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I need some recommendations for capture cards for dual streaming PC setups. I have watched a few videos and have some contenders in mind, however I would like to know based of experience from those who have/has used capture card in such a setup, and what you experience has been. aka, Which companies software/hardware worked better for your circumstances Please don't post if you have nothing of value to add to this thread OR you don't have experience with said products. I appreciate advice, but this time, advice based of knowledge and experience please.

Not sure if this is the right thread seires ... However,, I was wondering if there is any capture Cards that do the encoding on their own. I was told AverMedia ones will but Elgato will not. Built my wife a streaming machine and she lost interest in it. Recently picked it back up. For her birthday I want to get her a loupdeck and a capture card. Was wondering which Cards would reduce load on her CPU and GPU as well as let her stream non PC. Like a switch or something. Maybe she'll finally touch the switch I bought her for more than just Animal Crossing lol. PCIE not USB. Her desk is gonna be cluttered enough with her other peripherals on it.

Budget (including currency): $1500usd target. Can go higher if that is what is needed. Country: US Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: I am trying to capture a massive number of game consoles simultaneously. 240p/480i 60hz composite or S-Video is what each feed is. Other details: I already have all the consoles and a way to feed inputs to all of them. Main issue is how to capture and view this many screens at once. A slight secondary issue is how to flip on this many power sockets at once to sync the start time of the systems. Capture info: 50+ feeds of 240p/480i 60hz composite/s-video. I have nothing for this at this time. Hoping to keep latency within several frames. I have considered CCTV capture cards but all the ones I find are very vague about what they support and what is needed to use them on the software side. It also doesn't need to be capture cards really, could just be a screen solution to view this much at once and then point a camera at it. I currently have 1 computer that I could use for this although PCIE ports are limited so would likely need to come up with some way to split that. (ryzen 3700x and a 2070super) The secondary concern of powering consoles I assume will be through a couple of power strips that are then switched on by some relay I can control. Total power draw of consoles is about 1700 watts so will be running off of 2 circuit breakers for safety sake as that is nearing the 15A load for residential. Any recommendations or thoughts on this would be very helpful, Thank you.

So I don't help with any particular subjects however I would like to know if you as a consumer/Prosumer/Professional have has any issue with captures card on a thread ripper based system. Heard a hew stutters and flicker based issues form Decklink users, but info about any card brand would be great!

Hello! I hope this is the correct place to post because I need some help. I have an almost 10-year-old Hauppauge capture card that will only record in 1080p 30fps and uses USB 2.0. I want to upgrade my capture card to either the Ripsaw HD or the Elgato HD60 S, and I also want to ensure that I will be getting the crispest video possible from my capture. The main issue I'm having right now with my Hauppauge is that when I get the game capture recording in OBS Studio, one of two things happens: 1.) The video runs smoothly but is extremely pixelated 2.) The video is somewhat pixelated AND only runs at 2 frames a second So I just want to be sure I get the correct capture card for my needs. I am working on a desktop with a Ryzen 5 2600 CPU with 16gb of RAM in the system and a Radeon RX 580 graphics card. I have recently learned that NVIDIA's NvEnc codec is just straight up better than AMD's or Intel's video encoder, though I don't really have the budget right now to upgrade my graphics card. For the record, I want to get the 1660-Ti when I do. In OBS, I have tried both AMD's H.264 and HEVC H.265 encoder from my GPU when recording from my capture card and they both produce similar results across the different settings I tried. At best, I was able to get the picture only mildly pixelated and it was choppy (probably because of the 30fps limit from the capture card) with the audio lagging just a few milliseconds behind. I believe that the best quality was from the HEVC encoder, though I played around more with the H.264 encoder that gave me the above two scenarios. As a test, I kept the Near-Lossless recording settings that were giving me trouble from my capture card and I tried doing a screen recording of a 4K YouTube video and there was absolutely no pixelation. It was downscaled to 1080p due to me recording in 1080p, but the point was that there were no frame drops nor was there pixelation. Based on all this info, does this sound like an issue with my GPU that will not be remedied by one of these two capture cards? Or would these both do the trick? The reason I ask is because if it sounds like it's just the capture card, then I'd like to save some money and go with the Ripsaw HD. But, if it sounds like my graphics card might not be powerful enough to record gameplay from my capture card in OBS, I'd rather go with Elgato since they have their own recording software I can fall back on. That said, should I even expect super crisp pictures from either of these capture cards or is that only something I should expect with a higher end card like the 4K60 Pro? Thank you for any and all help with this. I will do my best to provide extra information if needed.

So my gaming rig is my signature, in addition to that I have a max specced 2018 Dell XPS 13 I want to use to handle the stream, a Logitech C922 Webcam, and am using an HTC Vive Pro Eye with wireless adaptor. The only two things I'm thinking I need to purchase are the Elgato Collapsible Green Screen and an AVerMedia AVerCapture HD. I'm not going for insane FPS or crazy high resolution, I just want to be able to stream a high quality encoded downscaled 1080p 30fps mixed reality broadcast of my gaming session with ZERO impact on my gaming rig. Although I seldom have serious drops, any effort at using OBS natively with games like Skyrim VR (Heavily modded), result in frequent and obvious spikes in frame times that are incredibly disorienting in game, so I've resolved that mirroring is NOT for me, and I do need to do an external streaming PC with a capture card... Thing is I absolutely don't understand how any of this stuff works. I'm an avid tinker, and enough of an enthusiast to figure things out assuming I have all the right equipment. But right now I'm not in a financial position to start buying stuff only to find out I need to be a dozen other things to make it work as I run into problems on the fly... Normally that would be fine, but not right now... So I'm coming to the community to see if I will have all the equipment I need to make this work, or if there's something I'm missing. If you want to provide helpful information on how to actually do the setup I'd love to listen, but so long as this is the gear I need, that's really all I need to know, I'm happy to flop around and struggle to get it working so long as I have what I need. As an afterthought, I am also using the Vive Wireless Adapter... Since so many of these capture cards are 'pass through' I'm not sure if this will work at all... But if it's still possible without any additional overhead on my gaming PC then it's cool that's all I need to know... If not, anyone who has any information on how to help with this would be of great help...

Hi all, Wondering if you can help, I've been asked to upgrade a friends CCTV system, and I'm a bit stuck on how to proceed. He's currently running an old PC that's incredibly slow and running out of space very quickly. This is the card that's currently in there: http://www.apexcctv.com/p-250-avermedia-nv3000-security-dvr-card.aspx So, I'm planning a two phase upgrade process: - Phase 1: Upgrade the HDD's in the current system to 3TB WD drives to the current system to increase space. - Phase 2: Completely build a new PC with new capture cards with the ability to add new cameras. After speaking to AverMedia on the phone, they have told me that they no longer deal with CCTV, but they have raised a question internally to see what support they have and get back to me regarding the support for the card and current operating systems. Questions: 1) What other decent capture cards are out there, as far as I can tell, the cameras are being connected using BNC cables, which I'm assuming are glorified coaxial cables. 2) What are some half-decent surveillance software available for the answer to Q1 that are freeware/cheap? 3) Should I bother building a new PC or should I buy an already configured DVR such as this: http://www.ebuyer.com/726875-swann-dvr-16440h-ahd-16-channel-1tb-network-dvr-sodvr-16440h-uk 4) Should I just go to IP Cameras instead and start from scratch? Thanks!

If i ran two two internal capture cards (one for recording and the other for streaming) would there be heavy latency on monitor.

I have a dual pc streaming setup and a LGP Lite (gl310) by Avermedia, I’ve been wanting to upgrade the monitor for my gaming pc to a 2k 144hz monitor with g sync, my question is... does a 1080p60 hz pass through mean that I only can game at 1080p60 hz while streaming? Any easy way to bypass this so I get the full experience on my monitor while streaming through my second pc?

Didn't know what subforum to put this in, so sorry if this shouldn't be here : So I have a Blackmagic Intensity Pro and I am having issues getting the HDMI input to work. I've tried using my main PC, a PS4 and an Xbox 360 going into it, and I get no picture from any of them. I don't really have anything else with an hdmi output, so I don't know if I'm running into issues with copy protection, or if my capture card isn't working. Does anyone know what could be wrong with the card? Thanks for any and all responses!

I recently bought an Elgato HD60 S. I have had a couple of problems since unboxing. The first problem doesn't really matter to ME, however, it is something to note before buying. Some Notes: Elgato software is the only one that works on my system so I use that. The second problem I really care about and I want to fix before my 5hour twitch stream on in 2 days 1. If I connect my Xbox/PC I have to close the software, unplug the USB cable, Unplug HDMI input on the card, reopen the software, plug in the USB then wait for the software to recognise there is NO SIGNAL and THEN plug in the HDMI input cable. 2. After FINALLY connecting the Xbox/PC to the card and getting it to work, rather than the instant gameplay preview (STRONGLY advertised btw, ) being 1-3 frames delayed, it was delayed by 2 Whole seconds???. The worst thing was this delay showed up in the recording and twitch stream.

Trying a new area for this question. What can I get for advice on recording console gameplay? I previously owned an Elgato but when used for classic consoles it was utter crap, i want the same quality and clearness of a GameGrumps recording which shouldn't be too much to ask for. I sold the elgato and want something suitable for classic and new age gaming. Are there any devices capable of this with actual support for both and not some dumbed down option to record old consoles?

Sorry if I've put this in the wrong Sub thread, I will move it to one if advised to do so So before I explain my problem I have to say I had the original Elgato Game Capture HD and bought the new HD60 because my gameplay on my tv was delayed/lagging. Now onto what has happened since that, I bought an Elgato HD60 to record some FIFA 15 gameplay about 5 weeks ago. I noticed that the lag was significantly recuduced so I proceeded to play FIFA with my Elgato on completely fine, until recently. The lag/delay was 2/3 seconds but doesn't sound like much but it does make a difference, a bad difference at that. So I decided to email Elgato and they seemed to not really care and there told me that the delay was normal. Furious was the best way to put how I felt about that. It now seems that I may be in the market for a new capture card. I was wondering if anyone knows of any decent capture cards that have a very small delay if any or has any advice? Many thanks, MrGannyK

Hey guys, I'm interested in starting a YouTube channel, I want to mostly do PC GAMING but also a little of console, but I don't the right equipment to get. I know the basics, but I don't know specifics. The basics would be: Microphone/Headset, Pop filter (optionally), Capture card (something that I stick in my PC to record game play from that PC, and occasionally console, but mostly PC), Video Editing Software, and anything else that I might have missed. I'm stressing the point of PC GAMING because some capture cards you stick into one PC that records another PC's game play, I have one PC that I want to record game play on, NOT TWO, that can record at a decent fps. Possibly a webcam. Thanks. BTW Congrats Linus on the 1 million!!