AVerMedia X'Tra Go GC515

[17th Dimension]

The AVerMedia X'Tra Go GC515 is a unique dock with gameplay capture capabilities, designed to work with any device with USB-C DP Alt video output. This unique proposition makes it interesting for anyone who wants to capture gameplay videos directly from their PC handheld, smartphone, tablet, or Nintendo Switch.

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[Lianna]

Thanks for the review but could you please be a little bit more specific?

three image quality presets (Optimal, Good, and Normal) and two compression formats (H.264 and H.265).

The quality of videos captured without a PC is terrific. They're sharp, the bitrate is very high

screenshot with <8Mbps video

So what IS the bitrate in the standalone mode at least at:
- H.265 3840x2160p60?
- H.265 2560x1440p60?
- H.265 1920x1080p60?
Did you test it with a game that has tons of movement and/or explosions all over the screen, like late stage RTS or bullet hell?
Some recording modes seem fine until you stress them. Elgato Game Capture 4K60 S+ needs at least a switch to H.265 and, say, 100+ Mbps bitrates for 4k60 to get sharp recordings for some games. Sounds suspect here if the reader is really so slow.

 

[17th Dimension]

- H.265 1920x1080p60?

Don't know about h.265 (captured all videos with default settings in H.264), but for 1080p@60 in h.264 about 20,000kb/s.

Don't have the data for 1440p@60 in standalone mode because I don't own a 1440p handheld. Lastly, the device is capped at 4K@30 in standalone mode. That ROG Ally 4K@30 Kingdom Come Deliverance II video has a bitrate of only about 7,500kb/s, most likely because of the bug that caused the dock to capture the video at 4K instead of 1080p.

The 4K@60 video captured from the ROG Ally via Streaming Center directly to the PC storage has a bitrate of about 80,000kb/s, and the 1080p@120 video, also captured via Streaming Center, has a bitrate of around 100,000kb/s