Magewell Eco Capture 12G SDI 4K Plus M.2 (no heat sink)

Magewell Eco Capture 12G SDI 4K Plus M.2 (without heat sink)

Magewell Eco Capture 12G SDI 4K Plus M.2 is a single-channel 4Kp60 capture card in M.2 2280 format. It captures one single-link 12G-SDI signal, or a quad-link 3G-SDI source, with embedded audio at up to 4096x2160 60fps 4:2:2 10-bit, and its PCIe Gen3 x4 host interface provides the throughput for high frame rates, up to 240fps at lower resolutions. It is designed for small or portable systems and OEM products where a full-size PCIe capture card does not fit. This version is supplied without heat sink.

Eco Capture M.2 cards offer systems integrators and OEM developers high-performance video capture with low power consumption in a very compact form factor: they measure only 22 x 80 mm (M.2 2280) and are made for small or portable systems where full-size PCIe slots are not available. Drivers are available for Windows and Linux on x86, x64 and ARM architectures; the cards work with OS-native capture APIs, while the Magewell SDK adds custom APIs for lower-latency capture and synchronisation of channels across multiple inputs or even multiple cards. FPGA-based processing handles scaling, picture controls and colour space conversion without loading the host CPU.

Key features

• Single-link 12G-SDI or quad-link 3G-SDI capture up to 4096x2160 60fps
• Up to 8 channels of SDI embedded audio
• High throughput: PCIe Gen3 x4, frame rates up to 240fps
• Automatic input format detection
• Colour format conversion, scaling, de-interlacing and frame rate conversion in hardware
• Low latency mode and SG-DMA transfer
• Multiple replicated capture streams per input (same format)
• Hardware 100 ns clock for audio/video timestamps, synchronisable across cards via SDK
• Windows and Linux drivers and MWCapture SDK; upgradable firmware
• Works with Capture Express, Magewell Bridge for NDI and Plugin for Premiere
• Designed for 24/7 continuous operation
• Multiple cards in one host, card number set by on-board switch; LED status indicator

Compatibility

• VLC, VirtualDub, OBS, XSplit, vMix, VidBlaster, Wirecast, Microsoft Media Encoder
• Any other DirectShow or V4L2 based encoding or streaming software
• APIs: Windows DirectShow/DirectKS/Wave API/DirectSound/WASAPI; Linux V4L2/ALSA
• Windows 10/11 and Windows Server 2016/2019/2022/2025 (x86 & x64); Linux x86, x64 and ARM
• Nano and Xavier developer boards (NVIDIA Jetson), according to the Magewell Eco Capture FAQ

Notes

• This version (Magewell part number 115610001) is the same Eco Capture 12G SDI 4K Plus M.2 card supplied without heat sink, for systems integrators and OEM builds that provide their own thermal solution or have no room for the standard heat sink. Electrical specifications and functions are those published for the standard card (part number 11561).
• According to Magewell, the standard heat sink on Eco Capture cards mainly dissipates the heat of the FPGA chip, the system enclosure must remove the heat in the case, and the core chip temperature should stay no higher than 85 °C (it can be read with software such as AMCap or via the MWCapture SDK).
• Requires an M.2 slot with M key connected to the PCIe bus; the card cannot be used in mSATA slots.
• Drivers are provided for Windows and Linux; macOS is not supported.

In the box

• Eco Capture 12G SDI 4K Plus M.2 card
• 2 x 3G SDI cables (14 cm, ELE00019)
• 2 x 3G BNC connectors (ELE00018)
• 2 x 12G SDI cables (14 cm, ACC10020)
• 2 x 12G BNC connectors (ACC10021)

Specifications

• Inputs: 2 x SD/HD/3G-SDI and 2 x SD/HD/3G/6G/12G-SDI on-board connectors (cables and BNC connectors supplied)
• Input: single-link SD/HD/3G/6G/12G-SDI, dual 6G-SDI to 12G-SDI or quad-link 3G-SDI; SD (ST 259), HD (ST 292), 3Ga/3Gb-DL/3Gb-DS (ST 425), 6G (ST 2081), 12G (ST 2082)
• Max input: 4096x2160 60fps 4:2:2 10-bit; 4K (4096x2160) mode supported
• Audio: up to 8 channels of 48 kHz SDI embedded audio
• Cable length: up to 75 m for 12G-SDI, 80 m for 6G-SDI, 200 m for 3G-SDI, 430 m for SD
• Capture: up to 4096x2160, frame rates up to 240fps (e.g. 4096x2160p and 3840x2160p up to 60, 1920x1080p and 1280x720p up to 120)
• Output formats: NV12/I420/YUYV/UYVY/RGB24/RGB32; custom formats via SDK
• Processing: ~700 Mpixel/s pipeline; DMA ~2400 MB/s per channel in PCIe 3.x systems
• Closed captions, SMPTE timecode and ANC metadata (custom DID/SDID) extraction via SDK
• Host interface: M.2 2280 Type M (PCIe Gen3 x4)
• Dimensions: 22 x 80 mm (M.2 2280)
• Power consumption: max ~6.5 W (~1.96 A at 3.3 V)
• Operating temperature: 0 to 60 °C; storage -20 to 70 °C; humidity 5-90% non-condensing