diff --git a/services/capture/src/capture-manager.js b/services/capture/src/capture-manager.js
index 6d858ff..98180c1 100644
--- a/services/capture/src/capture-manager.js
+++ b/services/capture/src/capture-manager.js
@@ -149,10 +149,9 @@ class CaptureManager {
         const out = execSync('ffmpeg -hide_banner -sources decklink 2>&1', { encoding: 'utf-8', timeout: 5000 });
         const names = [];
         for (const line of out.split('\n')) {
-          // Device name lines are indented (start with one or more spaces).
-          // Header/blank lines are skipped.
-          const m = line.match(/^ {2,}(.+?)\s*$/);
-          if (m && m[1]) names.push(m[1]);
+          // DeckLink source lines: "  81:76669a80:00000000 [DeckLink Duo (1)] (none)"
+          const m = line.match(/^\s+[0-9a-f:]+\s+\[([^\]]+)\]/);
+          if (m) names.push(m[1]);
         }
         if (names[idx]) {
           deckLinkName = names[idx];
@@ -230,12 +229,16 @@ class CaptureManager {
       catch (err) { console.error('[capture] could not create growing dir:', err.message); }
     }
 
-    // Network sources cannot be opened by two FFmpeg processes simultaneously
-    // (one socket = one consumer). For SRT/RTMP the BullMQ worker generates
-    // the proxy after the recording stops.
-    const proxyKey = (sourceType === 'sdi' && proxyEnabled)
-      ? `projects/${projectId}/proxies/${clipName}.${proxyExt}`
-      : null;
+    // DeckLink hardware does NOT support concurrent capture from the same port.
+    // Opening a second ffmpeg process on the same DeckLink input while the first
+    // is already capturing causes "Cannot Autodetect input stream or No signal"
+    // on the second process — making the proxy empty and potentially crashing the
+    // container before the hires upload completes.
+    //
+    // Treat SDI the same as SRT/RTMP: set proxyKey=null here and let the BullMQ
+    // worker generate the proxy from the hires master after the recording stops.
+    // The stop handler sets needsProxy=true so the worker picks it up.
+    const proxyKey = null;
 
     const startedAt = new Date().toISOString();
 
@@ -318,39 +321,8 @@ class CaptureManager {
       }
     });
 
-    // SDI only: spawn a second ffmpeg for the proxy.
-    // DeckLink cards allow concurrent reads; network sockets do not.
-    if (!isNetwork && proxyEnabled) {
-      const proxyCodecArgs = buildEncodeArgs({
-        codec: proxyVideoCodec,
-        videoBitrate: proxyVideoBitrate,
-        framerate: proxyFramerate,
-        audioCodec: proxyAudioCodec,
-        audioBitrate: proxyAudioBitrate,
-        audioChannels: proxyAudioChannels,
-        container: proxyContainer,
-        isNetwork: false,
-        isProxy: true,
-      });
-
-      console.log('[capture] proxy ffmpeg args:', proxyCodecArgs.join(' '));
-
-      const proxyProcess = spawn('ffmpeg', [
-        ...inputArgs,
-        ...sdiFilterArgs,
-        ...proxyCodecArgs,
-        '-movflags', '+frag_keyframe+empty_moov',
-        'pipe:1',
-      ], { stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'] });
-
-      const proxyUpload = createUploadStream(S3_BUCKET, proxyKey, proxyProcess.stdout);
-      processes.proxy = proxyProcess;
-      uploads.proxy = proxyUpload;
-
-      proxyProcess.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
-        console.error(`[PROXY] ${data}`);
-      });
-    }
+    // Proxy is generated after stop by the BullMQ worker (same as SRT/RTMP).
+    // DeckLink hardware does not support two concurrent readers on the same port.
 
     this.state.recording = true;
     this.state.sessionId = sessionId;
diff --git a/services/capture/src/routes/capture.js b/services/capture/src/routes/capture.js
index 394dd9c..f26f108 100644
--- a/services/capture/src/routes/capture.js
+++ b/services/capture/src/routes/capture.js
@@ -96,17 +96,13 @@ router.get('/devices', (req, res) => {
     }
 
     // Parse ffmpeg output for DeckLink device names.
-    // ffmpeg -sources decklink output:
-    //   Auto-detected sources for decklink:
-    //     DeckLink Duo 2
-    //     DeckLink Duo 2 (2)
-    // Device name lines are indented (2+ leading spaces); header/blank lines are not.
+    // DeckLink source lines: "  81:76669a80:00000000 [DeckLink Duo (1)] (none)"
     const lines = output.split('\n');
     let deviceIndex = 0;
 
     for (const line of lines) {
-      const match = line.match(/^ {2,}(.+?)\s*$/);
-      if (match && match[1]) {
+      const match = line.match(/^\s+[0-9a-f:]+\s+\[([^\]]+)\]/);
+      if (match) {
         devices.push({
           index: deviceIndex,
           name: match[1],
@@ -144,8 +140,8 @@ router.post('/probe', async (req, res) => {
         const raw = execSync('ffmpeg -hide_banner -sources decklink 2>&1', { encoding: 'utf-8', timeout: 5000 });
         const devices = [];
         for (const line of raw.split('\n')) {
-          const m = line.match(/^ {2,}(.+?)\s*$/);
-          if (m && m[1]) devices.push(m[1]);
+          const m = line.match(/^\s+[0-9a-f:]+\s+\[([^\]]+)\]/);
+          if (m) devices.push(m[1]);
         }
         return res.json({ ok: true, source_type, devices });
       } catch (err) {