Epiphan DVI2USB Solo™ is ideally suited from capturing video sources for HDMI and DVI based high resolution displays and high definition cameras. ![]() Key Features
Captures single link DVI signals only Supports resolutions up to 1900x1200 Able to capture video from HDMI sources with adapter DVI2USB Solo is Epiphan's most compact DVI capture device. At a capture rate of 30 frames per second, DVI2USB Solo can capture resolutions up to 1920x1200 from HDMI and single-link DVI signals. Unlike other capture solutions, DVI2USB Solo allows you to capture raw uncompressed video signals in 100% lossless quality. Whether you are capturing the output from the HDMI connector on a video or DSLR camera, or using DVI2USB Solo to record the images that appear on a DVI computer monitor, the output image will always be sharp. Because DVI2USB Solo doesn't compress the image or video being captured, the user can select any CODEC to compress with on the computer being captured to. Free software is included with the DVI2USB in order to achieve this. Furthermore, as an external USB device, DVI2USB Solo is fully compatible with 3rd party software that supports video capture from external sources, such as Adobe Premiere, VirtualDUB, and Windows Media Encoder. Like all other Epiphan products, Windows, Linux, and Mac OS are fully supported. If you need to capture images from a HDMI or single-link DVI source and maintain diagnostic-quality lossless images, then DVI2USB Solo is what you have been looking for. DVI2USB Solo allows you to:
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Specifications
DVI2USB Solo
Technical Specifications
| Interface | USB 2.0 | |
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| Dimensions | 4.57" x 2.36" x 0.91" 116 mm x 60 mm x 23 mm |
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| Connectors | DVI (digital input only) 5V DC power supply connector USB mini type B |
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| Input | Single link DVI | |
| Video Sampling | 24 bits per pixel, 8:8:8 format 16 bits per pixel, 5:6:5 format 8 bits per pixel, 3:3:2, 3:2:3, 2:3:3 or 256-grey scale format 4 bits per pixel, 16-grey scale format |
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| Integrated Board Features | On-board loss-less image compression (proprietary) On-board memory (no interlacing artifacts) On-board cropping |
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| Video Mode Support | 720x400, 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1152x864, 1152x900, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1600x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200 | |
| Frame rate |
Frame rate varies depending on content | |
| Resolution | Frame rate | |
| 640 x 480 | 30.0 - 60 fps | |
| 800 x 600 | 22.6 - 60 fps | |
| 1024 x 768 | 15.0 - 60 fps | |
| 1280 x 1024 | 10.0 - 52 fps | |
| 1600 x 1200 | 8.0 - 34 fps | |
| 1920 x 1200 |
5.2 - 32 fps | |
| LEDs | One LED that indicates the status of the DVI2USB Solo (power, readiness, and operation in progress) | |
| OS Support | Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7 (i386, x64) Mac OS X 10.4 and up (ppc, i386, x86_64) Linux (x86, x86_64) DirectShow (Windows), QuickTime (Mac OS X) and V4L (Linux) integration |
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Package Contents

The DVI2USB SOLO product ships with the four (4) items shown above:
- DVI2USB SOLO unit
- DVI cable (male to male)
- USB "A" Plug to USB Mini "B" Plug cable
- Power Supply
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