Magewell 11100 Pro Capture Quad HDMI Card (4 Channel)

Magewell Pro Capture Quad HDMI Card (4 Channel)

The Pro Capture Quad HDMI Card from Magewell is a normal-profile PCIe 2.0 card that allows for capturing four channels of HDMI input to your computer. The card supports multiple color sampling modes, 10-bit video processing, up to eight audio channels per input at 48 kHz, and output resolutions up to 2048 x 2160 with frame rates up to 144 fps. The card is also capable of numerous video processing features including cropping, scaling, deinterlacing, aspect ratio conversion, color format conversion, video frame rate conversion, and video OSD composition.

The Pro Capture HDMI card supports multiple cards per system and multiple capture streams with independently adjustable parameters per stream. Additional features include low latency mode, high-speed memory, continuous 24-hour operation, time stamp, and LED status indicators. The card supports the included Capture Express software on Windows, Linux, and Mac operating systems, and multiple APIs for Windows and Linux. It also provides Windows SDKs for easy integration.

HDMI Input

225 MHz HDMI receiver
Adaptive HDMI equalizer support for cables lengths up to 98′
Supports customized EDID
Supports extraction of AVI/Audio/SPD/MS/VS/ACP/IRSC1/ISRC2/Gamut InfoFrames
Full colorimetry support
Supports 8-/10-/12-bit color depths
Supports RGB 4:4:4, YCbCr 4:4:4, YCbCr 4:2:2 color sampling
Supports up to 8-channel IEC60958/IEC61937 audio streams
Supports extraction of audio formation information & channel status data, video timing information, 3D format information, and Sony/Canon DSLR time code

Video Processing

Two video processing pipelines with approximately 180 MP/s processing bandwidth for each
Supports full 10-bit video processing
Video cropping and scaling
Video de-interlacing (wave, blend top and bottom, 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, and 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 2048 x 2160
Dynamic loading of RGBA OSD image via SDK

Multiple Cards per System

Supports multiple cards plugged into one system
Onboard 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

Ultralow-Latency Support

Latency of 64 video lines
Partial notification mode in SDK

Timestamp and AV 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 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 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, and 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 breakdown occurs when the firmware is being upgraded, it will automatically restore to the initial version (only available for firmware version 1.21 and above)