Magewell Pro Capture Quad SDI

Magewell Pro Capture Quad SDI

The Magewell Pro Capture Quad SDI Card is a normal-profile PCIe Gen2 x4 card that allows for capturing 4 channels of SDI input. The card supports multiple color sampling modes, 10- and 12-bit color depths, up to 8 audio channels at 48 kHz, and output resolutions up to 2048×2048 with frame rates up to 120 fps. The card is also capable of numerous video processing features, including cropping, scaling, de-interleaving, aspect ratio conversion, color format conversion, video frame rate conversion, and video OSD composition.

Pro Capture Quad SDI Card supports multiple cards per system and unlimited output streams with independently adjustable parameters per stream. Additional features include ultra-low latency, timestamp and A/V synchronization, and LED status indicators. The card supports both Windows, Linux, and Mac operating systems, multiple APIs for Windows and Linux, and provides Windows SDKs for easier integration.

INTERFACE

KEY FEATURES 

• Captures SD/HD/3G/2K SDI x 4 + embedded audio
• SD/HD/3G/2K SDI x4 Input Interface
• Support input resolution up to 2048×1080 pixels
• PCIe Gen2 x4
• Up/down Conversion
• Auto Detection of Input Signal Format
• Windows, Linux, Mac
• Universal Driver, Updatable Firmware

SPECIFICATIONS

Supported OS	Windows 7/8/8.1/2008/2008 R2/2012 (x86 & x64) Linux (based on V4L2 , supports x86, x64 & arm architecture)
Supported APIs	Windows DirectShow DirectKS Wave API/DirectSound/WASAPI Linux V4L2 ALSA
Supported Software	VLC VirtualDub OBS xSplit vMix VidBlaster Wirecast Microsoft Media Encoder Adobe Flash Media Encoder Any other DirectShow/V4L2 encoding/streaming software
Input Interfaces	4x BNC SD/HD/3G SDI
Output Interfaces	PCIe Gen2 x4
Input Features	Support for input video resolutions up to 2048×2048 pixels
SDI Specific Features	Integrated cable equalizer supporting cable lengths up to 230M for HD signals Support for SD/HD/3Ga/3Gb/3Ga-DL/3Gb-DS standards Support for 2K (2048×1080) mode Support for RGB 4:4:4, YCbCr 4:4:4, YCbCr 4:2:2 color sampling Support for 10/12-bit color depth Support for extraction of SMPTE 352 payload identifier Support for up to 8 audio channels at 48KHz Support for extraction of audio formation information & channel status data Limited support of 3Gb-DS: only the first stream can be captured Limited support of 3Gb-DL: 2K YCbCr 4:2:2 10-bit 1080p 50/59.94/60: captured as 1080i 50/59.94/60 Other modes: full supported Limited support for capture of the first link of dual link interfaces: YCbCr 4:2:2 10-bit 1080p 50/59.94/60: captured as 1080i 50/59.94/60 YCbCr 4:4:4 10-bit: captured as 4:2:2 RGB 4:4:4: R/B sub-sampled
Video Output Formats	Support for output image resolutions up to 2048×2048 pixels Support for output frame rates up to 120fps. (Actual output frame rate can be limited by PCIe bandwidth, and at higher image resolutions – above 1280×1024 – by the pixel clock of the on-board video processing hardware. eg. Max frame rate at 1920×1080 = ~80fps. ) Support for 4:2:0 8-bit output formats: NV12, I420, YV12 Support for 4:2:2 8-bit output formats: YUY2, YUYV, UYVY Support for 4:4:4 8-bit output formats: V308, IYU2, V408, BGR24, BGR32 Support for 4:4:4 10-bit output formats: V410, Y410 More output formats are supported via Pro Capture SDK for DirectKS
Video Processing Features	Two video processing pipelines with ~180Mpixels/s processing bandwidth for each one Full 10-bit video processing Video cropping Video scaling Video de-interlacing Weave Blend top & bottom field Top field only Bottom field only Video aspect ratio conversion Auto or manual selection of input aspect ratio Auto or manual selection of output aspect ratio Three aspect ratio conversion modes: Ignore (Anamorphic), Cropping or Padding (Letterbox or Pillarbox) Video color format conversion Auto or manual selection of input color format & quantization range Auto or manual selection of output color format, quantization range & saturation range Support for RGB, YCbCr 601, YCbCr 709, YCbCr 2020 color formats Support for Limited or Full quantization range Support for Limited, Full & ‘Extended gamut’ saturation range Video frame rate conversion Video OSD composition Support for PNG OSD image (up to 2048×2048) Support for dynamic loading of RGBA OSD image via SDK
Multiple Cards per System	Support for multiple cards plugged to one system On-board rotary switch to set card number, with 16 positions from 0 to F System hardware device tree will display “01: Pro Capture AIO” when 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 Output Streams	Unlimited output streams for any one input channel Independent cropping, aspect ratio, color format, resolution, frame rate, de-interlacing and color adjustment settings for each individual stream
Ultra Low Latency Support	Latency of 64 video lines Partial notification mode in SDK
Timestamp & A/V Synchronization	Hardware based 100ns high resolution clock Audio frames (192 audio samples) & video frames are stamped with hardware clock Hardware clock can be synchronized across cards (via SDK)
Video Output SG-DMA	~400MB/s per channel DMA bandwidth in PCIe 2.0 system ~200MB/s per channel DMA bandwidth in PCIe 1.0 system Support for auto detection of Intel tiled GPU surface Support for DirectGMA for AMD video adapter chipsets Support for GPUDirect for Nvidia video adapter chipsets
SDK	Pro Capture SDK for DirectShow for easy integration (Windows) Pro Capture SDK for DirectKS for maximum flexibility & performance (Windows)
Windows Driver Tweaks	All options can be controled by three levels of registry key: global level, product level and device level Video, Audio, Crossbar filter names can be customized via registry keys
Firmware Upgrade	Multiple cards in one system can be upgraded simultaneously Cards can be upgraded without a system power shutdown when it is not in use Safe upgrade. If power off or system break down occur when the firmware is being upgraded, it will automatically restore to the initial version. This function is only available for firmware version 1.21 and above.
LED Indicator	Status LEDs indicate the working state of each channel: idle, input signal locked, memory failed or FPGA configuration failed.
Form Factor	Normal profile PCIe x1 Add-on Card 112.15mm x 102.92mm (without PCI bracket)
Power Consumption	Max current at 12V ~0.6 A Max current at 3.3V ~2.4 A Max power consumption ~14.3 W
Working Environment	Operating temperature: 0 to 40 deg C Storage temperature: –20 to 70 deg C Relative Humidity: 5% to 90% non-condensing

INCLUDED BY DEFAULT

• Magewell Pro Capture Quad SDI Card (4-Channel)