Magewell Product Videos

The Road to Innovation: Magewell & ForeFront Imaging

From analogue to SDI, HD to 4K, cables to networks and studio to cloud: how Magewell capture, conversion, streaming and control products serve broadcast, live production, education, worship, control rooms and medical imaging, supported in the UK by ForeFront Imaging.

Magewell & ForeFront Imaging: capture, convert, stream and control

The whole Magewell range in three minutes: eleven product ranges for capture, IP conversion, streaming and control, where they are used, and how ForeFront Imaging supports them in the UK as the authorised Magewell distributor since 2012.

Pro Convert IP to AIO 4K: from one screen to a whole wall

From one decoder to a wall of screens: where the feeds come from (NDI HX locally, SRT from other sites), two units sharing eight feeds, one unit per screen, network bandwidth with multicast and IGMP snooping, control, and the limits to design around.

Magewell USB Capture setup guide

Which model and USB port, every connection, using it as a camera in OBS, Zoom and Teams, the USB Capture Utility settings that matter, several units on one computer, and common fixes.

Magewell Ultra Stream HDMI & SDI setup guide

Go live with no computer: connect the HDMI or SDI model, set it up from the app, log in to YouTube, Facebook or Twitch, choose the right stream quality, record, and run one per room with Control Hub.

Magewell Director Plus setup guide

From the box to your first live show: the power-on wizard, getting online, HDMI and USB sources, SRT, NDI and phone cameras, scenes and graphics, streaming to four destinations and ISO recording.

Pro Convert HDMI 4K Plus setup guide

Put an HDMI source on your network as full NDI: the three cables, finding and naming it, picking it up in OBS, vMix or a Magewell decoder, planning bandwidth with multicast, and the options for sending it off-site.

Ultra Encode AIO setup guide, and site to site over SRT

Connect HDMI and SDI, find it on the network, stream to up to six destinations while recording, then link two sites over SRT to a Pro Convert decoder at the far end.

Pro Convert IP to AIO 4K: setup & connectivity guide

From the box to a working multiview screen: what is included, every connection, three-step setup, single, picture-in-picture and quad views, the decode rules, and how to scale to many screens, including the Modator 2U rack option.

Magewell Modator 2U: Build a Complete Venue System, Job by Job

One 2U rack running a whole venue, built one job at a time with every cable shown on the real module faceplates: sources onto the network, pictures to every screen, a live stream with recording and a four-way control-room multiview. Then hot-swap, 24/7 running, the four ways to control it and what you need.

Magewell USB Capture range

Plug-and-play HDMI, SDI, DVI and 4K capture over USB. Your computer sees the device as a webcam, so it works in OBS, vMix, Zoom, Teams and other software with no drivers to install.

USB Capture HDMI 4K Pro

The USB Capture range, featuring the HDMI 4K Pro: 4K at 60 fps HDMI capture over USB 3.2 Gen 2x2, with HDMI loop-through and a 3.5 mm audio jack.

Magewell USB Capture HDMI 4K Pro

The HDMI 4K Pro in two minutes: HDMI capture up to 4096×2160 at 60 fps over USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (up to 20 Gbps), 4:4:4 input and up to 10-bit capture, HDMI loop-through, a 3.5 mm mic/headphone jack, and support for Windows, macOS, Linux and Chrome OS.

USB Capture SDI 4K Pro

12G-SDI to USB: up to 4096×2160 at 60 fps into your computer, with an SDI loop-through so the signal carries on down the chain.

Magewell Pro Capture PCIe cards

The Pro Capture range of PCIe cards, section by section: HDMI, SDI, all-in-one, DVI and analogue, from single-channel cards to multi-input 4K models.

Magewell Eco Capture M.2 cards

HDMI and SDI capture on an M.2 card, for mini PCs and embedded systems where a full-size PCIe card will not fit.

Magewell Pro Convert family

NDI encoders, NDI decoders, IP and multiview decoders and AES67 audio converters: getting video and audio onto the network and off again, with no computer at either end.

Pro Convert HDMI 4K Plus

HDMI to full NDI at up to 4K 60 fps, with HDMI loop-through to keep a local screen running. A standalone encoder, no computer needed.

Pro Convert for NDI to HDMI

A compact decoder that turns an NDI or other network stream into a full-screen picture on any HDMI display, with no PC behind the screen.

Pro Convert IP to AIO 4K

Up to four IP streams decoded and shown on one screen, with HDMI 2.0 and 12G-SDI outputs live at the same time.

Ultra Encode AIO

One standalone encoder for an HDMI and an SDI source: stream to YouTube, Facebook, Twitch or your own server, and send SRT and NDI HX on the network, with no computer.

Ultra Encode SDI Plus

Stream and record an SDI camera or mixer output from one small box, powered by a single PoE cable.

Magewell Ultra Stream HDMI & SDI

Go live without a laptop: set it up once from a phone or browser, then anyone can run it with the LIVE and REC buttons. Ideal for churches, schools and small venues.

Director Plus

A whole 4K production in one hand: switch, stream and record a multi-camera show from one portable unit with a built-in touchscreen.

Magewell Modator 2U

Up to ten encoder, decoder and streaming modules in any mix, in one 2U rack chassis that powers and monitors them all.

Magewell Control Hub

Manage encoders, decoders and converters across a site from one dashboard: discovery, settings, firmware and monitoring in one place.