Magewell Eco Capture SDI 4K Plus M.2

Information

Single channel 4K capture card

• Captures SD/HD/3G/6G/12G SDI + embedded audio
• Loop-through SD/HD/3G/6G/12G SDI + embedded audio

Interface

Specifications and Features

Supported OS

• Windows
• Windows 7/8/8.1/10/11/Server 2008/Server 2008 R2/Server 2012/Server 2016 (x86 & x64) and above
• Linux (support x86, x64 & ARM architecture)
• Ubuntu 12.04/14.04/16.04/17.04/17.10/18.04 (x86 & x64) and above
• CentOS 6.5/7 (x86 & x64) and above
• Fedora 25/26/27 (x86 & x64) and above
• Red hat 6.5 (x86 & x64) and above
• Other Linux OS with kernel version 2.6.35 and above

Recommended OS (tested)

• Windows
• Windows 7 Ultimate/8.1 Enterprise/10 Enterprise/Server 2008 R2 DataCenter/Server 2012 R2 DataCenter/Server 2016 R2 DataCenter (x86 & x64)
• Linux
• Ubuntu 12.04/14.04/16.04 (x86 & x64)
• Ubuntu 17.04/17.10/18.04 (x64)
• CentOS 6.5/7.2 (x86 & x64)
• Fedora 25/26 (x64)
• Red hat 6.5 (x86 & x64)

Supported APIs

• Windows
• DirectShow
• DirectKS
• Wave API/DirectSound/WASAPI
• Linux
• V4L2
• ALSA

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

• MMCX
• SD/HD/3G/6G/12G SDI

Loop-through Interfaces

• MMCX
• SD/HD/3G/6G/12G SDI

Host Interface

• M.2 2280 Type M (PCIe Gen2 x4)

Input Features

• Support for input video resolutions up to 4096x2160 pixels

SDI Specific Features

• Integrated cable equalizer extending the cable length as follows:
• up to 430m for SD-SDI signals
• up to 200m for HD-SDI signals
• up to 110m for 3G-SDI signals
• up to 50m for 6G-SDI signals
• up to 30m for 12G-SDI signals
• Support for SD/HD/3Ga/3Gb/3Gb-DL/3Gb-DS/6G/12G standards
• Support for 4K (4096x2160) 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
• Support for Closed Caption via SDK

Video Capture Formats

• Support for capture image resolutions up to 4096x2160 pixels
• Support for capture frame rates up to 144fps (Actual capture frame rate can be limited by PCIe bandwidth. )
• Support for 4:2:0 8-bit capture formats: NV12, I420, YV12
• Support for 4:2:2 8-bit capture formats: YUY2, YUYV, UYVY
• Support for 4:4:4 8-bit capture formats: V308, IYU2, V408, BGR24, BGR32
• More capture formats are supported via SDK

Video Processing Features

• Video processing pipelines with ~720Mpixels/s processing bandwidth
• 10-bit 4:4:4 video processing
• Video scaling
• Video de-interlacing
• Weave
• Blend top & bottom field
• 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

Multiple Cards per System

• Support for multiple cards plugged to one system
• On-board dip switch to set card number with 16 positions
• System hardware device tree will display “01: Eco Capture SDI 4K Plus M.2” when dip 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 dip switch)

Multiple Replicated Capture Streams

• Unlimited capture streams for any one input channel, but the capture streams should be in the same capture format.

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 Capture 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

• Magewell Capture SDK for DirectShow (Windows) or V4L2 (Linux) for easy integration
• Magewell Capture SDK for DirectKS (Windows) or ioctl (Linux) for maximum flexibility & performance

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 (In most cases, even a reboot is not needed)
• Safe upgrade. If power off or system break down occur when the firmware is being upgraded, it will automatically restore to the initial version.

LED Indicator

• Status LEDs indicate the working state of each channel:
• Pulsing slowly: idle
• On: input signal locked
• Off: input signal unlocked
• Double blinks: memory failed or FPGA configuration failed

Form Factor

• M.2 2280 standard size

Accessories

• MMCX to BNC cable

Power Consumption

• Max current at 3.3V: ~ 2.17 A
• Max power consumption: ~ 7.16 W

Working Environment

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