3rd party question: using Blackmagic Video Assist as live monitor/recorder?

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​advice sought from more professional colleagues:

I do some solo av performances, and thinking about using a Black Magic Video Assist monitor which would also allow me to record my Macbook Pro video output (I think) without CPU impact during performances.

my questions are:

has anyone tried this? would it work?

would it function like an ‘extended desktop’ monitor for the Mac or would/could it take video signal straight from Videosync (like NDI?), and allow me to output (throughput) without the Mac orange dot?

Are there other alternatives that would do this, possibly better, and/or cheaper?

thanks

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Hey Rob,

While I’ve never worked with an external recorder as such, I assume the device will be seen and treated by the OS as an external display, so the only difference (as you mentioned) is that by using a device like this, you unburden your computer from handling the recording.

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