Magewell Pro Capture SDI PCIe Card (1-Channel)

The Pro Capture SDI from Magewell is a low-profile PCIe 2.0 x1 card that allows for capturing one channel of SD/HD/3G-SDI input via a BNC connector, while also offering a loopback output on a BNC connector. The card supports numerous SDI formats and color sampling modes, a 2K mode (2048x1080), 10- and 12-bit color depths, up to 8 audio channels at 48 kHz, and output resolutions up to 2048x2048 with frame rates up to 120 fps. Pro Capture SDI is also capable of numerous video processing features, including cropping, scaling, de-interleaving, aspect ratio conversion, color format conversion, video frame rate conversion, and video OSD composition

Pro Capture SDI supports multiple cards per system and unlimited output streams with independently adjustable parameters per stream. Additional features include ultra-low latency, timestamp and A/V synchronization, and LED status indicators. The card supports Windows, Linux, and Mac operating systems, multiple APIs for Windows and Linux, and provides Windows SDKs for easier integration.

SDI Input
Integrated cable equalizer supports cable lengths of up to 755' for HD signals
Supports SD/HD/3Ga/3Gb/3Ga-DL/3Gb-DS standards
Supports 2K (2048 x 1080) mode
Supports RGB 4:4:4, YCbCr 4:4:4, YCbCr 4:2:2 color sampling
Supports 10/12-bit color depth
Supports extraction of SMPTE 352 payload identifier
Supports up to 8 audio channels at 48KHz
Supports extraction of audio formation information & channel status data
Limited support for 3Gb-DS, only the first stream can be captured
Limited support for 3Gb-DL:
2K YCbCr 4:2:2 10-bit 1080p 50/59.94/60 stream is captured as 1080i 50/59.94/60
Other modes fully supported
Limited support for the first link of dual-link interfaces:
YCbCr 4:2:2 10-bit 1080p 50/59.94/60 is captured as 1080i
YCbCr 4:4:4 10-bit is captured as 4:2:2
RGB 4:4:4 is captured as R/B sub-sampled

Video Processing
Two video processing pipelines with approximately 180MP/s processing bandwidth for each
Supports full 10-bit video processing
Video cropping and scaling
Video de-interlacing (wave, blend top & bottom field, top field only, bottom field only)
Aspect ratio conversion
Automatic or manual selection of input and output aspect ratios
Three aspect ratio conversion modes: ignore (anamorphic), cropping, or padding (letterbox or pillarbox)
Video color format conversion
Automatic and manual selection of input/output color formats, quantization ranges, and output saturation range
Supports RGB, YCbCr 601, YCbCr 709, YCbCr 2020 color formats
Limited or full quantization range
Limited, full, and extended gamut saturation range
Video frame rate conversion
Video OSD composition
PNG OSD image of up to 2048x2048
Dynamic loading of RGBA OSD image via SDK

Multiple Cards per System
Supports multiple cards plugged into 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” 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 & AV 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
Supports auto detection of Intel tiled GPU surface
Supports DirectGMA for AMD video adapter chipsets
Supports GPUDirect for NVIDIA video adapter chipsets
400 MB/s per channel DMA bandwidth in a PCIe 2.0 system
200 MB/s per channel DMA bandwidth in a PCIe 1.0 system

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 controlled 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 when it is not in use
Supports Safe upgrade
If power off or system break down occur when the firmware is being upgraded, it will automatically restore to the initial version (only available for firmware version 1.21 and above)