Magewell Eco Capture HDMI 4K M.2 Card

The Magewell Eco Capture HDMI 4K M.2 Card allows you to connect an HDMI source to your computer and capture up to DCI 4K 4096 x 2160 resolution with embedded audio. Featuring an M.2 (PCIe 2.0) computer interface, this card provides the flexibility to be used in compact/thin tablet computers and other small form factor PCs where PCIe slots may be at a minimum. It's compatible with Windows and Linux operating systems and is capable of operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week while an LED indicator confirms the working state of the input the entire time (idle, input signal locked, memory failed, or FPGA configuration).

The Eco Capture HDMI 4K M.2 Card also offers many processing and other features, including resolution scaling and a high-fidelity pipeline. The card has a native JST SHD input connector and comes with a matching SHD to HDMI type A adapter cable for connecting your HDMI signal.

Key Features

• JST SHD connector supporting included SHD to HDMI adapter cable
• Capture 4096 x 2160 DCI 4K resolution
• M.2 Interface (PCIe 2.0)
• Compatible with Windows and Linux
• Resolution scaling
• High-fidelity video processing pipeline
• Image control
• Various output color 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

• 297 MHz HDMI receiver
• Adaptive HDMI equalizer
• Customized EDID
• Extraction of AVI/Audio/SPD/MS/VS/ACP/ISRC1/ISRC2/Gamut InfoFrames
• Full colorimetry
• RGB/YUV 4:4:4 8-bit and YUV 4:2:2 12-bit format signals with a pixel frequency of no more than 297 MHz
• RGB/YUV 4:4:4 10/12-bit format signals with a pixel frequency of no more than 170 MHz
• 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 4096 x 2160
• Frame rates up to 144 fps (actual capture frame rate can be limited by PCIe bandwidth and image resolution)
• 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 360 megapixels processing bandwidth
• 8-bit 4:4:4 video processing
• Cropping
• Scaling
• Deinterlacing
• Video aspect ratio conversion
• Color format conversion
• Auto or manual selection of input color format and quantization range
• Auto or manual selection of capture color format, quantization range and saturation range
• RGB, YCbCr 601, YCbCr 709, YCbCr 2020 color formats
• Limited or full quantization range
• Limited, full, and extended gamut saturation range
• 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)

Color Format Conversion

• Auto or manual selection of input color format and quantization range
• Auto or manual selection of capture color format, quantization range, and saturation range
• Support for RGB, YCbCr 601, YCbCr 709, YCbCr 2020 color formats
• Support for limited or full quantization 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 HDMI 4K 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 Synchronization

• Hardware based 100ns high resolution clock
• Audio frames (192 audio samples) and video frames are stamped with hardware clock
• Hardware clock can be synchronized across cards (via SDK)

Video Capture SG-DMA

• 1200 MB/s per channel DMA bandwidth in PCIe 2.x system
• 800 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 customized via registry keys

In The Box

• 1 x Magewell Eco Capture HDMI 4K M.2 Card
• 1 x JST SHD to HDMI Type A Adapter Cable
• 1 x Limited 1-Year Warranty