Question / Help 1440p One Capture Card 2 HDMI Inputs

[jesyjames]

I finally got a capture card capable of capturing 1440p (http://www.magewell.com/hardware/ul...hdmi-4k/xi100de-hdmi-4k_features.html?lang=en) and it works great. It has two simultaneous HDMI inputs which I would like to be able to use in obs. The problem is I can only create one device for the capture card and I need it to show as two devices so that I can use the two inputs. I tried creating it both as a global source and a non-global source and neither worked and returned "device already exists." I can easily switch between the inputs but can't use both at the same time. It's also entirely possible I misread what it is capable of.

Of note, for those with 1440p monitors wanting to capture I can confirm it does indeed work.

Any ideas?

 

[dodgepong]

I may be reading this wrong, but I don't see that it says you can use two inputs simultaneously on that capture card. As I understand it, you can have multiple inputs, but then you can switch in the software which input is the "active" input at any one time.

It provides quad HDMI inputs with 2 extended any interface and 2 on the board, which can be connected to the front end of the chasiss. Users can select any interface to capture signals.

It doesn't say you can use multiple of them simultaneously. Later it says that multiple programs can use a given input simultaneously, but that is still only one input.

Have you been able to use two simultaneous inputs with that card in other applications?

 

[jesyjames]

As always, you are exactly right! Tried to open it in another program while it was running in OBS and it didn't work. So it's just two inputs, not simultaneous. On the bright side I can capture 1440p and stream in 720p 60 fps with no issues.

 

[Eisennhower]

Is that Magewell card capable of passing through a 1440p 144hz signal? Does the HDMI 1.4a standard it uses even have enough bandwidth for 1440p 144hz? Would I then have to use OBS to downscale that signal to 1080p 60fps?

 

[dping]

Is that Magewell card capable of passing through a 1440p 144hz signal? Does the HDMI 1.4a standard it uses even have enough bandwidth for 1440p 144hz? Would I then have to use OBS to downscale that signal to 1080p 60fps?

Please dont necro old thread when the answer is in the documentation:
http://www.magewell.com/xi100de-hdmi-4k/tech-specs

hint, they are both inputs.