Pro Capture Hexa CVBS

Six-channel HD capture card

CVBS (Video + audio) x 6

Specifications and Features

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/AVCaptureSession encoding/streaming software

Input Interfaces

DB25

Composite video x6
Analog audio (L+R) x6

Host Interface

PCIe Gen2 x1

Input Features

Support for input video resolutions up to 720×576 pixels

Composite Specific Features

Support for NTSC, PAL and SECAM standards
Auto detection of video input standard

Video Capture Formats

Support for capture image resolutions up to 720×576 pixels
Support for capture frame rates up to 30fps
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

Two video processing pipelines with ~180Mpixels/s processing bandwidth for each one
Full 10-bit video processing
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 capture 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 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
Video OSD composition
- Support for PNG OSD image (up to 720×576)
- Support for dynamic loading of RGBA OSD image via SDK

Multiple Cards per System

Support for multiple cards plugged to one system
On-board rotary switch to set card number, with 16 positions from 0 to F
System hardware device tree will display “01: Pro Capture Hexa CVBS” 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 Capture Streams

Unlimited capture 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

Ultra Low Latency Support

Latency of 64 video lines
Partial notification mode in SDK

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

~400MB/s per channel DMA bandwidth in PCIe 2.x system
~200MB/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 easy integration, 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, 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. This function is only available for firmware version 1.21 and above.

LED Indicator (equiped with REV-C2 and above versions of hardware)

Status LEDs indicate the working state of each channel: