AVerMedia Avercapture HD, Game Streaming and Game Capture, High Definition 1080P, H.264 Hardware Encoding Game Recorder - USB Video Capture (GL310)

In one of the Q&A's about problems getting the sound to capture with this device, I noted that I was having the same problem as the original customer's problem with that. No matter what my settings for capture, there was no sound in the output file. Frustrating!I'd like to set things straight - seeing is believing, but hearing is, too. Specifically, just because I saw the audio stream existed in a file check, it didn't mean there's really something to hear. For example, I finally figured out why my new GL310 could not capture the audio portion of an HDMI stream. You could see it was actually missing in the output file's info (using the "Mediainfo" PC app) whereas the audio stream was there when file capture was done by a different capture device. Fact is, while the stream was there on that second device, it was empty - no sound to be heard. So apparently, the GL310 won't even create an audio stream in either the .TS or .MP4 containers if there's no audio detected, whereas some capture devices will create the stream no matter what.Short story: turns out my tuner/amplifier/home media selector is defective and for some selections the input HDMI audio IS NOT passed through to the output HDMI signal! Grrr. I had not noticed this since I usually only use my media center later on at night and only with captioning on, to keep the peace.Bottom line, my GL310 really is fully functioning as advertised and it all goes back to the saying, "garbage in -> garbage out." There really WAS NO audio in the HDMI signal I was trying to record! Once I removed the variable of my tuner/amp, file capture now works just fine.While not the easiest device to set up the way you want it, flexibility is sure worth it. I'm not hearing back from AverMedia's support, but they only give you 250 characters to describe your problem.Nonetheless, given the number of options the GL310 provides and the quality of the output, as well as a pretty decent interface, I've gotta give it 5 stars for performing it's advertised jobs!UPDATE: I did receive a response, after a couple days, from AverMedia support. They went through a checklist, but could likely not have been able to troubleshoot my particular problem, since it was a home theater system component that was screwing up the HDMI content.

Let me start off with this. I originally bought an Elgato. I spent 200$ for it. It absolutely would not work with my pc. My pc met all the requirements needed to run the card. It constantly crashed my pc. It froze My obs and it would not stream for more than 10 mins. I watched hours of videos and went through hundreds of tutorials and nothing works. After taking it back I looked into this capture card. I was very hesitant because it was cheaper and Elgato is one of the better capture cards according to most. Let me tell you, buying this capture card was a great decision.So far I have had absolutely no problems with this capture card. It was easy to set up and it is easy to use. The software was easy to install. I do hate that I can't use 60fps but I can still stream at 30fps and have great quality. It runs great. Over all this was a better choice for me than an elgato.

I mean it works but if youre lucky your gpu wont show screen tearing, for me even after about a solid week of researching how to stop the screen tearing, uninstalling and re installing rec central, darn thing works when it wants to. update as of 8/12/18 It DOES work you get a nice box with the usb cable it lights up a beautiful blue Tron style LED however depending on the console its main button might/not work for recording gameplay straight from the Cap card itself. HOWEVER if you use OBS or nvidia geforce experience its no biggie plus you get more recording options. You more than likely need a strong cpu to produce good frames. Better cpu = better frames & less lag. I use this on a quad core i3 it handles nicely on Ps3 and any console however if you get frame intensive games like cod or Ps4 my i3 wont handle the frames as good. But if you have at least an i5 or higher you should receive a better experience than an i3. Also helps that you plug it in a usb 3.0 supported slot. Honestly for a hundred bucks the quality is much nicer than my old cap card. This is def HD. Also a fix for the screen tearing is have the gameplay window open to half of the screen and with obs simply crop to that part only and save your gameplay that way as smaller window means less chance of screen tear. Overall it's an ok cap card if youre fine with playing at half of the screen otherwise full screen will probably give you screen tear (this could go for about any cap card in general)...

I had high hopes but this capture card is a piece of junk. Yes, it does work well for streaming and recording from an HDMI source but it will crash the entire system (Windows 7) most of the time when plugging or unplugging from the USB. It is a poor fit for OBS. It does work once the drivers are installed but the lag from HDMI to USB is really long, close to a second. You can laboriously delay all your other sources to match but what a pain! Even a $15 HDMI to USB converter is about twice as fast and looks almost as good.Pros: Picture looks nice. If all you want to do is stream a source or record HDMI into your computer, this is fine.Cons: Slow conversion to USB, Often crashes the system (BSOD) when connecting or disconnecting the USB, tech support is questionable.