Magewell USB Capture SDI 4K Plus

About: Magewell USB Capture SDI 4K Plus

The Magewell USB Capture SDI 4K Plus is a one channel SDI 4K capture device

Features:

• Capture SD/HD/3G/2K/6G SDI + embedded audio
• Loop-through SD/HD/3G/2K/6G SDI
• Audio input via Line in
• Extract SDI embedded audio and output via Line out

Specifications:

Supported OS

• Windows 7/8/8.1/10/2008/2008 R2/2012 (x86 & x64)
• Linux (Ubuntu 12.04–16.10, CentOS 7)
• OS X 10.9–10.11
• macOS 10.12
• Chrome OS

Supported APIs

• Windows
  • DirectShow
  • Wave API/DirectSound/WASAPI
• Linux
  • V4L2
  • ALSA
• OS X/macOS
  • QuickTime
  • AV Foundation
• Supported Software
  • VLC
  • VirtualDub
  • OBS
  • XSplit
  • vMix
  • VidBlaster
  • Wirecast
  • Microsoft Media Encoder
  • Adobe Flash Media Encoder
  • Any other DirectShow, V4L2, QuickTime,AV Foundation based encoding or streaming software

Input Interfaces

• BNC
  • SD/HD/3G/6G SDI
• 3.5mm audio jack
  • Microphone interface
• Host Interfaces
  • USB 3.0
  • compatible with USB 2.0
  • compatible with USB 3.1 Gen 1
• Output Interfaces
  • 3.5mm audio jack
  • headphones interface
• BNC Loop-Through
  • SDI loop-through interface

Input Features

• Support for input video resolutions up to 4096×2160

SDI Specific Features

• Integrated cable equalizer supporting cable lengths up to 150M for 3G-SDI 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
• 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

Analog Audio Features

• Extraction of stereo embedded SDI audio for recording and output via 3.5mm stereo mini-jack Line Out
• Capture of analog audio via 3.5 mm microphone interface

Video Capture format

• Support for capture resolutions up to 4096×2160
• Support for capture frame rates up to 120fps (Actual capture frame rate can be limited by the USB bandwidth and internal working frequency. Typical capture frame rates on the Intel USB 3.0 controller are as follows.)
  • 1920×1080 YUY2 (up to 90fps)
  • 3840×2160 NV12 (up to 30fps)
• Support for NV12 & l420 4:2:0 8-bit (up to 4096×2160)
• Support for YUY2 & UYVY4:2:2 8-bit (up to 4096×2160)
• Support for RGB24 & RGB32 4:4:4 8-bit (up to 2048×2160)
• The default capture formats are YUY2 & NV12. More capture format can be set using USB Capture Utility.

Video Processing Features

• Video processing pipelines with 640 Mpixels/s processing bandwidth
• 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 capture 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 capture 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
• Vertical flip and mirror

Multiple devices on one computer

• Support for connecting multiple USB devices to one system
• Support for setting the device serial number as the device name shown in the system using USB Capture Utility

SDK

• The USB Capture SDK provide functions including signal status extraction, capture configuration, etc.

Firmware Upgrade

• Multiple devices in one system can be upgraded simultaneously

LED Indicator

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

Form Factor

• 110.7mm (L) x 56.8mm (W) x 17mm (H)

Power Consumption

• 5V max current: ~0.86A
• max power consumption：~4.3W

Working Environment

• Operating temperature: 0 to 50 deg C
• Storage temperature: –20 to 70 deg C
• Relative Humidity: 5% to 90% non-condensing