sepheronxProbably at the price they want, you can get a cheap USB to HDMI adapter for $10 CAD and call it a day. A buddy of mine has like 4 of them for his live broadcasting of basketball games (prior to covid) and says he has no issue running all 4 at same time, separate cameras and the signal is clean.

TheLostSwedeYou are aware those cheap things can only do 1080p30, right?

@VSG you linked back to TPU, even though the text for the actual link is correct.

TheLostSwedeYou are aware those cheap things can only do 1080p30, right?

@VSG you linked back to TPU, even though the text for the actual link is correct.

TheLostSwedeYou are aware those cheap things can only do 1080p30, right?

@VSG you linked back to TPU, even though the text for the actual link is correct.

sepheronxthey can? Buddy of mine got them from Ali and he was doing 4K. Must be something wrong then.

they werent the dongle one but a whole box thing. But they are small enough for his needs and he got them on black friday sale for dirt cheap. 4K at 30fps as per him.

VSGWeird, the editor and URL are both correct so I am not sure what happened. Something for @W1zzard to look at.

Ferrum Master1080p60 actually... I use the UVC dongle to hook up my Sony Alpha for video calls. Well it kinda works, the lag is there, but you can cope with that, but the image compression is a on a turd quality level, but for online meetings it is great... I can use to to attach camera to my phone to use larger and more bright oled screen also.

Anyone, who is claiming to use some China stuff for professional capture streaming is a pure rookie or either blind, it is not only about the FPS and resolution, as always... Prove me wrong :D

TheLostSwedeFor $10, no way dude. I know what these things cost.


This is where the link goes www.techpowerup.com/img/elgato.com/cam-link-pro


For $10? I don't think so.

TheLostSwedeFor $10, no way dude. I know what these things cost. In fact, I tried to develop something like that over a decade ago.


This is where the link goes www.techpowerup.com/img/elgato.com/cam-link-pro


For $10? I don't think so. I know there are plenty affordable options out there, but for $10, you're not getting anything above 1080p30 out of it.

TheLostSwedeFor $10, no way dude. I know what these things cost. In fact, I tried to develop something like that over a decade ago.


This is where the link goes www.techpowerup.com/img/elgato.com/cam-link-pro


For $10? I don't think so. I know there are plenty affordable options out there, but for $10, you're not getting anything above 1080p30 out of it.

sepheronxI'll verify it from him. But he picked up a bunch of Rullz branded capture cards. He says some are 4K some are not. I'll see what he paid for them.

TheLostSwedeIf you look at the review linked below, you'll see the accept 4K input, but they can only encode at 1080p30.
The quality also looks like arse.
www.naut.ca/blog/2020/07/09/cheap-hdmi-capture-card-review/

sepheronxsome interesting "specs" this thing states. Hard to believe of course:

www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001266503369.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.58e130a4wOBIeW&algo_pvid=600976bb-63b0-4a55-9bf8-dbd6a9e17dda&algo_expid=600976bb-63b0-4a55-9bf8-dbd6a9e17dda-2&btsid=0bb0622e16179092219584735ec904&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_

Yeah, I am pretty sceptical. But I sure as heck will not pay $400 CAD for a card which I am certain I can still get individual units for cheaper. Even if $50 a pop each.

Patuga349.90 USD :p

btw... the link to the product is not working.

TheLostSwedeNothing hard to believe, it captures 1080p30.
You clearly don't understand the difference between these products.

sepheronxnot really. I dont have much exposure to them. I understand what it captures at but I get what you are saying. But I am also relying on someone who I actually deal with day to day. I will ask him directly. I just threw that one at you as example and I didnt read it thoroughly.

I'll forward him this. When he can start hosting live events again, this may be good for him.

I am hoping with the advent of this card, there will be cheaper alternatives. But then again, I may be waiting for forever.

BTW, thanks for the link you posted earlier. After reading through it, it gives me a much better clarity of the poor quality of these.

Do you recommend anything?

sepheronxnot really. I dont have much exposure to them. I understand what it captures at but I get what you are saying. But I am also relying on someone who I actually deal with day to day. I will ask him directly. I just threw that one at you as example and I didnt read it thoroughly.

I'll forward him this. When he can start hosting live events again, this may be good for him.

I am hoping with the advent of this card, there will be cheaper alternatives. But then again, I may be waiting for forever.

BTW, thanks for the link you posted earlier. After reading through it, it gives me a much better clarity of the poor quality of these.

Do you recommend anything?

kuroI just really wanted to commend you for being so level-headed when responding these people that would rather say things like "you don't know what you're talking about" or "you don't know anything" instead of actually trying to explain the knowledge they seem to be holding from this higher plane of existence they're from.

TheLostSwedeIn not saying Elgato is the only choice here, but they've delivered solid solutions for a good few years. Their pricing is a bit high, but it gives you access to things like support, unlike when you buy some random Chinese product. This is the first "cheap" quad HDMI card I've seen that can do 4K30p, but there are apparently others.

Yes, the USB dongles work, but going for the bottom of three barrel hardware, you're going to get the bottom of the barrel video quality too. You'd at least want something with USB 3.0, or you'll end up with super poor video quality.

I guess Elgato's biggest competitor is AverMedia, as they're targeting the same market.
It also comes down to what you want to do with the video, as if it's already compressed, you're much more limited to what you can do with it, but it also puts less strain on the host system.

If you're serious, I can ask a mate that does streaming for as living, as they're using a similar product to this, but I'm not sure where they got it.


Sorry, but the issue here was his claims of a $10 USB device being able to do the same as this card. That's simply not true. I shared a link to a review that explained in detail why it's not possible, but I guess you didn't read that?

I actually spent the better part of a year, although about a decade ago, trying to make a product that could live stream 1080 video, but at the time, there was no suitable hardware. These days there's a lot more choice and much easier to find something affordable, but if you go too cheap, the end result is also going to look cheap.