The Magewell Eco Capture SDI 4K Plus M.2 is a single-channel 4K SDI capture card with connection for a M.2 slot. This Eco card supports video capture for SD/HD/3G/6G/12G SDI signals up to 4096×2160 pixels per channel input with embedded audio, and high-frame rate capture up to 144fps. In addition, this card supports Loop-through SD/HD/3G/6G/12G SDI + embedded audio. These cards (22x80mm) are designed for small and portable systems that do not have space for full-size PCIe slots.

The Magewell Eco Capture M.2 cards offer high-performance and powerful video capture solutions with low power consumption. The Magewell SDK enables developers to customize the Magewell APIs for lower-latency capture and synchronize channels across multi-channel or even multiple capture cards.

- Single channel 4K capture card
- Captures SD/HD/3G/6G/12G SDI + embedded audio
- Loop-through SD/HD/3G/6G/12G SDI + embedded audio

How to connect Magewell Eco Capture cards?
The Magewell Eco Capture SDI 4K Plus M.2 supports one SD/HD/3G/6G/12G SDI input and one Loop-through SD/HD/3G/6G/12G SDI + embedded audio, which can be connected via the included MMCX to SDI breakout cables.

Supported OS
Windows
Windows 7/8/8.1/10/11/Server 2008/Server 2008 R2/Server 2012/Server 2016 (x86 & x64) and above
Linux (support x86, x64 & ARM architecture)
Ubuntu 12.04/14.04/16.04/17.04/17.10/18.04 (x86 & x64) and above CentOS 6.5/7 (x86 & x64) and above
Fedora 25/26/27 (x86 & x64) and above
Red hat 6.5 (x86 & x64) and above
Other Linux OS with kernel version 2.6.35 and above

Recommended OS (tested)
Windows
Windows 7 Ultimate/8.1 Enterprise/10 Enterprise/Server 2008 R2 DataCenter/Server 2012 R2
DataCenter/Server 2016 R2 DataCenter (x86 & x64)
Linux
Ubuntu 12.04/14.04/16.04 (x86 & x64)
Ubuntu 17.04/17.10/18.04 (x64)
CentOS 6.5/7.2 (x86 & x64)
Fedora 25/26 (x64)
Red hat 6.5 (x86 & x64)

Supported APIs
Windows
DirectShow
DirectKS
Wave API/DirectSound/WASAPI
Linux
V4L2
ALSA

Supported Software
VLC
VirtualDub
OBS
XSplit
vMix
VidBlaster
Wirecast
Microsoft Media Encoder
Adobe Flash Media Encoder
Any other DirectShow/V4L2 encoding/streaming software

Input Interfaces
MMCX
SD/HD/3G/6G/12G SDI

Loop-through Interfaces
MMCX
SD/HD/3G/6G/12G SDI

Host Interface
M.2 2280 Type M (PCIe Gen2 x4)

Input Features
Support for input video resolutions up to 4096x2160 pixels

SDI Specific Features
Integrated cable equalizer extending the cable length as follows:
up to 430m for SD-SDI signals
up to 200m for HD-SDI signals
up to 110m for 3G-SDI signals
up to 50m for 6G-SDI signals
up to 30m for 12G-SDI signals
Support for SD/HD/3Ga/3Gb/3Gb-DL/3Gb-DS/6G/12G standards
Support for 4K (4096x2160) 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 8 (mono) audio channels at 48KHz
Support for extraction of audio formation information & channel status data
Support for Closed Caption via SDK

Video Capture Formats
Support for capture image resolutions up to 4096x2160 pixels
Support for capture frame rates up to 144fps (Actual capture frame rate can be limited by PCIe bandwidth. )
Support for 4:2:0 8-bit capture formats: NV12, I420, YV12
Support for 4:2:2 8-bit capture formats: YUY2, YUYV, UYVY
Support for 4:4:4 8-bit capture formats: V308, IYU2, V408, BGR24, BGR32
More capture formats are supported via SDK

Video Processing Features
Video processing pipelines with ~720Mpixels/s processing bandwidth
10-bit 4:4:4 video processing
Video scaling
Video de-interlacing
Weave
Blend top & bottom field
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, YCbCr 2020 color formats
Support for Limited or Full quantization range
Support for Limited, Full & ‘Extended gamut’ saturation range
Video frame rate conversion

Multiple Cards per System
Support for multiple cards plugged to one system
On-board dip switch to set card number with 16 positions
System hardware device tree will display “01: Eco Capture SDI 4K Plus M.2” when dip 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 dip switch)

Multiple Replicated Capture Streams
Unlimited capture streams for any one input channel, but the capture streams should be in the same capture format.

Timestamp & A/V Synchronization
Hardware based 100ns high resolution clock
Audio frames (192 audio samples) & video frames are stamped with hardware clock
Hardware clock can be synchronized across cards (via SDK)

Video Capture SG-DMA
~1600MB/s per channel DMA bandwidth in PCIe 2.x system
~800MB/s per channel DMA bandwidth in PCIe 1.x system
Support for auto detection of Intel tiled GPU surface
Support for DirectGMA for AMD video adapter chipsets
Support for GPUDirect for Nvidia video adapter chipsets

SDK
Magewell Capture SDK for DirectShow (Windows) or V4L2 (Linux) for easy integration
Magewell Capture SDK for DirectKS (Windows) or ioctl (Linux) for maximum flexibility & performance

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

Firmware Upgrade
Multiple cards in one system can be upgraded simultaneously
Cards can be upgraded without a system power shutdown (In most cases, even a reboot is not needed)
Safe upgrade. If power off or system break down occur when the firmware is being upgraded, it will automatically restore to the initial version.

LED Indicator
Status LEDs indicate the working state of each channel:
Pulsing slowly: idle
On: input signal locked
Off: input signal unlocked
Double blinks: memory failed or FPGA configuration failed

Form Factor
M.2 2280 standard size

Accessories
MMCX to BNC cable

Power Consumption
Max current at 3.3V: ~ 2.17 A
Max power consumption: ~ 7.16 W

Working Environment
Operating temperature: 0 to 40 deg C
Storage temperature: –20 to 70 deg C
Relative Humidity: 5% to 90% non-condensing