System requirements
Hardware Requirements
Minimum Recommended Hardware Specifications | |
CPU | Intel® Core™ i7/i9/Xeon 6 Core 3.5GHz / AMD Ryzen 3800X/5600 Series. |
Power Supply | 800 Watt Redundant Power Supply |
System Drives | 1TB NVMe Main OS Drive, 2TB SSD Secondary storage Drive |
Mainboard | Socket 2066, Socket 2011, AMD X570 (PCI-E 4.0) |
Memory | 32GB |
GPU | NVIDIA® RTX 2080 |
Video Board | AJA® Kona 4, AJA® Kona 5, AJA® Corvid 44, AJA® Corvid 44 12G, AJA® Corvid 88, AJA® Io 4k plus |
| Blackmagic Design® DeckLink Pro 8K, DeckLink Duo 2, Decklink Quad 2, DeckLink SDI 4K ... |
UHD/4K Minimum Recommended Hardware Specifications | |
CPU | Intel® Core™ i7/i9/Xeon 6 Core 4 GHz and up / AMD Ryzen 3900X/5800 Series. |
Power Supply | 800 Watt Redundant Power Supply |
System Drives | 1TB NVMe Main OS Drive, 2TB SSD Secondary storage Drive |
Mainboard | Socket 2066, Socket 2011, AMD X570 (PCI-E 4.0) |
Memory | 32GB |
GPU | NVIDIA® RTX 3090 |
Video Board | AJA® Kona 5, AJA® Corvid 44 12G, AJA® Io 4k Plus |
| Blackmagic Design® DeckLink Pro 8K, DeckLink SDI 4K ... |
AMD GPUs are NOT supported.
Video cards
| Video card | Firmware Version | Video | Audio* |
AJA | Kona 4 | 2021/04/14 (4K) | HD | embedded over SDI |
AJA | Kona 5 | 2021/12/23 (4K) | HD | embedded over SDI |
2021/12/26 (8K)** | multiformat HD & UHD | embedded over SDI | ||
AJA | Corvid 44 | 2021/09/16 (4K) | HD | embedded over SDI |
AJA | Corvid 44 12G | 2021/12/19 (8K) | multiformat HD & UHD | embedded over SDI |
AJA | Corvid 88 | 2021/11/30 (4K) | HD | embedded over SDI |
AJA | Io 4k Plus | 2021/06/23 (Io4KPlus) | multiformat HD & UHD | embedded over SDI |
BMD† | DeckLink 8K Pro | Driver 12.4 | HD & UHD | embedded over SDI |
BMD† | DeckLink Quad 2 | Driver 12.4 | HD | embedded over SDI |
BMD† | DeckLink Duo 2 | Driver 12.4 | HD | embedded over SDI |
BMD† | DeckLink SDI 4K | Driver 12.4 | HD & UHD | embedded over SDI |
* Digital audio output generated in the Pixotope engine
** It is recommended to run the Kona 5 with 8K firmware by default to support all video standards without needing to change the firmware.
*** AES/EBU is only supported by Kona 5 with 4K firmware installed. No other firmware or video card supports this audio format.
† XR functionality is currently only certified to work with AJA Video Cards. There is an on-going process of testing other video cards and we expect additional certifications in the near future.
Other BlackMagic Design devices not listed with SDI support may also work.
Operating System | Windows® 10 Pro, 64-bit with the latest updates |
AJA Driver | For all formats using Kona 4, Kona 5, AJA® Corvid 44, Corvid 44 12G, Corvid 88, Io 4k Plus 16.2 (retail) |
Nvidia Driver | 442.50 or latest from Nvidia.com |
BMD DeckLink Driver | Driver 12.4 |
Software Requirements
Please refer to the AJA Documentation of PC System Configuration for 4K / UltraHD / 2K / HD: https://www.aja.com/support/kona-pc-system-configuration
For troubleshooting AJA issues or access to more AJA card settings, please contact AJA support: https://www.aja.com/support
To install Microsoft DirectX, use DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer at: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35