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Leadtek is making an HDMI video capture card

by on07 June 2008

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Computex 08: Captures in real-time

It was bound to happen sooner or later, but we didn't expect Leadtek to be the first company to launch such a product; but here it is, the first HDMI video capture card. We're sure a lot of companies in Hollywood won't be too happy about this one, as it allows you to capture video over HDMI in real-time.

The PxVC1000, as the card is known, does, of course, not bypass any kind of video encryption standards and it has been designed to for transferring video from HD camcorders to your PC. It will capture 1080p video in realtime and anything in lower resolution up to two times that speed.

It offloads the CPU and it does hardware MPEG-2 or H.264 encoding of whatever is captured. It can also capture video from component, composite and S-video sources. The card connects to a x1 PCIe slot and requires external power from a Molex connector.

We don't know when Leadtek is planning to release this card, but the one on display appeared to be a prototype card, rather than something that was ready to go into production any minute.

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Last modified on 08 June 2008
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