Magewell Pro Capture AIO 4K Plus Card

About: Magewell Pro Capture AIO 4K Plus Card

The Magewell Pro Capture AIO 4K Plus is a PCIe 2.0 capture card for UHD Video. It supports SDI and HDMI 2.0 video + audio.

Features

• PCIe 2.0
• Capture 4k x 2k
• Support HDMI2.0
• Supports 6G-SDI
• Compatible with Windows
• Compatible with Linux
• Up/down Scaling
• Deinterlacing
• Multiple Streaming
• Automatically Detecting Input Signal
• High-fidelity Video Processing Pipeline
• Image Control
• Various Output Color Spaces
• SG-DMA Transmission Mode
• Multiple Devices on One Host
• Hardware Time Stamp
• Mounting Hole
• Rotary Switch
• High-speed Memory
• LED Indicator
• Firmware Upgrade
• Common Driver
• Continuously Work for 24h x7

Supported OS

• Windows 7/8/8.1/10/2008/2008 R2/2012 (x86 & x64)
• Linux (available soon)

Supported APIs

• Windows
  • DirectShow
  • DirectKS
  • Wave API/DirectSound/WASAPI

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

• HDMI
  • DVI-D 1.0
  • HDMI 2.0
• BNC
  • SD/HD/3G/6G SDI

Output Interfaces

• PCIe Gen2 x4

Input Features

• Auto scan of video input sources when there is no signal input to the currently selected input source
• Manual selection of video input source
• Auto selection of linked (embedded) audio input source when the video input source changes
• Manual selection of audio input source
• Support for standard crossbar based on video input source selection
• Support for input video resolutions up to 4096×2160 pixels

HDMI Specific Features

• 594MHz HDMI receiver
• Adaptive HDMI equalizer
• Support for customized EDID
• Support for extraction of AVI/Audio/SPD/MS/VS/ACP/ISRC1/ISRC2/Gamut InfoFrames
• Full colorimetry support
• Support for 8/10/12-bit color depths
• Support for RGB 4:4:4, YCbCr 4:4:4, YCbCr 4:2:2 color sampling
• Support for up to 8-channel IEC60958/IEC61937 audio streams
• Support for extraction of audio formation information & channel status data
• Support for extraction of video timing information
• Support for extraction of 3D format information
• Support for extraction of Sony/Canon DSLR time code
• Support for Side-by-Side Half, Top-and-Bottom, Frame Packing 3D mode

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/6G (SMPTE 2081) standards
• Support for 2K (2048×1080) & 4K (4096×2160) 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

Video Output Formats

• Support for output image resolutions up to 4096×2160 pixels
• Support for output frame rates up to 144fps. (Actual output frame rate can be limited by PCIe bandwidth & image resolution)
• 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 ~720Mpixels/s processing bandwidth
• Full 10-bit video processing
• Video cropping
• Video scaling
• Video de-interlacing
  • Wave
  • 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 4096×2160)
  • 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 4K+” 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

• ~1600MB/s per channel DMA bandwidth in PCIe 2.x system
• ~800MB/s per channel DMA bandwidth in PCIe 1.x 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 (In most cases, even a reboot is not needed)

LED Indicator

• Status LEDs indicate the working state of each channel: idle, input signal locked, memory failed or FPGA configuration failed.

Form Factor

• Low profile PCIe x4 Add-on Card
• 140mm x 68.88mm (without PCI bracket)

Power Consumption

• Max current at 12V TBD
• Max current at 3.3V TBD
• Max power consumption TBD

Working Environment

• Operating temperature: 0 to 40 deg C
• Storage temperature: –20 to 70 deg C
• Relative Humidity: 5% to 90% non-condensing