Magewell Pro Capture Dual SDI 4K Plus

Magewell Pro Capture Dual SDI 4K Plus

The Magewell Pro Capture Dual SDI 4K Plus allows you to capture two 12G-SDI signals in single-link 12G-SDI, dual-link 6G-SDI, or quad-link 3G-SDI, with low-latency processing of only 64 video lines. The PCIe Gen2 x8 capture card supports up to DCI 4K resolution and is compatible with Mac, Windows, and Linux operating systems, as well as popular applications such as OBS.

Multiple of these low-profile cards can be plugged into a single host, with an on-board rotary switch allowing you to set the card number. Video engine features include 10-bit video processing, deinterlacing, cropping, color adjustment, hardware timestamp, color space conversion, up/down conversion, aspect ratio conversion, OSD, and SG-DMA transmission mode. The card can be run continuously for 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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 equalizer 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 color sampling
• 10-bit and 12-bit color 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 color format and quantization range
• Auto or manual selection of capture color format, quantization range, or saturation range
• Support for RGB, YCbCr 601, YCbCr 709, and YCbCr 2020 color formats
• Support for limited or full quantization 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, color format, resolution, frame rate, deinterlacing, color 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 Synchronization

• Hardware-based 100ns high-resolution clock
• Audio frames (192 audio samples) and video frames are stamped with a hardware clock
• Hardware clock can be synchronized 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 customized 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

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

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

Supported APIs

Windows

• DirectShow
• DirectKS
• Wave API/DirectSound/WASAPI

Linux

• V4L2
• ALSA

macOS

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