Professional AV solutions require video to be recieved from a great many different sources and locations. The ability to receive and display video directly from online resources such as CCTV networks and remote desktop applications, and then combining them with local inputs, has become a crucial part of fully functional video wall display. Datapath’s ActiveSQX PCIe plug in card is a powerful addition to systems that require a scalable hardware based decoding solution.

The ActiveSQX includes a dedicated processor capable of decoding several IP streams simultaneously via the on-board ethernet ports. Fully PCIe compatible, multiple ActiveSQX cards can be used in a single system to provide project scalability giving users more processing and more simultaneous decodes.

Datapath SQX Technologies

Datapath’s SQX technology is compatible with industry standards for video compression and streaming. The ActiveSQX allows users to decide large numbers of high definition 1080p 60 fps streams and multiple ActiveSQX cards reside in a single system to provide even more decoding capabilities. In addition, the ActiveSQX can be placed in systems alongside graphics cards and video capture cards, such as the Datapath Vision range, to provide a powerful addition to any control room environment. Combine the ActiveSQX with the VisionHD2-SQX to provide full decode and encode capabilities in a single video wall system.

The Datapath VisionIO-XD2 provides two 4K capable zero-latency loop-through ports, each with alpha-blended overlay capability. When connected in series between the video source and the local monitor, the VisionIO-XD2 is capable of capturing video at full quality whilst mixing in overlay data into the live monitoring path without adding latency.

The VisionIO-XD2 offers a unique solution for the operator who needs both live video and overlay data to be displayed on a single monitor, whilst recording the stream in the background. Whether in a Medical Operating Room overlaying patient data onto surgical camera inputs, or adding overlays in Augmented Reality (AR) based applications, the VisionIO-XD2 offers a uniquely unparalleled and professional solution to the market.

Zero Latency Overlay

The VisionIO series also offers an on-board alpha blending capability, allowing a secondary source of frames to be overlaid on to the outgoing display in real time. The optional use of an overlay watchdog ensures that the application supplying the overlay is in constant control. If any problems are detected the card will ensure the integrity of the primary signal by preventing the overlay from obscuring the live signal.

24/7 Operation

The VisionIO-XD2 provides a fail-safe mechanism for the loop through ports, requiring only power for video pass through to be operational. Additionally, the overlay hardware contains a timeout mechanism to prevent applications from corrupting the main video feed in the event of a software crash or other system failure.

Vision Performance Features

The VisionIO series is supported by the Datapath Vision Performance Driver. Optimised at the lowest level to work efficiently with proprietary Datapath hardware, the Vision Performance Driver provides users with a variety of features including Livestream, Multi-Stream, Precision Hardware Timestamping, Efficient DMA Transfer, Flexible Signal Detection and Automatic Mode Changing.

Video Streaming

DirectShow drivers for WDM Streaming support the following applications, to encode, record and stream video over networks or the Internet:

• Microsoft Media Encoder
• VLC
• Telestream WireCast
• vMix
• Opencast Matterhorn
• VidBlaster
• OBS Project
• Adobe Flash Media Encoder
• Dataton Watchout

Any application compatible with Windows® DirectShow technology can use the VisionIO due to the built-in WDM support. The latest Windows Media Foundation Framework is also supported under the AVStream minidriver framework, allowing application development suitable for the Windows 10 App Store®

Designed for Critical Environments

The VisionIO range of capture cards are engineered specifically for environments where latency is critical and quality can not be compromised. The cards are typically used within medical procedures and operating theaters, where patient monitoring systems utilize real-time image capture, with live video often combined with overlays and annotations of patient data.

Many video applications demand the highest level of accuracy. Video needs to not only be captured for storage or processing, but also needs to be seen in real time by professionals in cutting edge events. Datapath’s VisionIO range of capture cards offer the ability to capture high quality video and loop inputs directly to outputs, creating latency at just a few pixels. Signals are delivered to the primary display, even if the host PC stops functioning.

Zero Latency Overlay

The VisionIO series also offers an on-board alpha blending capability, allowing a secondary source of frames to be overlaid on to the outgoing display in real time. The optional use of an overlay watchdog ensures that the application supplying the overlay is in constant control. If any problems are detected the card will ensure the integrity of the primary signal by preventing the overlay from obscuring the live signal.

Video Streaming

DirectShow drivers for WDM Streaming support the following applications, to encode, record and stream video over networks or the Internet:

• Microsoft Media Encoder®
• VLC
• VirtualDub
• Any other DirectShow encoding software

For streaming applications, the VisionSC-SDI4 can be used with Windows Media Encoder to compress and stream captured video. To replay the video, use Windows® Media Player.

Any application compatible with Windows® DirectShow technology can use the VisionIO due to the built-in WDM support.

Designed for Critical Environments

The VisionIO range of capture cards are engineered specifically for environments where latency is critical and quality can not be compromised. The cards are typically used within medical procedures and operating theaters, where patient monitoring systems utilize real-time image capture, with live video often combined with overlays and annotations of patient data.

Discrete video capture is now the mainstay of many small form factor appliances being used in markets such as lecture capture, distance learning and medical environments. Datapath’s VisionLC-SDI provides tri-band SDI capture for use within such applications. Datapath’s LiveStream:Capture architecture allows captured video to be processed and delivered in real time to a processor or graphics card.

This VisionLC-SDI supports on board colour space conversion and scaling, providing the ability to efficiently transfer the video signal in a suitable format for rendering or encoding applications. The VisionLC-SDI natively supports 32, 24, 16 and 12 bit YUV and RGB formats.

Multi-application capture

The VisionLC-SDI capture card has been designed for use within application models such as:

• Medical environments
• Simulation systems
• Live events
• PC and gaming console capture
• Lecture and presentation capture
• Real time streaming

It is also possible to put more than a single card into a system for multiple capture channels.

Due to the nature of the LiveStream:Capture architecture, the VisionLC-SDI is not supported for wall controller applications that depend on Datapath’s MultiStream technology.

Video streaming

Built upon the Microsoft AV stream model, VisionLC-SDI inputs can be accessed and enumerated in any DirectShow or Media Foundation supported application. A video for Linux (V4L) driver package is also available to download.

Tested applications include:

• Microsoft Media Encoder
• VLC
• Telestream WireCast
• vMix
• Opencast Matterhorn
• VidBlaster
• OBS Project
• Adobe Flash Media Encoder
• Dataton Watchout

Extra Protection With Advanced Swap Out And Extended Warranty Services

For additional security and peace of mind, our customers are invited to take advantage of Datapath’s advanced swap out service and extended warranty. For a small premium, selected products can be protected by our advanced swap out service and optional 5 year warranty. For more information please contact our sales team.

Discrete video capture is now the mainstay of many small form factor appliances being used in markets such as lecture capture, distance learning and medical environments. Datapath’s VisionLC-HD2 provides a dual channel, high definition HDMI capture card for use within such environments.

Datapath’s LiveStream:Capture architecture allows captured video to be processed in real time to a processor or graphics card. The VisionLC-HD2 supports on board colour space conversion and scaling, providing the ability to efficiently transfer the video signal making it suitable for rendering or encoding applications.

The VisionLC-HD2 natively supports 32, 24, 16 and 22 bit YUV ad RGB formats.

Multi-application capture

The VisionLC-HD capture card has been designed for use within application models such as:

• Medical environments
• Simulation systems
• Live events
• PC and gaming console capture
• Lecture and presentation capture
• Real time streaming

Video streaming

Built upon the Microsoft AV stream model, VisionLC-HD inputs can be accessed and enumerated in any DirectShow or Media Foundation supported application. A video for Linux (V4L) driver package is also available to download.

Tested applications include:

• Microsoft Media Encoder
• VLC
• Telestream WireCast
• vMix
• Opencast Matterhorn
• VidBlaster
• OBS Project
• Adobe Flash Media Encoder
• Dataton Watchout

Extra Protection With Advanced Swap Out And Extended Warranty Services

For additional security and peace of mind, our customers are invited to take advantage of Datapath’s advanced swap out service and extended warranty. For a small premium, selected products can be protected by our advanced swap out service and optional 5 year warranty. For more information please contact our sales team.

Discrete video capture is now the mainstay of many small form factor appliances being uses in markets such as lecture capture, distance learning and medical environments. Datapath’s VisionLC-HD provides HDMI capture for use within such applications.

Datapath’s LiveStream:Capture architecture allows captured video to be processed and delivered in real time to a processor or graphics card. The VisionLC-HD supports on board colour space conversion and scaling, providing the ability to efficiently transfer the video signal in a suitable format for rendering or encoding applications. The VisionLC-HD natively supports 32, 24, 16 and 12 bit YUV and RGB formats.

Multi-application capture

The VisionLC-HD capture card has been designed for use within application models such as:

• • • Medical environments
    • Simulation systems
    • Live events
    • PC and gaming console capture
    • Lecture and presentation capture
    • Real time streaming

  It is also possible to put more than a single card into a system for multiple capture channels.

  Due to the nature of the LiveStream:Capture architecture, the VisionLC-HD is not supported for wall controller applications that depend on Datapath’s MultiStream technology.

Video streaming

Built upon the Microsoft AV stream model, VisionLC-HD inputs can be accessed and enumerated in any DirectShow or Media Foundation supported application. A video for Linux (V4L) driver package is also available to download.

• Tested applications include:
• Microsoft Media Encoder
• VLC
• Telestream WireCast
• vMix
• Opencast Matterhorn
• VidBlaster
• OBS Project
• Adobe Flash Media Encoder
• Dataton Watchout

Extra Protection With Advanced Swap Out And Extended Warranty Services

For additional security and peace of mind, our customers are invited to take advantage of Datapath’s advanced swap out service and extended warranty. For a small premium, selected products can be protected by our advanced swap out service and optional 5 year warranty. For more information please contact our sales team.

The VisionSD8 is an eight channel PCI Express video capture card. The card supports PAL, NTSC and SECAM in both composite and S-video input formats. VisionSD8 video capture card supports de-interlaced video capture and display at 25 / 30 fps for real time video overlays.

The VisionSD8, a stand alone PCI Express four lane plug in capture card, delivers extreme performance with 480 MB/s transfer bus bandwidth. This industry beating performance makes the VisionSD8 ideal for a wide range of applications including:

• • • Multi-display presentation software: recommended by industry leaders Dataton WATCHOUT™
    • Digital signage
    • Machine vision: acquires high resolution camera outputs
    • Voyage data recorders: capture radar images
    • Simulation/ Military: acquire high resolution video and simulation for comment and control

Video Streaming support

DirectShow drivers for WDM streaming driver supports the following applications to encode, record and stream video over networks or the Internet:

• Dataton WatchOut
• Microsoft Expression Encoder
• Microsoft Windows® Media Encoder
• VideoLAN VLC
• NorPix StreamPix
• VirtualDub
• Adobe Flash Encoder
• VidBlaster
• AMCap and other DirectShow compatible software

For further details see the Datapath DirectShow SDK documentation supplied as part of a typical installation.

Video Walls

The Vision range of video capture cards are fully integrated with the Datapath family of video wall multi-display products. The VisionSD8 captures a composite or S-video output from one source and then displays it as an independent application on your video wall, this is done in real time.

The VisionSD8 has a powerful software application to automatically configure the timing and the format of the input source and display the captured data.

Extra Protection With Advanced Swap Out And Extended Warranty Services

For additional security and peace of mind, our customers are invited to take advantage of Datapath’s advanced swap out service and extended warranty. For a small premium, selected products can be protected by our advanced swap out service and optional 5 year warranty. For more information please contact our sales team.

VisionSDI2
The VisionSDI2 is a dual channel PCI Express HD-SDI video capture card. The capture card supports SD-SDI, HD-SDI and 3G-SDI (including 2k Digital Film Resolution modes).

The VisionSDI2 video capture card, a stand alone PCI Express four lane plug in card, delivers extreme performance with 650MB/s transfer bus bandwidth. This industry beating performance makes the VisionSDI2 ideal for a wide range of applications including:

• • Display wall controllers
  • Broadcasting
  • Machine Vision: Acquire SDI camera output
  • Advanced Medical applications
  • Machine Vision: Acquire SDI camera output
  • The VisionSDI2 capture card is fully integrated with the Datapath family of video wall display products providing high resolution digital video support

For an application case study using this card, click below:

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Video Streaming

DirectX WDM streaming driver supports the following applications, to encode, record and stream video over networks or the Internet:

• Dataton WatchOut
• Microsoft Expression Encoder
• Microsoft Windows® Media Encoder
• VidBlaster
• AMCap and other DirectShow compatible software
• For further details see the Datapath DirectShow SDK documentation supplied as part of a typical installation.

Software

The VisionSDI2 video capture is supplied with a powerful software application for configuring the format of the input sources and displaying the data. Simply connect your video source into the capture card, run the VisionSDI2 application to automatically detect the video source format and display the captured video in a window on your desktop.

Software

Wall Control-red presents a representational window of the entire display wall showing position and size of video windows.

Datapath WallControl-red video wall software enables you to configure your multi-screen display, launch video overlays and create a video wall layout configuration. With the full version it is possible to save layouts and recall them for future use and also operate WallControl-red video wall software on a remote PC via a network connection.

Extra Protection With Advanced Swap Out And Extended Warranty Services

For additional security and peace of mind, our customers are invited to take advantage of Datapath’s advanced swap out service and extended warranty. For a small premium, selected products can be protected by our advanced swap out service and optional 5 year warranty. For more information please contact our sales team.

VisionSD4+1S
The VisionSD4+1S delivers extreme performance with 650MB/s transfer bus bandwidth further improved to the 480 MB/s of the VisionSD4+1.

This video capture card has five complete video capture channels supporting a single channel for up to 1920×1080 DVI or 2048×1536 Analog resolution, plus four SD Analog capture channels.

The VisionSD4+1S captures the Analog/DVI data and triple buffers it into onboard storage. This data is then copied using DMA to the host system for display, storage or streaming.

When a Datapath graphics card is used, the VisionSD4+1S transfers the data directly to the graphics card thereby increasing performance. The VisionSD4+1S capture card sends the relevant portions of each captured image to each display channel and instructs each channel to use its graphics engine to render the data. This fully utilises the hardware and dramatically increases performance.

When the RGB/DVI data is displayed on a non Datapath graphics card, the VisionSD4+1S sends the data to system memory or direct to the graphics card, dependant on the software used for display.

The VisionSD4+1S is an ideal solution for applications that require the capture of an RGB/DVI source simultaneously with up to four SD video sources. Typical applications include:

• Viewing Analog or DVI sources from PCs, MACs, Industrial/medical equipment, cameras and other video equipment
• Streaming video applications
• Video wall controllers

RGB Streaming

For streaming applications, the VisionSD4+1s can be used with Windows Media Encoder to compress and stream captured video. To replay the video, use Windows® Media Player. Any application compatible with Windows® DirectShow technology can use the VisionSD4+1s due to its built-in WDM support.

Video Streaming Support

DirectX WDM streaming driver supports the following applications, to encode, record and stream video over networks or the Internet:

• Dataton WatchOut
• Microsoft Expression Encoder
• Microsoft Windows® Media Encoder
• VideoLAN VLC
• NorPix StreamPix
• VitualDub
• Adobe Flash Encoder
• VidBlaster
• AMCap and other DirectShow compatible software

For further details see the Datapath DirectShow SDK documentation supplied as part of a typical installation.

Software

The VisionSD4+1S video capture card is supplied with a powerful software application for configuring the timing and format of the input sources and displaying the data. Simply connect your external DVI, Analog or video source into the card, run the VisionSD4+1s application to automatically detect the video source format and display the captured video in a window on your desktop.

Extra Protection With Advanced Swap Out And Extended Warranty Services

For additional security and peace of mind, our customers are invited to take advantage of Datapath’s advanced swap out service and extended warranty. For a small premium, selected products can be protected by our advanced swap out service and optional 5 year warranty. For more information please contact our sales team.

The VisionRGB-E2S captures the Analog/ DVI data and triple buffers it into onboard storage. This data is then copied using DMA to the host system for display, storage or streaming.

When a Datapath graphics card is used, the VisionRGB-E1S transfers the data directly to the graphics card thereby increasing performance. The VisionRGB-E1S capture card sends the relevant portions of each captured image to each display channel and instructs each channel to use its graphics engine to render the data. This fully utilises the hardware and dramatically increases performance.

When the RGB/DVI data is displayed on a non Datapath graphics card, the VisionRGB-E1S sends the data to system memory or direct to the graphics card, dependant on the software used for display.

The VisionRGB-E2S is an ideal solution for applications that require the capture of analog or DVI sources in real time. Typical applications include:

• Viewing Analog or DVI sources from PCs, MACs, industrial or medical equipment, cameras and other video equipment
• Streaming video applications
• Video wall controllers

RGB Streaming

The VisionRGB-E2S is an ideal solution for applications that require the capture of analog or DVI sources in real time. Typical applications include: Viewing analog or DVI sources from PCs, MACs, Industrial/medical equipment, cameras and other video equipment Streaming video applications and video wall controllers.

Video Streaming Support

Direct WDM streaming driver supports the following applications, to encode, record and stream video over networks or the internet:

• Dataton WatchOut
• Microsoft Expression Encoder
• Microsoft Windows® Media Encoder
• VideoLAN VLC
• NorPix StreamPix
• VitualDub
• Adobe Flash Encoder
• VidBlaster
• AMCap and other DirectShow compatible software

For further details see the Datapath DirectShow SDK documentation supplied as part of a typical installation.

Software

The VisionRGB-E2S video capture card is supplied with a powerful software application for configuring the timing and format of the input sources and displaying the data. Simply connect your external DVI or Analog source into the card, run the VisionRGB-E1S application to automatically detect the video source format and display the captured video in a window on your desktop.

Extra Protection With Advanced Swap Out And Extended Warranty Services

For additional security and peace of mind, our customers are invited to take advantage of Datapath’s advanced swap out service and extended warranty. For a small premium, selected products can be protected by our advanced swap out service and optional 5 year warranty. For more information please contact our sales team.