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USB Capture HDMI 4K Pro Supported Resolutions and Frame Rates (mac OS)

Article ID: 0002020001 USB Capture HDMI 4K Pro

The USB Capture HDMI 4K Pro is capable of capturing 4K video at 60 frames per second with 4:4:4 color fidelity. However, the maximum combinations of resolution, frame rate, color subsampling and bit depth that you can achieve will depend on your host system's USB interface and operating system.  A 20Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 interface is required for maximum performance but is not available on Mac systems.

 

While recent Mac systems include a Thunderbolt 4 port capable of 40Gbps, these ports are not backwards-compatible to USB3.2 Gen 2x2 at 20Gbps. USB throughput on these systems will be limited to 10Gbps or 5Gbps depending on the specific model and operating system version.

 

The below table outlines the combinations of resolution, frame rate, color format and chroma sampling that can be captured with the USB Capture HDMI 4K Pro on macOS, depending on the host system's USB throughput capabilities (10Gbps or 5Gbps).

 

Systems running Windows or Linux operating systems will have different performance capabilities. For details of USB Capture HDMI 4K Pro capabilities on these systems, please see this article: USB Capture HDMI 4K Pro Supported Resolutions and Frame Rates (Windows & Linux) - Magewell

 

Color format Chroma
Sampling
Bit Depth Resolution

 Frame rate

USB3.2 Gen 2x1, USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps)

USB3.2 Gen 1x1, USB 3.1 Gen 1, USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
YUY2 4:2:2 8-bit 4096x2160 30 25
3840x2160 50 25
2560x1440 100 50
1920x1080 200 100
1280x720 240 200
NV12 4:2:0 8-bit 4096x2160 60 30
3840x2160 60 30
2560x1440 150 70
1920x1080 240 120
1280x720 240 240
UYVY 4:2:2 8-bit 4096x2160 30 25
3840x2160 50 25
2560x1440 100 50
1920x1080 200 100
1280x720 240 200

 

We are in the process of validating additional resolution and frame rate combinations, and will update this article as more information is available.

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