Magewell Pro Capture Quad SDI - PCIe Capture Card / 4× 3G-SDI / 2K

Key features

• Four independent SD/HD/3G/2K-SDI inputs
• Up to 2048×1080p60 per channel
• Embedded SDI audio per channel
• Hardware image processing and up/down conversion
• PCIe Gen2 x4, multiple cards per system possible

How it works

The card fits in a free PCIe slot and registers in the operating system as a standard capture device. The on-board FPGA handles deinterlacing, scaling, colour space and frame rate conversion in hardware, leaving the computer's processor free for encoding, streaming or recording. Each channel can deliver several streams at once, for example in different resolutions for recording and streaming. Multiple cards can be used in one system.

Applications

Multi-camera recording and streaming, vMix and OBS production systems, ingest servers and replay systems.

Limitations

No loop-through and no 4K. Requires a PCIe x4 slot (or larger).