Magewell Two-Channel 4K Capture Card

Description

Key Features

Input

• 8 x HD-BNC
• Input video resolutions up to 4096 x 2160
• Four connectors are compatible with 3G/HD/SD-SDI
• Two connectors are compatible with 6G/3G/HD/SD-SDI
• Two connectors are compatible with 12G/6G/3G/HD/SD-SDI
• Auto-detection of single-link, dual-link, and quad-link

SDI Specific Features

• Integrated cable equaliser allowing cable lengths up to 1,080' for SD-SDI signals, 623' for HD-SDI, 492' for 3G-SDI, 246' for 6G-SDI, and 131' for 12G-SDI
• Support for SD, HD, 3Ga, 3Gb, 3Gb-DL, 3Gb-DS, 6G/12G
• 2K (2048 x 1080) and 4K (4096 x 2160) mode
• Support for RGB 4:4:4, YCbCr 4:4:4, and YCbCr 4:2:2 colour sampling
• 10-bit and 12-bit colour depth support
• Supports extraction of SMPTE 352 payload identifier
• Up to eight (mono) audio channels at 48 kHz supported
• Support for extraction of audio formation information and channel status data
• Closed caption via SDK support

Supported Video Capture Formats

• Resolutions up to 4096 x 2160
• Frame rates up to 144 fps (actual capture frame rate can be limited by PCIe bandwidth and image resolution)
• 4:2:0 8-bit: NV12, I420, YV12
• 4:2:2 8-bit: YUY2, YUYV, UYVY
• 4:4:4 8-bit: V308, IYU2, V408, BGR24, BGR32
• 4:4:4 10-bit: V410, Y410
• More capture formats are supported via the Magewell Capture SDK

Supported Software

• Adobe Flash Media Encoder
• Livestream
• Microsoft Media Encoder
• OBS
• Skype
• Vahana
• VirtualDub
• VidBlaster
• Video Stitch
• VLC
• vMix
• Wirecast
• XSplit
• Any other DirectShow/V4L2/AVCaptureSession encoding/streaming software

Video Processing Features

• Two video processing pipelines with ~720 megapixels per second processing bandwidth for each one
• Full 10-bit video processing
• Video cropping
• Video scaling
• Video deinterlacing (weave, blend top/bottom field, top field only, bottom field only)
• Auto or manual selection of input aspect ratio
• Auto or manual selection of capture aspect ratio
• Three aspect ratio conversion modes: Ignore (anamorphic), Cropping, or Padding (letterbox or pillarbox)
• Auto or manual selection of input colour format and quantisation range
• Auto or manual selection of capture colour format, quantisation range, or saturation range
• Support for RGB, YCbCr 601, YCbCr 709, and YCbCr 2020 colour formats
• Support for limited or full quantisation range
• Support for limited, full, and extended gamut saturation range
• Video frame rate conversion
• Support for PNG OSD images (up to 4096 x 2160)
• Support for dynamic loading of RGBA OSD images via SDK

Multiple Cards per System

• Support for multiple cards plugged into one system
• On-board rotary switch to set the card number, with 16 positions from 0 to F
• System hardware device tree will display "01: Pro Capture Dual SDI 4K+" when the rotary switch is set to 1, and so on
• The video and audio device names displayed in your software will include the card number (set by the rotary switch)

Multiple Capture Streams

• Unlimited capture streams for any one input channel
• Independent cropping, aspect ratio, colour format, resolution, frame rate, deinterlacing, colour adjustment, and OSD settings for each individual stream

Ultra-Low Latency Support

• Latency of 64 video lines
• Partial notification mode in SDK

Timestamp and A/V Synchronisation

• Hardware-based 100ns high-resolution clock
• Audio frames (192 audio samples) and video frames are stamped with a hardware clock
• Hardware clock can be synchronised across cards (via SDK)

Video Capture SG-DMA

• ~1600 MB/s per channel DMA bandwidth in a PCIe 2.x system
• ~800 MB/s per channel DMA bandwidth in a PCIe 1.x system
• Support for auto-detection of Intel-tiled GPU surface, DirectGMA for AMD video adapter chipsets, and GPUDirect for NVIDIA video adapter chipset

SDK

• Magewell Capture SDK for easy integration, maximum flexibility, and performance

Windows Driver Tweaks

• All options can be controlled by three levels of registry key: global, product, and device level
• Video, audio, and crossbar filter names can be customised via registry keys

Firmware Upgrade

• Multiple cards in one system can be upgraded simultaneously
• Cards can be upgraded without a system power shutdown (in most cases, even a reboot is not needed)
• Safe upgrade—if power off or system breakdown occurs when the firmware is being upgraded, the firmware will automatically restore to the initial version

LED Indicator

• Pulsing slowly: idle
• On: input signal locked
• Off: input signal unlocked
• Double blinks: memory failed or FPGA configuration failed

Supported OS

Windows

• Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, Server 2012, and Server 2016 (x86 and x64)

Linux (Support for x86, x64, and ARM Architecture)

• Ubuntu 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 17.04, 17.10, 18.04, 18.04
• CentOS 6.5, 7
• Fedora 25, 26, 27
• Red Hat 6.5 and above
• Other Linux OS with kernel version 2.6.35 and above

Mac

• OS X 10.9, 10.10, 10.11
• macOS 10.12 and above, 10.14

Recommended OS (Tested)

Windows

• Windows 7 Ultimate, 8.1 Enterprise, 10 Enterprise, Server 2008 R2 DataCenter, Server 2012 R2 DataCenter, and Server 2016 R2 DataCenter (x86 and x64) Linux

• Ubuntu 12.04, 14.04, 16.04 (x86 and x64)

• Ubuntu 17.04, 17.10, 18.04 (x64)

• CentOS 6.5, 7.2 (x86 and x64)

• Fedora 25, 26 (x64)

• Red Hat 6.5 (x86 and x64)

Mac

• OS X 10.9.5, 10.10, 10.11.2, 10.11.3, 10.11.4
• macOS 10.12, 10.13.2, 10.13.3, 10.14.3, 10.15

Supported APIs

Windows

• DirectShow
• DirectKS
• Wave API/DirectSound/WASAPI

Linux

• V4L2
• ALSA

macOS

• AVCaptureSession
• AudioUnit

Power Consumption

Maximum Current at 12V

• 4 x 3G-SDI: ~ 1.42 A
• 2 x 6G-SDI: ~ 1.41 A
• 1 x 12G-SDI: ~ 1.42 A

Maximum Current at 3.3V

• 4 x 3G-SDI: ~ 1.84 A
• 2 x 6G-SDI: ~ 1.73 A
• 1 x 12G-SDI: ~ 1.66 A

Maximum Power Consumption

• 4 x 3G-SDI: ~ 23.05 W
• 2 x 6G-SDI: ~ 22.62 W
• 1 x 12G-SDI: ~ 22.52 W