Not for 8 hours, but I did use it for 6 hours straight with no hiccups with a PS4 Pro and a camera. It worked how it should details in this video were consistent after the 6 hours or usage. If you have any more questions, feel free to hit me up here or when I'm live M / W / F @ 11am (et) over at Activater.Tv
Right? I thought that too, but I can't tell what specifications this card has in comparison. The Magewell has up to RGB 4:4:4 support, 12 bit color, and resolution support up to 2048 x 2160. Although that's a weird res.
Still using this capture card? I’ve been looking for the elgato cam link pro but it’s sold out everywhere. I was wondering if this was a good second option.
100% It's good for everyone. I know there are competitors with higher price points and this is a solid step for lowering the over all price. Avermedia did that to Elgato not too long ago with their 4K60 capture cards.
@@Activater Yeah I remember originally the price was $700 for a card that could do this. I feel once they start pushing for cards that can do this single capture cards will drop in price and these capture cards will be the main ones they'll push for streamers.
Haven't really been checking around lately but I will say USB external cap cards usually have limitations that pcie overcomes. I personally also use a bunch of cameras/HDMI sources to make these cards valuable. Happy to help you find something if you need something specific!
just stumbled on this video i know it was posted quite some time ago haha. Was the Camera plugged into two capture cards? or did you just change the source of the exisiting one to the newer Capture card you installed?
Hey Dan! Yeah, I use a splitter to split my camera to 2 PCs. In this case the left camera was my stream pc and the one you see in OBS is my game PC with this capture card. 🙂
Well done, great production quality. Best of luck with the channel! This confirmed all of my presumptions about the card. Thank you for taking the time to make this. fyi, the direct dl to the driver link is broken.
Why are you testing 20 fps? I'd love to see what tests you performed in determining this to be a bad capture card. Everything I did when testing showed great results for 1080p @ 60fps which is what most people try to stream at.
Technically you'd need a capture card that had a 4k loop out. This card only allows capture of 1080p. However, you may be able to get this plus a HDMI splitter so that you can still send your 4k signal to a TV while capturing onto a PC with the 2080p cap card.
@@Activater thank you for responding! And that may be the best case, I also found another device that does allow 4k passthrough called the blackmagic decklink though it retails for more than double the price of this card 😵💫. Maybe you can do a review on that one day with the newer consoles, though I think I much rather prefer this card lol, recording at 4k takes up so much more storage than 1080 😅
I just purchased one of these cards..So, can this card go into the spare PCIex16 slot that I have on my board? It doesn't fit the smaller x1 slot like my usb 3.0 port card does and the only other one I have is the x16 slot like the other one my video card uses.
wish you tried to input color bars and looked at the vectorscope. coz the acasis i tried didn't show correct colors according to how color bars should look in a vectorscope ang rgb parade.
Interesting. I'll definitely look into that next time. I usually try to review things from a basic standpoint rather than super technical. However, ill give this a try soon. This card is my 3 favorite capture card our of the 10 or so I have.
@@Activater absolutely. My aim is to have it record simultaneously in four different instances of OBS. My understanding is that the decompression of the source is already being handled by the quad capture card, however OBS will point the recording/compression task to the GPU. Think a modern GPU can handle that X4?
Okay but where is the HDMI output? If I wanna play on the console I capturing I need the hdmi source anyways. Or os the latency with this one low enough to directly play on my pc?
There's no loop through on this. Playing on OBS might be okay, but if you wanna bypass that whole thing, you could get an HDMI splitter and send the duplicated image to your TV or another monitor
Technically you can. However, just change the "output (scaled) resolution" to 1080p or whatever resolution you want. It'll convert it. I should have mentioned that 😅
Yeah. I think in time, cards will get there. For now 1080p60 is still solid for most casters. Your viewers will see a downloaded image, but its still rad. However, for recording, you may as well get a 4k cap card and record each console/device separately.
@@Activater I am great with the 1080p 60 capture. I just like to game at 1440p 144Hz and very few cards seem to accept that as an input and downscale it to 1080p 60fps. Cloning displays with mixed rez/frequencies never worked well for me. I do have a 4K 60 capture card, and may look into this 4 input card as an accessory to allow retro consoles from a retro tink, and webcams, etc. Thanks for the video!
Exactly what I was looking for!
Hoping your channel grows brother, you deserve it.
have you ever tried to use it more than 8 hours? how's the performance?
Not for 8 hours, but I did use it for 6 hours straight with no hiccups with a PS4 Pro and a camera. It worked how it should details in this video were consistent after the 6 hours or usage. If you have any more questions, feel free to hit me up here or when I'm live M / W / F @ 11am (et) over at Activater.Tv
$245 😳 that's more than 50% off the Magewell 😳
Right? I thought that too, but I can't tell what specifications this card has in comparison. The Magewell has up to RGB 4:4:4 support, 12 bit color, and resolution support up to 2048 x 2160. Although that's a weird res.
Still using this capture card? I’ve been looking for the elgato cam link pro but it’s sold out everywhere. I was wondering if this was a good second option.
i am! It's good but the latest OBS update made it look like each HDMI input was an "ndi source"
This looks great! I just ordered a camlink pro the other day. Its nice that other companies are coming out with this at a lower price range.
100% It's good for everyone. I know there are competitors with higher price points and this is a solid step for lowering the over all price. Avermedia did that to Elgato not too long ago with their 4K60 capture cards.
@@Activater Yeah I remember originally the price was $700 for a card that could do this. I feel once they start pushing for cards that can do this single capture cards will drop in price and these capture cards will be the main ones they'll push for streamers.
How’s the cam link pro been? I’ve been looking for one but I can’t find one anywhere. All sold out everywhere.
Thankyouuu i have idea what Video Capture
pcie hdmi capture cards are too expensive , compared to USB hdmi capture devices
Haven't really been checking around lately but I will say USB external cap cards usually have limitations that pcie overcomes. I personally also use a bunch of cameras/HDMI sources to make these cards valuable.
Happy to help you find something if you need something specific!
just stumbled on this video i know it was posted quite some time ago haha. Was the Camera plugged into two capture cards? or did you just change the source of the exisiting one to the newer Capture card you installed?
Hey Dan! Yeah, I use a splitter to split my camera to 2 PCs. In this case the left camera was my stream pc and the one you see in OBS is my game PC with this capture card. 🙂
Well done, great production quality. Best of luck with the channel! This confirmed all of my presumptions about the card. Thank you for taking the time to make this. fyi, the direct dl to the driver link is broken.
Thanks for watching VeX! I'll check into this link thing asap!
esta placa é um lixo fiz testes profundos e ela não tem real 20 fps
Why are you testing 20 fps? I'd love to see what tests you performed in determining this to be a bad capture card. Everything I did when testing showed great results for 1080p @ 60fps which is what most people try to stream at.
Ik this video is a little older but can I still play games at 4k whilst recording at 1080p?
Technically you'd need a capture card that had a 4k loop out. This card only allows capture of 1080p. However, you may be able to get this plus a HDMI splitter so that you can still send your 4k signal to a TV while capturing onto a PC with the 2080p cap card.
@@Activater thank you for responding! And that may be the best case, I also found another device that does allow 4k passthrough called the blackmagic decklink though it retails for more than double the price of this card 😵💫. Maybe you can do a review on that one day with the newer consoles, though I think I much rather prefer this card lol, recording at 4k takes up so much more storage than 1080 😅
I just purchased one of these cards..So, can this card go into the spare PCIex16 slot that I have on my board? It doesn't fit the smaller x1 slot like my usb 3.0 port card does and the only other one I have is the x16 slot like the other one my video card uses.
wish you tried to input color bars and looked at the vectorscope. coz the acasis i tried didn't show correct colors according to how color bars should look in a vectorscope ang rgb parade.
Interesting. I'll definitely look into that next time. I usually try to review things from a basic standpoint rather than super technical. However, ill give this a try soon. This card is my 3 favorite capture card our of the 10 or so I have.
alright will give this a try. thx for the review chief.
It's been a really great capture card! Thanks for check the video out!
@@Activater absolutely. My aim is to have it record simultaneously in four different instances of OBS. My understanding is that the decompression of the source is already being handled by the quad capture card, however OBS will point the recording/compression task to the GPU. Think a modern GPU can handle that X4?
Honestly not sure. I'd love to hear how this goes!!
@@Activater how'd you get yours to work? it requires a X4 - motherboards only have X1 and X16. Did you get yours to work in your X16 slot?
@@mikes6444 Correct. I needed to plug it into the larger slot. See: 1:59
Hi. How long hdmi size cable?
HDMI cables can be any length
This is nuts!
100%
@@Activater Almost as nuts as MANGO GG!!! Code: Activater.
@@joshwrb 😂
Okay but where is the HDMI output? If I wanna play on the console I capturing I need the hdmi source anyways. Or os the latency with this one low enough to directly play on my pc?
There's no loop through on this. Playing on OBS might be okay, but if you wanna bypass that whole thing, you could get an HDMI splitter and send the duplicated image to your TV or another monitor
Stud.
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But bro the capture card is 1080p streaming at 4k wt.......?
Technically you can. However, just change the "output (scaled) resolution" to 1080p or whatever resolution you want. It'll convert it. I should have mentioned that 😅
same my motherboard
Shame it can't accept 1440p or 4K and downscale to 1080p for the capture.
Yeah. I think in time, cards will get there. For now 1080p60 is still solid for most casters. Your viewers will see a downloaded image, but its still rad. However, for recording, you may as well get a 4k cap card and record each console/device separately.
@@Activater I am great with the 1080p 60 capture. I just like to game at 1440p 144Hz and very few cards seem to accept that as an input and downscale it to 1080p 60fps. Cloning displays with mixed rez/frequencies never worked well for me.
I do have a 4K 60 capture card, and may look into this 4 input card as an accessory to allow retro consoles from a retro tink, and webcams, etc.
Thanks for the video!
Thank you Michael! Yeah, I know what you're talking about with mixed res/fps/hz. I had this problem a long time ago but my 4k60 solved it.
is this at mjpeg or 4 2 0 or 4 2 ?
Depending on the resolution you choose, options open up. At 1080p60, the video option is YUY2 which I think is 4:2:2?
doesnt it get hot?
I haven't noticed it getting hot? I mean, as hot as anything else in your PC.