Magewell USB Capture HDMI 4K Pro

About this product

If you shoot, play or present in 4K at 60 frames per second and want the computer to receive it that way, this is the HDMI model to choose. The USB Capture HDMI 4K Pro is a small external 4K capture device. It takes an HDMI video signal from a camera, console, computer or other source and delivers it to a computer over USB, so that software on the computer can record it, stream it or use it in a video call. It is a one-channel 4Kp60 capture device.

What goes in

• HDMI video. One HDMI input, accepting up to 4096×2160 at 60 frames per second in 4:4:4. (4:4:4 means the colour information is kept at full detail.) The HDMI receiver runs at 600 MHz.
• HDMI audio. Up to eight channels of 24-bit audio embedded in the HDMI signal, at up to 192 kHz.
• Microphone. A 3.5 mm jack takes a microphone or analogue audio, as a two-channel input, so you can record a voice with the picture.

What comes out

• To the computer. Video at up to 4096×2160, with capture frame rates up to 240 fps and a capture colour depth of up to 10-bit.
• HDMI loop-through. A second HDMI connector passes the incoming signal on, at up to 4096×2160 at 60 fps, so a monitor or other equipment can show the picture while you capture. There is no splitter to buy.
• Headphones. The same 3.5 mm jack can play audio back to headphones. The device also works as a USB audio card.

Why choose it

The USB connection is the headline feature. USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 allows up to 20 Gbps. To use that speed, connect it to a computer port that supports it. The Type-C to Type-C cable in the box is rated at up to 20 Gbps, and the Type-C to Type-A cable at up to 10 Gbps. Both are supplied, so you can connect to either kind of port.

Built to stay on. It can work continuously, 24 hours a day, and it detects the input signal format automatically, so you can install it and leave it. An LED shows status.

Made for open sources. It suits cameras, computers and other unprotected HDMI outputs. If your source uses HDCP copy protection, or your workflow depends on HDR, talk to us before ordering.

Small enough to travel. At 98.1 × 56.8 × 18 mm it goes in a camera bag, and it is an external device, so you can use it with a laptop instead of opening a PC to fit a card.

Setting it up

• Connect the HDMI source, then the USB cable to the computer. Optionally connect a monitor to the loop-through.
• Installation is driver-free across the USB Capture family, and single-channel USB Capture devices need no additional power source. That saves an install step and a power socket.
• It works with Windows 10, 11 and Server 2016 to 2025, Linux on x86, x64 and ARM, macOS and Chrome OS, so you can move it between machines. The APIs are DirectShow, Wave API, DirectSound and WASAPI on Windows, V4L2 and ALSA on Linux, and AVCaptureSession and AudioUnit on macOS, which means software built on those interfaces can use it as a video source.
• A Windows, Linux and Mac SDK is available for developers, along with the USB Capture Utility for checking and changing capture settings.

Where it sits in the range

This is the HDMI model for 4K at 60 frames per second. For HDMI at up to 4K and 30 frames per second, see the USB Capture HDMI 4K Plus. If your source is SDI, see the USB Capture SDI 4K Pro. All models are on the USB Capture range page, and Compare Models shows them side by side.