Magewell Eco Capture HDMI 4K Plus M.2 Capture Card

Magewell 115900001 Overview

Capture up to DCI 4K 60 video using the Eco Capture HDMI 4K Plus M.2 Capture Card from Magewell. This compact M.2 2280-unit features HDMI and DVI-D inputs, capturing your stream via PCIe 3.0 x 4 with eight channels of embedded audio. Features include auto signal detection, low-latency and SG-DMA transmission modes, color conversion, and support for multiple versions of Windows and Linux.

Note that the Eco Capture cards do not support MacOS operating systems.

Process and Capture Features

• Video processing pipelines with ~700 MP/s processing bandwidth.
• ~2400 MB/s per channel DMA bandwidth in a PCIe 3.x system.
• ~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.
• Capture videos up to 4096 x 2160, frame rates up to 240 fps.
• Note that actual capture frame rate can be limited by the PCIe bandwidth and internal working frequency.

Output Features

• Outputs NV12/I420/YUYV/UYVY/RGB24/RGB32 video.
• Supports custom output formats using Magewell Capture SD.
• Supports custom EDID, up/down scaling, de-interlacing, color space conversion, and frame rate conversion.
• Multiple capture streams, unlimited capture streams for any one input channel.
• Supports timestamp and A/V synchronization.
• Hardware based 100ns high resolution clock.
• Audio frames (192 audio samples) and video frames are stamped with hardware clock.
• Hardware clock can be synchronized across cards (via SDK).

HDMI and DVI-D Inputs

• The HDMI and DVI-D inputs support up to DCI 4K60, 1080p120, and 720p120 video resolutions.
• Supports video scaling, de-interlacing, color format conversion, and frame rate conversion.
• Supports HDR10 high dynamic range.
• Video is input with up to 12-bit 4:4:4 color.
• A 100ns high-resolution clock is based on hardware implementation.
• Hardware clock synchronization across cards is available via an SDK.

SDK and APIs

• The MWCapture SDK provides functions including signal status extraction, capture configuration, real-time audio and video capture, and more.
• Supports Windows DirectShow, DirectKS, Wave API, DirectSound, and WASAPI.
• Supports Linux V4L2 and ALSA.

Supported OS

• Windows 10/11/Server 2016 (x86 and x64) and above.
• Linux (x86, x64 and ARM architecture).

Supported Software

• VLC
• VirtualDub
• OBS
• XSplit
• vMix
• VidBlaster
• Wirecast
• Microsoft Media Encoder
• Adobe Flash Media Encoder
• Any other DirectShow/V4L2/AVCaptureSession based encoding or streaming software.