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Review on πŸŽ₯ High Definition USB Video Capture AV.io HD - Easy Plug and Play for VGA, DVI, and HDMI up to 1080p at 60 fps by Steve Campbell

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Finally an HDMI/DVI/VGA capture card that works with Linux!

Capture works well with typical HDMI, DVI and VGA sources. It comes as a UVC class device, so you don't need to install Windows 10 and Linux drivers for the capture to work. The capture format support is very simple: all frames returned from the capture device are in uncompressed YUV 4:2:2 format. When connected to a USB 3.0 port, you can get a full 1080p60 recording with no frame loss as long as the CPU can keep up, especially when compressing real-time video. On Linux, video is routed through the Video4linux interface and audio through the ALSA interface. It works great with VLC player, FFMPEG and any other Linux capture software. One odd thing about AV.io is that it doesn't seem to tell the capture software what the video resolution of the HDMI source is. If you instead ask the device to record 1280x720 at 60 fps, it will take the HDMI source and upscale to 1280x720, even if the source is 1920x1080, for example. No problem, just an odd feature. Another big advantage for me is that it works with Linux. I have several other HDMI capture cards and while they work great they require me to boot and run Windows 7 or higher and the manufacturer of these cards has specifically stated that they are not interested in Linux. If you need another reason to use Windows less, buy this capture card instead of other brands!

Pros
  • Electronics
Cons
  • Requires power outlet