
SDI2USB 3.0 User Guide
What is SDI2USB 3.0?
What is SDI2USB 3.0?
SDI2USB 3.0™ is Epiphan's professional-series external SDI (3G-SDI, HD-SDI and SD-SDI) video grabber. It
captures im ages and video from SDI video sources and digitizes them on your laptop or workstation via
connection to a USB 3.0 port.
The video capture workstation can record and/or stream the resulting uncom pressed diagnostic-quality
im ages and videos. On Windows, both audio and video capture is supported for SDI sources. Thanks to
Epiphan Video capture technology, this sm all, portable product connects directly to your com puter's USB
3.0 port - no need for a large workstation with a free peripheral com ponent interface (PCI) slot.
SDI2USB 3.0 captures video and audio from any 3G-SDI, HD-SDI or SD-SDI source. Meeting greater
dem ands for transferring larger files at faster speeds, this external video grabber supports USB 3.0
technology, capable of transferring uncom pressed data with speeds of up to 5.0 (Gbits/s) - about ten
tim es faster than USB 2.0.
In practice transfer speeds are dependent on factors such as USB load and hardware
configuration.
SDI2USB 3.0 is versatile and can be used with m ultiple workstation configurations. It is backward
com patible with USB 2.0 connections, however it transfers video at a reduced fram e rate when using USB
2.0.
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