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Magewell HDMI/SDI

Flussonic Media Server can:

  • Capture video directly from Magewell HDMI or SDI capture cards

On this page:

driver

wget http://www.magewell.com/files/drivers/ProCaptureForLinux_4186.tar.gz
  • Unzip downloaded archive:
tar -xvf ProCaptureForLinux_4186.tar.gz
  • Go to the unziped folder:
cd ProCaptureForLinux_4186/
  • Run the installation script:
./install.sh

Capturing video from Magewell HDMI or SDI cards

After you installed Magewell drivers you can configure stream as follows:

stream hdmi {
input v4l2://0 audio_device=hw:0 video_device=/dev/video0;
}

To check the available devices:

mwcap-info -l

Outpup example:

# mwcap-info -l
total: 4
device path firmware ver hardware ver driver ver alsa name device name
/dev/video0 1.33 B 1.3.4177 hw:0,0 00:00 Pro Capture Quad HDMI
/dev/video1 1.33 B 1.3.4177 hw:1,0 00:01 Pro Capture Quad HDMI
/dev/video2 1.33 B 1.3.4177 hw:2,0 00:02 Pro Capture Quad HDMI
/dev/video3 1.33 B 1.3.4177 hw:3,0 00:03 Pro Capture Quad HDMI