Magewell Eco Capture Dual HDMI M.2 Two-Channel 2K Capture Card
Key Features
- Two JST SHD connectors supporting included SHD to HDMI adapter cables
- Capture 2K x 2K resolution (2048 x 2160)
- M.2 Interface (PCIe 2.0)
- Compatible with Windows and Linux
- Resolution scaling
- High-fidelity video processing pipeline
- Image control
- Various output colour spaces
- SG-DMA transmission mode
- Multiple devices on one host
- Multiple replicated capture streams
- Hardware time stamp
- Mounting hole
- LED indicator
- Firmware upgradeable
- Common driver
- 24/7 continuous operation
HDMI Specific Features
- 165 MHz HDMI receiver
- Adaptive HDMI equalizer
- HDMI transmission distance up to 100'
- Customised EDID
- Extraction of AVI/Audio/SPD/MS/VS/ACP/ISRC1/ISRC2/Gamut InfoFrames
- Full colorimetry
- 8/10/12-bit colour depths
- RGB 4:4:4, YCbCr 4:4:4, YCbCr 4:2:2 color sampling
- Up to 8-channel IEC60958/IEC61937 audio streams
- Extraction of audio formation information and channel status data
- Extraction of video timing information
- Extraction of 3D format information
- Extraction of Sony/Canon DSLR timecode
- Side-by-Side Half, Top-and-Bottom, Frame Packing 3D mode
Video Capture Formats
- Image resolutions up to 2048 x 2160
- Frame rates up to 144 fps (actual capture frame rate can be limited by PCIe bandwidth; for 1280 x 1024 and higher, the actual frame rate may be limited by the onboard video processing hardware pixel clock - for example, the maximum frame rate of 1920 x 1080 resolution can up to 80 fps)
- 4:2:0 8-bit capture formats: NV12, I420, YV12
- 4:2:2 8-bit capture formats: YUY2, YUYV, UYVY
- 4:4:4 8-bit capture formats: V308, IYU2, V408, BGR24, BGR32
- More capture formats are supported via Magewell Capture SDK for DirectKS
Video Processing Features
- Video processing pipelines with 180 megapixels processing bandwidth
- 8-bit 4:4:4 video processing
- Cropping
- Scaling
- Deinterlacing
- Video aspect ratio conversion
- Color format conversion
- Frame rate conversion
Video Deinterlacing
- Weave
- Blend top and bottom field
- Top field only
- Bottom field only
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)
Colour Format Conversion
- Auto or manual selection of input colour format and quantisation range
- Auto or manual selection of capture colour format, quantisation range, and saturation range
- Support for RGB, YCbCr 601, YCbCr 709, YCbCr 2020 color formats
- Support for limited or full quantisation range
- Support for limited, full, and extended gamut saturation range
Multiple Cards Per System
- Support for multiple cards plugged to one system
- On-board rotary switch to set card number with 16 positions
- System hardware device tree will display "01: Eco Capture Dual HDMI M.2" when rotary switch is set to 0001, and so on
- The video and audio device names displayed in your software will include the card number (set by the rotary switch)
Multiple Replicated Capture Streams
- Unlimited capture streams for any one input channel (but in the same format)
Timestamp & A/V Synchronisation
- Hardware based 100ns high resolution clock
- Audio frames (192 audio samples) and video frames are stamped with hardware clock
- Hardware clock can be synchronised across cards (via SDK)
Video Capture SG-DMA
- 700 MB/s per channel DMA bandwidth in PCIe 2.x system
- 400 MB/s per channel DMA bandwidth in PCIe 1.x system
- Auto detection of Intel tiled GPU surface
- DirectGMA for AMD video adapter chipsets
- GPUDirect for NVIDIA video adapter chipsets
SDK
- Magewell Capture SDK for DirectShow for easy integration (Windows)
- Magewell Capture SDK for DirectKS for maximum flexibility and 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 customised via registry keys
