Well here is the answer I got from BMD support:
"There is no video hardware available that will work with your vintage of MBP and Resolve. The ExpressCard slot does not have enough bandwidth to work with the USB3 products.
Sorry not to have a better answer for you. In the iMac/MBP world, the only way this will work is if you have a Thunderbolt equipped device."
Oh well my 2009 MBP intel 3.06GHz core 2 duo has been capable up to now. Oh well time marches on. Too bad BlackMagic has such a vested interest in limiting the video cards to their own, but hey what do you want for free software of a box that is an industry standard. Guess a Mac Pro might be in my future. Come on somebody make a hack so I could use an AJA I/O Express with Resolve it's just a matter of wrangling some ones and zeros in the right order.
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, namyrb <namyrb@...> wrote:
>
> Sorry, I meant the slot. Expresscard 1 runs on PCI-Express 1.0/USB2 slots
> whereas Expresscard 2.0 runs on the PCI-Express 2.0/USB3 standard.
> Expresscard 2.0 was standardized in 2009 so if I were to guess, the 2009
> MBP's used the older 1.0 chipsets. You'll have to contact Apple to make
> sure though.
>
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 12:07 AM, johnrobmoore <bigfish@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > When you say the expresscard are you refering to my expresscard to USB 3.0
> > or the actual ExpressCard circuitry in the MBP? I don't see anything
> > obvious in system profile on the MBP to indicate a version of expresscard.
> >
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, namyrb <namyrb@> wrote:
> > >
> > > AFAIK Resolve only works with BMD IO. Also, the expresscard would have to
> > > be version 2.0 as the first gen is only 2.5 Gbps. Version 2.0 is 5 Gbps
> > as
> > > is USB 3.0.
> > >
> > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 7:56 PM, Robert Ferguson <robertf@>wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > > Howdy-
> > > >
> > > > Either your having a really bad internet day, or I'm having a good one
> > as
> > > > the link from the support menu worked for me.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/4805315/Resolve_Mac_Config_Guide_2012-08-30.pdf
> > > >
> > > > I pasted the section you are interested in below.
> > > >
> > > > Robert Ferguson
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Capture and Playback
> > > >
> > > > Blackmagic Design DeckLink HD Extreme 3D
> > > >
> > > > http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/decklinkhdextreme/
> > > >
> > > > Blackmagic Design UltraStudio 3D
> > > >
> > > > http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/ultrastudio3d/
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sep 10, 2012, at 9:35 PM, John Moore wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I can't seem to download the mac configuration guide for Resolve off
> > the
> > > > BlackMagic site. I click download and a new blank tab opens but no
> > > > download prompt for the .pdf. I have had similar issues when
> > downloading
> > > > the Resolve Lite 9 a while back. I'm trying to figure out what options
> > I
> > > > might have for an input/output device of my 17 inch MBP circa mid 2009
> > that
> > > > would work for Avid symphony 6 and Resolve. I see UltraStudio SDI as a
> > USB
> > > > 3 device but I don't know if that would function with my express 32 to
> > USB
> > > > 3 adapter which I had originally thought would work with the
> > Ultrascope but
> > > > I've been told it doesn't. Without the configuration guide I don't even
> > > > know if Resolve would work with UltraStudio SDI. AJA I/O Express looks
> > > > nice but will it work with Resolve? If anybody has a functioning link
> > for
> > > > the Resolve Mac Configuration Guide I'd appreciate it.
> > > > >
> > > > > John Moore
> > > > >
> > > > > Barking Trout Productions
> > > > >
> > > > > Studio City, CA
> > > > >
> > > > > bigfish@
> >
> > > > >
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> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > Search the official Complete Avid-L archives at:
> > > > http://archives.bengrosser.com/avid/
> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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