Magewell® USB Capture SDI Plus
Magewell® USB Capture SDI Plus
One channel 2K capture device
Part number: 32050
Capture SD/HD/3G/ 2K SDI + embedded audio
Loop-through SD/HD/3G/2K SDI
Audio input via Line in
Extract SDI embedded audio and output via Line out
Interface
Tech Specs
Supported OS
Windows 7/8/8.1/10/2008/2008 R2/2012 (x86 & x64)
Linux (Ubuntu 12.04–16.10, CentOS 7)
OS X 10.9–10.11
macOS 10.12
Chrome OS
Supported APIs
Windows
- DirectShow
- Wave API/DirectSound/WASAPI
Linux
- V4L2
- ALSA
OS X/macOS
- QuickTime
- AV Foundation
Supported Software
VLC
VirtualDub
OBS
XSplit
vMix
VidBlaster
Wirecast
Microsoft Media Encoder
Adobe Flash Media Encoder
Any other DirectShow, V4L2, QuickTime,AV Foundation based encoding or streaming software
Input Interfaces
BNC
- SD/HD/3G SDI
3.5mm audio jack
- unbalanced Line In interface
Output Interfaces
USB 3.0
- compatible with USB 2.0
- compatible with USB 3.1 Gen 1
3.5mm audio jack
- unbalanced Line Out interface
BNC
- SDI loop-through interface
Input Features
Support for up to 2048×1080 input resulution
SDI 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
Analog Audio Features
Extract the embedded SDI audio and output via 3.5mm unbalanced Line out
Capture analog audio via 3.5 mm unbalanced Line In interface
Video Capture format
Support for capture resolutions up to 2048×1080
Support for output frame rates up to 120fps (Actual output frame rate can be limited by the USB bandwidth and internal working frequency. Typical output 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 & UYVY4:2:2 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 output 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 output 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
Multiple devices on one computer
Support for connecting multiple USB devices to one system
Support for setting the device serial number as the device name shown in the system using USB Capture Utility
SDK
The USB Capture SDK provide functions including signal status extraction, capture configuration, etc.
Firmware Upgrade
Multiple devices in one system can be upgraded simultaneously
LED Indicator
Status LEDs indicate the working state of each channel: idle, input signal locked, memory failed or FPGA configuration failed.
Form Factor
110.7mm (L) x 56.8mm (W) x 17mm (H)
Power Consumption
5V max current: ~0.5 A
max power consumption: ~2.5 W
Working Environment
Operating temperature: 0 to 50 deg C
Storage temperature: –20 to 70 deg C
Relative Humidity: 5% to 90% non-condensing
