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Review on πŸŽ₯ HDMI Video Capture Card: Full HD 1080P 60fps Game Recorder w/ HDMI Loop-out - Windows 7/8/10 Linux Twitch Streaming & Recording for PS3/4 Switch Xbox by Keith Harris

Revainrating 4 out of 5

A cheap alternative that works in most situations but not the Canon 5D MK IV.

Product arrived brand new in box, no signs of use or schematic packaging so a good start. If you need a consumer camera or camcorder with an HDMI output to connect directly to your computer via USB and just get it working, this box will most likely work. If you have a Canon 5D MK IV it doesn't work, but I don't know why. The camera outputs HDMI at 1080p at 59.94 fps, but there may be a specification in the HDMI data that is not recognized by this device. The good news is that you don't need any hardware for this camera, you can use the free software on Mac directly from the camera via native USB. I just wish there was a list of supported devices for this device, or even unsupported devices to make its usefulness clear. I had an old "backup test" HD camcorder, a Canon VIXIA HF R10, and it works really great with that record button. , pnp as they say. The same Canon 5D MK IV HDMI cables never worked no matter what software and settings I tried. I never found out why the Canon 5D's HDMI signal doesn't work with this unit and even emailed support for 3 days after receiving this unit, but in the end it didn't matter. All this thinking and testing has led me to find a software solution and of course there is a way to download two existing apps to use the Canon 5D MK IV without any external hardware and use it flawlessly as a webcam in OBS. Skype, QT Player and others. Being able to connect two cameras to the laptop, one with this capture key and the other just with the software, I thought this would be a great, reliable and inexpensive solution to the problem without having to buy two of these devices. or one of them plus a more expensive similar unit. It didn't work the way I originally hoped or intended, but it worked for me nonetheless.

Pros
  • MEETING SCREEN SHARING
Cons
  • unreliable