Magewell Pro Capture Mini SDI

Windows 7/8/8.1/10/2008/2008 R2/2012 (x86 & x64)

Linux (based on V4L2 , supports x86, x64 & arm architecture)

Mac OS X

• DirectShow
• DirectKS
• Wave API/DirectSound/WASAPI

• V4L2
• ALSA

VLC

VirtualDub

OBS

xSplit

vMix

VidBlaster

Wirecast

Microsoft Media Encoder

Adobe Flash Media Encoder

Any other DirectShow/V4L2 encoding/streaming software

• SD/HD/3G SDI

PCIe Gen2 x1

MMCX (SDI loopback)

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 (mono) audio channels at 48KHz (channels 1–8 from the 16 available in the SDI spec)

Support for extraction of audio formation information & channel status data

Limited support of 3Gb-DS: only the first stream can be captured

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

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

• Weave
• Blend top & bottom field
• Top field only
• Bottom field only

• 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)

• 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

• Support for PNG OSD image (up to 2048×2048)
• Support for dynamic loading of RGBA OSD image via SDK

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

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)

~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

Pro Capture SDK for DirectShow for easy integration (Windows)

Pro Capture SDK for DirectKS for maximum flexibility & performance (Windows)

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

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.

Mini PCIe Add-on Card

30mm x 51mm

Max current at 3.3V ~1 A

Max power consumption ~3.3 W

Operating temperature: 0 to 40 deg C

Storage temperature: –20 to 70 deg C

Relative Humidity: 5% to 90% non-condensing