I tried using that, it failed to work with my camera.

thanks!

David Menefee wrote:I've searched the forum for an answer to this question and haven't found any. Is there a new version of Ultrascope that supports the BMCC connected via Thunderbolt to a Mac running El Capitan?

Since the new camera utility no longer installs Ultrascope, it instructs users to find the standalone software. However, the last time I tried using that, it failed to work with my camera.

thanks!

Have had the same Problem a few weeks ago, unfortunately no Blackmagic-software seems to work – neither any Version of Ultrascope nor the DaVinci-live-feature which would provide similar functionalities and more. You could give DaVinci live a go, because it might as well be my aged Macbook Pro causing errors.

If that doesn't work for you, try searching for ScopeBox (I won't post a link, because I don't know if that would count as advertising). The software is priced at 99$ but has a 14-day-trial. After the trial period you cannot use the scopes any longer, but the monitoring still works (even with peaking and brightness/contrast/saturation-adjustments).

Thanks! Comments below...:

LennartBöwering wrote:Have had the same Problem a few weeks ago, unfortunately no Blackmagic-software seems to work – neither any Version of Ultrascope nor the DaVinci-live-feature which would provide similar functionalities and more. You could give DaVinci live a go, because it might as well be my aged Macbook Pro causing errors.

I was able to see signal with Media Express; of course, no scopes, just video capture at 1080p.

LennartBöwering wrote:If that doesn't work for you, try searching for ScopeBox (I won't post a link, because I don't know if that would count as advertising). The software is priced at 99$ but has a 14-day-trial. After the trial period you cannot use the scopes any longer, but the monitoring still works (even with peaking and brightness/contrast/saturation-adjustments).

I'm trying that now. It won't capture anything from my camera, but one of their tech reps is helping me out. Fingers crossed!

David Menefee wrote:Thanks! Comments below...:

LennartBöwering wrote:Have had the same Problem a few weeks ago, unfortunately no Blackmagic-software seems to work – neither any Version of Ultrascope nor the DaVinci-live-feature which would provide similar functionalities and more. You could give DaVinci live a go, because it might as well be my aged Macbook Pro causing errors.

I was able to see signal with Media Express; of course, no scopes, just video capture at 1080p.

Sorry, forgot to mention that Media Express works of course (just like the live-Recorder in Adobe Premiere 5.5 by the way)

LennartBöwering wrote:If that doesn't work for you, try searching for ScopeBox (I won't post a link, because I don't know if that would count as advertising). The software is priced at 99$ but has a 14-day-trial. After the trial period you cannot use the scopes any longer, but the monitoring still works (even with peaking and brightness/contrast/saturation-adjustments).

I'm trying that now. It won't capture anything from my camera, but one of their tech reps is helping me out. Fingers crossed!

Make sure to set the source to the exact framerate as your camera, otherwise you won't get any signal.
I needed quite some time to figure that out