So at the very least, unless you have spare HDMI cables lying around, you will need at least one more HDMI cable. Also, your game capture device will probably come with one as well, unless of course you buy it used.
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You would already have at least one because currently you have it hooked to your TV using HDMI. Don’t neglect this because it would be annoying for you to spend hundreds on a game capture device and an HDCP stripper and then have to wait a few more days because you didn’t have enough HDMI cables. Read more about HDCP stripping on my other post. As a result, you will need a device that strips the HDCP signal (or bypasses the HDCP signal) in order to record or stream your gameplay. If you plug it in and try to capture the picture with the game capture card, it will display a black screen no both the game capture software and your TV. HDCP blocks the HDMI signal if you attempt to use it on a standard HDMI splitter or an HDMI passthrough device like a game capture card. This stands for High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection. There is a content protection on some HDMI devices including the PS3, PS4, and Xbox One, called HDCP. Secondly, you need an HDCP stripping device. I recommend the Elgato Game Capture HD60 if you are recording PS4, Xbox One, or Wii U or the Elgato Game Capture HD if you are recording PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, or any other HDMI game console. It’s unfortunate there are not any good ones for cheap, but being as it is, $150 to $200 is the price range you will be looking at (not including the HDMI cables and HDCP stripping device). Expect to pay upwards of $200 for a quality game capture device. You need a high quality game capture device. Without a dedicated device, even if you did have an HDMI input on your graphics card, it probably would not allow HDMI passthrough, and even if it did or you used an HDMI splitter, the graphics card may not be able to handle both processing video input and outputting an image to your monitor simultaneously. However, you won’t be using the HDMI passthrough, but you do need an HDMI input. Further, the game capture device will take over some of the processing of video, as well as allow HDMI passthrough. This goes for laptops as well, almost no laptops have an HDMI input. There is no way to hook up your game console such as a PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, or Xbox One directly to your computer, because most graphics cards only have an output, but not an input. See the following wiring schematic diagram that I created which will make the setup much easier to understand:Īssuming you already have a console and games to record, and a television or monitor with HDMI input, you mainly need three things.įirst, you need a dedicated game capture device. The best way to set up your game capture device for game streaming or game recording is to run from the game console into the HDMI Splitter / HDCP Stripper, and the output via an HDMI cable to the TV, and another HDMI cable to the game capture device. 1x Game Console such as PS3, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Wii, or Wii Uġx Television or Monitor with HDMI input,
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