Capture Cards

Green Hippo offers several hardware based video capture options to bring SDI, HDMI, DVI and DisplayPort signals into Hippotizer systems. Capture cards are available fitted when the server is built, or can be fitted afterwards by a qualified technician. For Karst, Boreal and Taigas a capture card also requires new back plates which can be ordered from Green Hippo.

!Capture cards DO NOT support HDCP.

*Green Hippo strongly recommends sourcing cards from your local distributor to ensure compatibility.

Capture Cards per system

Each model Hippotizer system supports different numbers of capture cards based on the space available, which is based on chassis size:

Small format: Nevis+

• Nevis does not support capture cards

1RU Chassis: Teka, Amba series

• 1 x Capture Card or Accessory Card

*Amba series do not support Quad SDI or Dual Display Port capture Cards

*Teka capture cards can only be factory-installed, field installation is not available.

2RU Chassis: Kasai, Tagus, Karst series, Mayon+MK2

• 1 x Capture Card or Accessory Card

*Karst and Karst+ do not support Quad SDI or Dual Display Port capture Cards

4RU Chassis: Hyco, Meuse, Boreal, Boreal+, Boreal+MK2, Taiga, Taiga+, Montane+, Montane+ RTX, Tierra+, Tierra+MK2

• 2 x Capture Cards

or

• 1 x Capture Card and 1 x Accessory Card

or

• 2 x Accessory Cards

Supported Capture Cards

The following lists supported capture cards:

V4, V4+, V4+MK2 Series Servers

• Data Path VisionSDI2 — Dual 3G-SDI Capture
• Data Path VisionSC-SDI4 — Quad 3G-SDI Capture
• Data Path VisionSC-DP2 — Dual Display Port 1.2 Capture
• Data Path VisionAV-SDI — SDI, DVI and Composite Capture
• Data Path VisionRGB-E2S — Dual DVI Single Link Capture

MX Series Servers

• Deltacast DELTA-12G2c-hmi10-elp — 1x HDMI 2.0, 2× 12G-SDI, 2× 3G-SDI Capture, 1x LTC/Genlock Input
• Deltacast DELTA-12G-e-h 4i2c — 6× 12G-SDI, 6× 3G-SDI Capture, 1x LTC/Genlock In, 1x LTC/Genlock Thru
• Deltacast DELTA-h4k2-elp 20 — 2x HDMI 2.0 Capture

Capture Drivers

Using the correct software driver for Hippotizer is critical to ensure proper function of the capture cards. Please refer to the release notes of the specific Hippotizer software version for guidance on which driver to use.

*The firmware of each capture card is updated during driver installation. For this reason it may be required to run the driver installation after a factory restore to ensure card firmware matches software.