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Reviewer: RadioDale
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A Personal DVR That Works with Roku
Review: I bought this rather generic and cheap video capture device a few months ago with the hopes of building my own HD DVR. After a lot of frustrations and messing around I actually got it to work! I have a Roku 3 and I wished to be able to record from the HDMI output of the Roku. I used a mini-pc (TrigKey G4, Win11Pro, built-in SSD, about 5″x5″x1.5″, incredibly cheap on Amazon!) For software I used the free open-source OBS which allows one to record from an HDMI video capture device. As anyone will tell you, OBS is incredibly feature-rich but has a very steep learning curve. Fortunately there are loads of YouTube videos describing how to use it. It seems to be highly popular with the gaming folks wishing to stream their games, but it is also a nice DVR. OBS recognized the video capture device no problem. There are lots of settings in OBS regarding screen resolution, video levels, frame rates, etc etc. I don’t begin to understand all of them but I got a very decent HD picture after some messing around with the settings in OBS. This video capture device also extracts the audio from the HDMI input and is shown in the audio mixer of OBS. This is where I encountered lots of problems. The audio stream was nothing but annoying scratchy static, absolutely no actual program content. I spent a couple of weeks trying to solve it. For a while I was thinking there must be something wrong with my video capture device, but then one day I tried recording an old 1990s show…and the audio was perfect! I immediately tried again with a modern show; nothing but static. Weird, but a hint. With some searching around I eventually found a forum posting at an A/V site where a guy was describing a similar problem. It turns out these cheap capture devices cannot handle any program content that is using Dolby Digital audio. I went into the Roku settings and turned off Dolby and told Roku to only put out stereo audio. Ta dah, it solved the problem! The old show I was recording was in the days before Dolby and that’s why it worked. Modern programming almost universally uses Dolby audio and this capture device cannot handle Dolby. But now it is working fine since I forced Roku to only use stereo. I’ve recorded a lot of modern content from Roku and I’m happy. While the device says it can do 4K I haven’t bothered with that at all; I’m content with HD video at 720 or 1080. To play back the recordings I make, I simply use the free VLC Player app on the same mini-pc. OBS can create files in a number of formats – I’m using mp4 which is fine. I bought a wireless mouse and wireless keyboard to be able to interact with the pc from the comfort of my living room couch, sitting back about 10ft from the TV. A click of the mouse and I’m fast forwarding or rewinding, just like in the old VCR days.In conclusion, if you have a desire to build your own HD DVR, this inexpensive video capture card will work. You’ll have to provide a PC of course but a lot of us have surplus pc’s stuck in the closet. It doesn’t have to be a super-hot pc; my little mini-pc isn’t a race car but recording using OBS and this capture device only loads the CPU to about 50%. It was a fun project!
Reviewer: Xiaohong Zhu
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good capture card for remote access
Review: Its pretty good card for what it’s worth. I use it for my remote access project and it does its job well!
Reviewer: Marvin Ochoa
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best Traveling accessory to have
Review: Works as expected and it’s a great option to have when traveling. Everyone should have this tool in their traveling kit.
Reviewer: Jacob H.
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Title is misleading, outputs 1080p not 4k
Review: For starters, this title makes it seem as though this capture card outputs 4k. It does not. It outputs 1080p. It does however take IN a 4k signal. So I can set my camera to 4k and then this capture card downscales that to 1080p. Which still looks better than taking a 1080p signal from the camera (unless your camera is also downscaling the 4k image). The 1080p video capture does look great. And the setup is easy, just plug and play. Minimal lag.
Reviewer: Dale Lucas
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Video capture card
Review: Yes, it was worth the buy. But you have to download a program to run it. A video program and set up the setting to recognize their card.
Reviewer: Brian Dipierro
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Works flawless for me
Review: Works perfect for my use case. No real noticeable lag in obs. I did have to add it as a separate audio source to not have input lag but it didn’t take too long to figure out
Reviewer: Kiwi
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great capture device game changer
Review: Plug and play ! Low latency ! Stable low thermals in testing ! Can output 2K resolution and input up to true 4k resolution. Also captures audio very well too.
Reviewer: Robert K. Boulton
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Buy a different product
Review: I started using this to convert mini-dv videotape to digital on my computer. Everything was going fine, I had a couple of dozen tapes to do. After 4 or 5 of them, the device would no longer transmit sound, only video. If I left the device sit for a couple of hours, it then worked again. If I put it in my refrigerator for 20 minutes, it started to work again, but then dies again. Clearly an electronic issue with the device. I couldn’t find any support from the company to get a warranty replacement or log a complaint. There is plenty of places to buy their products, but no where is there a support or warranty claim link. I bought a different brand and successfully converted all my videotape. Stay away from this particular item.
Reviewer: WAnon
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Bester Einkauf für meine switch. Ich streame damit meine nintendo switch spiele auf OBS studio und es funktioniert perfekt.
Reviewer: Leigh
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Works great! It’s perfect for capturing my PS5 to my PC. I love that it comes with both USB and USB-C attachments, making it really convenient. It’s truly plug-and-play, so I had no issues setting it up. I don’t use any fancy software—just OBS, where I simply add a video capture device like a webcam but select the capture card instead. The video quality is great; I haven’t noticed any issues with FPS, quality, or colour drop. Audio has also been flawless for me. I did have an OBS audio issue, but it was easy to resolve. I’d definitely recommend this, as it’s budget-friendly and perfect for what I needed!
Reviewer: Benjamin
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Cet appareil est vraiment excellent et permet entre autres d’amener des données portées par un câble HDMI sur un PC (en principe les données HDMI ne font que sortir d’un PC) avec toutes les utilisations envisageables d’enregistrement ultérieures. A noter que VLC sur le PC fonctionne très bien et parait plus simple à utiliser que Obs Studio (un peu) explicité dans la notice.
Reviewer: Kindle Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Work perfe try with my amazing FugifilmX-T5.
Reviewer: Jorge Sánchez
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Funciona perfecto

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