Magewell Eco Capture Dual SDI M.2 (no heat sink)

Magewell Eco Capture Dual SDI M.2 (without heat sink)

Magewell Eco Capture Dual SDI M.2 is a two-channel 2K capture card in M.2 2280 format that captures two SD/HD/3G/2K-SDI sources with embedded audio, at input resolutions up to 2048x1080. The SDI inputs are on MMCX connectors, and an integrated cable equalizer supports up to 150 m of cable with 3G-SDI signals. 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

• Two SD/HD/3G/2K-SDI inputs with embedded audio, input up to 2048x1080
• 10-bit 4:4:4 video processing; closed captions via SDK
• NVIDIA GPUDirect and AMD DirectGMA support
• 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 115300001) is the same Eco Capture Dual SDI 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 11530).
• 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).
• Magewell does not publish photos of this version: the pictures show the standard card with heat sink.
• 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.

Specifications

• Inputs: 2 x SD/HD/3G/2K-SDI on MMCX connectors
• Standards: SD/HD/3Ga/3Gb/3Gb-DL/3Gb-DS; 2K (2048x1080) mode; input up to 2048x1080
• Integrated cable equalizer: up to 330 m SD-SDI, 190 m HD-SDI, 150 m 3G-SDI
• 10/12-bit; RGB 4:4:4, YCbCr 4:4:4, YCbCr 4:2:2; SMPTE 352 payload ID extraction
• Audio: up to 8 (mono) embedded channels at 48 kHz per input
• Closed captions via SDK
• Capture: up to 2048x1080, frame rates up to 144fps (1920x1080 up to 80fps)
• Capture formats: NV12, I420, YV12, YUY2, YUYV, UYVY, V308, IYU2, V408, BGR24, BGR32; more via SDK
• Processing: ~180 Mpixel/s pipeline, 10-bit 4:4:4; DMA ~400 MB/s per channel in PCIe 2.x systems
• GPU support: Intel tiled surface auto detection, AMD DirectGMA, NVIDIA GPUDirect
• Host interface: M.2 2280 Type M (PCIe Gen2 x2)
• Power consumption: max ~3.38 W (~1.00 A at 3.3 V)
• Operating temperature: 0 to 40 °C; storage -20 to 70 °C; humidity 5-90% non-condensing