Magewell USB Capture SDI Gen 2

USB Capture SDI Gen 2

One channel HD capture dongle. Captures SD/HD/3G/2K SDI + embedded audio.

USB Capture Utility V3.

Utility V3 is a free software for USB Capture and USB Capture Plus devices. Users can easily check and set the capture-related parameters, upgrade the firmware by themselves and export info needed for technical support with the help of the Utility.

Capture Format Setting.

Set the capture resolution, frame rate and color space. If the capture format is different with the input format, the FPGA in the capture device will automatically do up/down scaling, causing 0 CPU usage. This function is especially useful when scaling by software causes much CPU burden.

Audio Volume Control.

The Utility V3 can control the volume of the audio input (recording) and output (playback) of the USB capture (Plus) devices. The functions differ with models. If the system volume is changed, the parameter on the Utility V3 will also change accordingly. Users can click on the icon to quickly mute/unmute a playback/recording device.

HDMI Specific Features:

• Integrated cable equalizer supporting cable lengths up to 140M for 3G-SDI signals
• Support for SD/HD/3Ga/3Gb/3Ga-DL/3Gb-DS standards
• Support for 2K (2048×1080) 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 2 (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

Video Capture Formats:

• Support for capture resolutions up to 2048×1080
• 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 70fps)
  • 1920×1080 RGB24 (up to 60fps)
• Support for YUY2 & UYVY 4:2:2 8-bit
• Support for RGB24 & RGB32 4:4:4 8-bit
• The default capture format is YUY2. More capture format can be set using USB Capture Utility.

Video Processing Features:

• Video processing pipelines with 160 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 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

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The period of limited warranty for capture cards/capture boxes/USB Capture Family capture dongles is one year. Please check the Magewell website for more details.