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Epiphan VGA2USB™ is a compact pocket sized, external, low cost VGA to USB frame grabber capture device capable of capturing output from virtually any VGA source—such as a Windows PC, a Macintosh OSX, a Unix machine, an embedded system, a medical device, scientific or lab equipment, and more.

VGA2USB Connection Diagram

VGA2USB Key Features

RGB/VGA to USB 2.0 capture card with interlaced image output¹
Low cost, basic, easy to use, external capture from any VGA source at up to 1920x1200
Interfaces to multiple 3rd party applications compatible with DirectShow on Windows, QuickTime on Mac OS X and V4L (Video4Linux) on Linux

VGA2USB is invaluable in the preparation of documentation, analyzing monitor-less systems and performing quality control on tested systems. It supports any application that requires to capture video from screen and enhances collaboration sessions.

As a compact external device, VGA2USB is easy to use. About the size of a box of paperclips, it is easily plugged in and requires no additional power, sending a digitized video signal from VGA to USB.

It is a fully-featured VGA/RGB capture card complete with hardware, USB cable and software that makes it possible to capture video from screen, view captured data in real time, save captured images to disk, copy captured images to a clipboard, or setup a periodical "save" command to capture images to disk.

VGA2USB Epiphan Software

Epiphan customers can download free Epiphan Software (Download Software). Epiphan's software makes it possible to save and print captured images, to setup a periodical "save" command to capture images to disk or record an AVI file (Windows platform only). In addition to that, VGA2USB software is compatible with DirectShow on Windows and QuickTime on Mac OS X, which allows third-party applications to use VGA2USB as a video input.


Epiphan Software Capture Tool Screen Shot - Windows		Epiphan Software Capture Tool Screen Shot - MAC

Software development kits are also available for specialized applications.

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)

VGA2USB Form Factor

More information

Software	Epiphan software downloads.
Case Studies	See how Epiphan Systems VGA2USB is used for video and image capture by users all over the world.
FAQ	Look through the most asked questions about the VGA2USB.
Compare interlaced vs. non-interlaced	Compare VGA2USB vs. DVI2USB image quality
Compare Frame Grabbers	Compare VGA2USB, DVI2USB, VGA2USB Pro.
Internal Version	A VGA2USB for system integrators. Mounts inside a computer case using a PCI backplate.

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VGA2Ethernet Captures from DVI, HDMI or VGA up to 1920 x 1200 Output progressive up to 60 FPS 5-30 FPS @1920 x 1080 Pre-compression hardware for lossless capture Win, Mac, Linux DirectShow, QuickTime APIs

¹ VGA2USB captures interlaced or progressive images, and outputs interlaced frames. For non interlaced, or progressive image capture output with USB based frame grabbers, users should consider DVI2USB, VGA2USB LR, VGA2USB HR, or VGA2USB Pro. For examples please see Compare interlaced vs. non-interlaced VGA2USB interlaced vs. DVI2USB non interlaced (progressive) image quality and Compare VGA2USB, DVI2USB, VGA2USB Pro Frame Grabbers