Issue connecting Unreal Engine & Blackmagic Camera with Ultrastudio mini 4k

Hey guys, I have a bigbig question.

This issue has been going on for such a long time and I really need help to figure out the real issue behind all these.

I am using Blackmagic Ultrastudio 4k mini w/ HDMI instead of the Decklink w/ SDI cable. I have successfully installed and connected VIVE tracker w/ Blackmagic Camera through CineCameraActor, so everything is set and ready to go. But when I am trying to input my camera information for things like Media Bundle or Media Player, it keeps saying “The media failed to open; check the output log for detail”. My process was first to create Media Profile and then create Media Player and select MediaSource-01 which I had initially input through Media Profile. My Blackmagic camera definitely is connected to my computer because everything works fine in Blackmagic Media Express and Desktop Video Setup tools.

What drives me crazy is that when I get lucky, the live camera feed shows up, but even with the same setting, the next day it wouldn’t work. I am assuming from days of trying multiple ways, it might be the issue with Ultrastudio 4k mini w/ HDMI. I am using UE 5 version.

Does anybody have any idea why I might be facing this issue? Any help or feedback would very much be appreciated :slight_smile:

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Hi there,

Did you work out a solution for this? I’m also thinking of using a Blackmagic UltraStudio 4k Mini with a laptop as part of a mobile set-up.

Have you tried this free software from Newtek? You can capture unrecognized video i/o NewTek NDI Connect (Free)

From what I can see in Unreal Engine 5.0 documentation, the following Blackmagic i/o is officially supported.

DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G*
DeckLink Duo 2*
DeckLink 8K Pro*

https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.0/en-US/blackmagic-media-reference-for-unreal-engine/

Hi, did you ever sort this out? Were you able to get both sdi in and sdi output in Unreal engine using the Ultrastudio 4k mini?

These things work on and off no telling. Shocked people use this software for client work.