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The VGA2PCIe product has been discontinued and replaced with DVI2PCIe, a substitute PCIe frame grabber with more features and higher performance. New projects should choose the DVI2PCIe card. For existing projects, the DVI2PCIe card is backward compatible with VGA2PCIe applications. No change to application is required.

DVI2PCIe

Captures DVI, VGA, HDMI, BNC/ component, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt
PCIe x4 form factor outputs up to 85 FPS progressive, 60 FPS @1920 x 1200
PCIe x1 card form factor also available as special order
Frame rate independent of content
Win, Mac, Linux
DirectShow, QuickTime, V4L APIs

VGA2PCIe Discontinued Product Description

Epiphan Systems’ VGA2PCIe™ is an internal PCI express-based frame grabber capture card designed for users that require high precision industrial VGA capture using an internal solution. The VGA2PCIe can capture VGA streams at resolutions of up to 1920×1200 in a 24-bit palette, and is able to achieve a maximum capture rate of 85 frames per second. Unlike other solutions, the frame rate of the VGA2PCIe is not dependent on the content of the captured signal, which means that a minimum 35fps capture rate will be achieved regardless of the input source.

VGA2PCI Connection Diagram

VGA2PCIe Key Features

PCI Express professional internal video capture card
Capture output from a VGA source with resolutions up to 1920x1200
35 to 85 frames per second capture rate
Drivers for Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms
Interfaces to multiple 3rd party applications compatible with DirectShow on Windows, QuickTime on Mac OS X and V4L (Video4Linux) on Linux

VGA2PCIe Form Factor

VGA2PCIe fits into a ×1, ×4, ×8 or ×16 PCIe 1.x slot and incorporates the same capture technologies as the acclaimed VGA2USB Pro and VGA2Ethernet external frame grabbers. Furthermore, 128MB of on-board buffer RAM ensures not a single frame is skipped.

VGA2PCIe - Epiphan Software Tools and 3rd Party Applications, Interfaces, SDK

Epiphan customers can download free Epiphan Software (Download Software ).

The VGA2PCIe capture card driver is fully compatible with DirectShow in Windows, Video4Linux in Linux, and QuickTime in Mac OS X, meaning that it can be used in conjunction with any third party software that allows the use of an external camera as a video input. Alternatively, the VGA2PCIe software, available as a free download, supports not only the viewing and saving of the VGA signal as an image or video, but also allows the user to:

Setup an automated or periodical "save" command
Send the VGA output to an attached paper printer
Broadcast and share the VGA signal to the Internet
Archive the VGA output in a variety of formats, including JPEG, PNG, BMP, AVI, and MP4

An SDK, API, and examples are available free of charge for those users wishing to integrate the VGA2PCIe capture card into their custom applications.

VGA2PCIe lends the possibility to a user of being able to capture high-quality industrial video.

Epiphan Software Capture Tool

Epiphan VGA2PCIe comes with a free Epiphan software capture tool that allows Epiphan customers to quickly capture and record video and images. The Epiphan Capture tool also has open interfaces to add standard and custom CODECs. View Epiphan Software Capture Tool Overview Video.

Third Party Application Support

Epiphan Frame Grabbers are designed to work with open interfaces such as DirectShow, QuickTime and Video for Linux.

DirectShow Applications (click to expand)

QuickTime Applications (click to expand)

Video For Linux Applications (click to expand)

More Information

Case Studies	See how Epiphan Systems VGA2PCIe is used for video and image capture by users all over the world.
FAQ	Look through the most asked questions about the VGA2PCIe.

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