chuckd21

Would need it to work with both PC and Mac, so a dedicated capture card isn't an option. I've been looking at this one...



http://www.elgato.com/elgato/na/main...tureHD.en.html

Seems pretty sweet. Any personal experience?

Jay G.

Just to be clear, you want to capture from a console to either PC or Mac, yes?

chuckd21

Correct

RocShemp

That would be cool for editing certain games (like Uncharted 1/2/3) into movie versions. Wonder if it'd keep the multichannel audio intact as well.

starseed1981

You starting your own Youtube channel?

Jay G.

It has fairly good reviews on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Elgato-Capture...p/B00840353W/r

So does this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Hauppauge-Gami...dp/B008ZT8QKO/


Then there's this one, that can capture video without a PC. It's also cheaper than the other two, although you'd need to [use a harddrive with it (internal or external):
http://www.amazon.com/AVERMEDIA-C281...p/B005YR0M0W/r


You can also stream directly without a PC using the Cerevo LiveShell, although it's limited in the number of services it works with:
http://www.amazon.com/Cerevo-LiveShe.../dp/B006J3D0R2

chuckd21

Have one. Just looking to add a few new series to it during the months when I'm not making movie related videos.

story

Do you have to hook that up to a laptop or PC or is it possible to just hook it up to an external hard drive that's powered up and then hook that up to a PC for editing?

Jay G.

The Elgato device in the OP needs a PC/Mac for the actual capturing.

The AVERMEDIA C281 that I linked to in my post can capture without being connected to a PC. You either install an internal drive directly into the device, or you can attach an external drive to it.
http://www.avermedia.com/Product/Pro...il.aspx?Id=556

story

That's awesome! I have an extra 1.5 TB external hard drive not doing anything right now (right after I bought that and opened it up I also got the same model at 2 TB for a little less money and am using that to backup my PC) and it would be so cool to make videos of our game play! I'm not sure I can convince my wife that this is a "necessity" in the budget as we look ahead at the year but man, that would be so fun!

chuckd21

See it's junk like this that I need to properly capture, instead of just shooting cell phone footage of.

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