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Your own post reveals the issues of capturing on Mac.
1. Limited hardware choices. You're using a Blackmagic, which is one of the only viable choices. Furthermore, you acknowledge the dropped frames issue, and rely on yet more hardware (not needed on a Windows system) to monitor for potential errors.
2. Before Blackmagic, which FYI isn't 9 years old, you could only convert via DV. That had many issues, as many organizations and are now learning (finally) that the signal is processed to HD on large screens -- which is EXACTLY what I was saying 15 years ago. I saw the problem back then, spoke about it frequently, but was often dismissed by the "good enough" crowd (which later changed its tune).
It's not about "I know what I'm doing", but about the costs and quality of hardware (and indeed even needing more hardware).
Nor is it about "being familiar" with something.
When it comes to video stuff not working right, being expensive ... I'm lamenting. I wish it was easier, cheaper. But it's just not. And that sucks.
I was toying with Blackmagic HD/SD cards when they were new, having learned about them at CES before they even came out. In fact, I was an early fan, turned sour by the issues that were being reported. I was truly disappointed in its SD performance, and expected better.
My video knowledge goes back 25 years, and I used to work for studios. Don't try the "I know more than you do" shtick, it won't work here. I've been headhunted more than once for my work in this field. There are also quite a few successful businesses that learned from me, and this site -- what can I say, I'm an educator at heart.
If you want to have an objective conversation on Mac usage, great!
I'm not anti-Mac, it's just a tool for task. And sadly, experience has shown capture isn't a task it excels at. Nobody here is a fanboy for an OS or platform, and our only goal is quality video. If you've somehow found a Mac-based combo that achieves that, then share what it is.
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