Mini Recorders Require Software?

Hi, I am planning outputing SDI from decklink quad to a TV screen by passing it through an ultra studio mini recorder connected via thunderbolt to VGA connection then to VGA input on the TV. Will this work or does the USMR require software on a computer to run. Here is a summary of my connection below.

Capture-DLQ(As input)-Computer(for live editing)-DLQ(As output)-USMR-TB/VGA-TV

Thanks

The mini recorder needs a computer to work since it takes the sdi or hdmi signal and send that into the computer with the thunderbolt connection.
Why are you converting to VGA?
Its easier to use a sdi to hdmi converter and connect that to the monitor.

Hakan

You are confusing thunderbolt with displayport. Your VGA adapter is a displayport to VGA adapter and will not do anything connected to a Mini Recorder's thunderbolt connection. Thunderbolt is meant only to be connected to a computer running special drivers, nothing else.

Agree with Chad. Though thunderbolt and mini display ports are the same type of connector, and do both video as well as data on current macs, that doesn't mean it is outputting video on this device. In this case, that thunderbolt is a data port, not a video one.

If you really need VGA, you'll need to adapt from the SDI or HDMI to get it. But I'd recommend a different monitor with an HDMI or SDI input to start with.