Description
Magewell Pro Capture SDI Card: Reliable Single-Channel SDI Capture for Professional Workflows
The Magewell Pro Capture SDI Card is a high-performance, professional-grade PCIe capture card meticulously engineered for reliable single-channel video acquisition in broadcast, live production, medical imaging, surveillance, and advanced AV applications. Designed to ingest one SDI source with exceptional fidelity, this robust card provides unparalleled image quality and rock-solid reliability, making it an indispensable solution for workflows where a single, critical SDI feed needs to be captured or streamed with uncompromised performance.
Uncompromising Single-Channel SDI Ingestion:
The Pro Capture SDI card is dedicated to capturing one SD/HD/3G-SDI signal with precision. It operates independently, focusing all its resources on delivering the highest quality output from a single source. This dedicated design ensures optimal performance and efficiency for capturing your primary SDI feed.
Pristine Image Quality up to 1080p60:
The single channel supports SDI input resolutions up to 1080p at 60 frames per second (1080p60), ensuring that your captured video is crisp, clear, and fluid. The card performs high-fidelity video processing, including automatic input signal detection, scaling, de-interlacing, and aspect ratio conversion, all handled by the hardware to offload CPU resources and maintain pristine image quality. Capture is uncompressed, preserving the integrity and detail of your source signal.
Broad Compatibility and Driver Reliability:
The Magewell Pro Capture SDI Card boasts extensive compatibility across major operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and macOS. Magewell’s reliable and well-optimized drivers ensure stable performance and seamless integration with a vast array of professional streaming, recording, editing, and video conferencing software, such as OBS Studio, vMix, Wirecast, Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and more. It adheres to industry standards like DirectShow, DirectSound, V4L2, ALSA, and QuickTime.
Embedded Audio Support:
Beyond robust video capabilities, the card accurately captures embedded audio from the SDI source, ensuring perfect audio-video synchronization without the need for separate audio capture solutions.
Advanced Hardware Processing for Efficiency:
The Magewell Pro Capture series is renowned for its powerful on-board hardware processing. This dedicated processing handles crucial tasks like cropping, scaling, de-interlacing, and color space conversion, all before the data is transferred to the CPU. This significantly reduces CPU utilization, freeing up system resources for other demanding tasks like encoding and streaming, making it ideal for high-performance workstations.
Robust and Reliable Design:
Built to the highest professional standards, the Pro Capture SDI Card features a robust design optimized for continuous 24/7 operation. Its high-quality components and meticulous engineering ensure exceptional stability and longevity, making it a dependable choice for mission-critical applications where a single, flawless SDI input is paramount.
Ideal for Diverse Professional Applications:
- Broadcast: Capturing a primary camera feed or program output for live news, sports, or studio productions.
- Live Events: Ingesting a key camera angle for concerts, conferences, and ceremonies.
- Medical Imaging: High-quality acquisition from a single medical device for diagnosis or teaching.
- Surveillance: Capturing a critical security camera feed for monitoring and recording.
- Video Conferencing: Integrating a dedicated SDI camera for high-quality virtual meetings.
- Post-Production: Recording or monitoring high-fidelity SDI output from editing suites.
The Magewell Pro Capture SDI Card is the ultimate solution for professionals demanding reliable, uncompromised single-channel SDI video capture. Its superior image quality and hardware-accelerated processing make it an essential component for any professional video production or integration system focusing on a dedicated SDI source.
Key Features:
- 1-Channel SDI Capture: Ingests a single SD/HD/3G-SDI feed with precision.
- Supports Resolutions up to 1080p60: Delivers pristine Full HD quality.
- Hardware-Based Video Processing: Reduces CPU load (scaling, de-interlacing, color space conversion).
- Wide OS Compatibility: Works with Windows, Linux, and macOS.
- Extensive Software Integration: Compatible with popular streaming, NLE, and conferencing applications.
- Embedded SDI Audio Capture: Ensures perfect A/V synchronization.
- PCIe x1 Interface: Provides efficient data transfer.
- Robust & Reliable Design: Built for continuous 24/7 professional operation.
- Ideal for Dedicated SDI Workflows: Broadcast, Live Production, Medical, Surveillance, Post-Production.
