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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

Basic, easy to use external RGB/VGA to USB 2.0 capture card
Capture output 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
Low cost frame grabber capture card for interlaced image capture¹

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 the acquisition of VGA images, 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 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

Related Products and Alternatives

A selection of guides to selecting VGA or DVI/HDMI frame grabbers and broadcasters for your applications.

VGA Frame Grabber Selection Guide	DVI/HDMI Frame Grabber Selection Guide	VGA/DVI Broadcaster/Streamer Selection Guide

VGA2USB LR - Epiphan's next level up in the VGA2USB frame grabber family. Captures VGA with higher quality non-interlaced images and video at resolutions up to 1280x1024 @ 60 fps. On board compression and high performance hardware assist.
DVI2USB - Epiphan's most versatile USB frame grabber that can capture your choice of VGA, DVI or HDMI with the same device. Capture non-interlaced images with on board compression and high performance hardware assist. Compare VGA2USB interlaced vs. DVI2USB non-interlaced VGA capture
VGA Broadcaster Lite - An appliance that captures VGA, DVI/HDMI video and audio signals, encodes on-the-fly to standard protocols such as H.264, MPEG 4, MJPEG and streams over the Internet via HTTP using standard browsers and viewers. VGA Broadcaster Lite is ideal for WAN and LAN applications as an alternative approach to streaming uncompressed display signals over Ethernet networks.
VGA Recorder Lite - An appliance that captures VGA, DVI/HDMI video and audio signals, encodes on the fly to standard protocols such as H.264, MPEG 4, MJPEG and records the output to local storage, accessible via http with built in webserver, FTP, and automatic copy features. Compressing and encoding the on the fly saves time in pre-production of videos.

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.

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