DIGITNOW! HDMI to USB 2.0 Video Recording Card, Practical Compact Game Capture Card Grabber for Live Broadcasts, Conference Rooms, Video Recording

My son was making videogame walkthroughs on YouTube directly off the Switch screen, so I took a punt on a cheap capture device, not really expecting much. This surpassed my expectations. We recorded straight into a laptop with the recommended software, and worked perfectly. There's a little input lag, but not enough that he couldn't play - he didn't even really notice. It might be an issue for games heavily reliant on timing (fighting games for example). The picture and sound quality were great - just as good as other YouTubers we've seen. It stuttered briefly one time in about 30 minutes of video we recorded in total. Worth noting that we were recording a Nintendo Switch, with an output of 1080p. Most consoles go higher than this, so I can't speak for the results at higher resolutions.

I purchased this product to display an NVR output on a Raspberry Pi 5 and stream to the local network, and it works pretty well. The device was recognised by Raspberry Pi OS without any need for driver installation - the device shows as 'MacroSilicon USB Video', which is then available as a device to other software.I installed FFMPEG to stream to my local network, but recording to local file also works well. I haven't tried the device on Windows or MacOS.And for info, resolutions reported...ffmpeg -hide_banner -list_formats all -i /dev/video0[video4linux2,v4l2 @ 0x5555f83051e0] Compressed: mjpeg : Motion-JPEG : 1920x1080 1600x1200 1360x768 1280x1024 1280x960 1280x720 1024x768 800x600 720x576 720x480 640x480[video4linux2,v4l2 @ 0x5555f83051e0] Raw : yuyv422 : YUYV 4:2:2 : 1920x1080 1600x1200 1360x768 1280x1024 1280x960 1280x720 1024x768 800x600 720x576 720x480 640x480

Completely new tech (capture card) for me. But after a couple of days, here is what I learnt.It's natively recognised by Windows and Raspberry pi. No drivers needed. Works out the box. Tested with VLC on Windows and Hyperion on Raspberry Pi.Supports YUYV or MJPG (Both these codecs are new to me, I believe YUYV is what you'd call "raw" video).But latency. I couldn't get consistent results, more than likely my testing apparatus/method. For example, in Windows, I'd get way better latency after killing DWM (I think this is a long standing issue with my laptop). However, best case, from a 1080p source the best I got was 100ms capturing 640*480 YUYV. Which isn't bad for a £10 device. Capturing MJPG at 1080p was around 150-250ms. Again, not bad. I'm quite surprised really as I'd have thought the device would have to do some conversions depending on the source/destination resolution/codec, but here we are. Device does get warm but nothing I'd worry about.Quality when capturing 1080p source/destination using VLC/MJPG seems about as clear as the source. Audio, no comment, didn't test it. Will probably buy another one as a general use KVM type use.Probably worth checking the supported resolutions if it matters to you, it does capture MJPG1080p at 60fps, but YUYV tapers of significantly from 5fps at 1080 down to 30fps at 640. My understanding is that this is a limitation of USB 2.0.

Bought this so I could use an iPad Pro 2022 as a monitor, works really well & I'm able to plug a fire stick into it and watch like it’s on the TV, should work for anything that has a HDMI output, I’ve been using the Cam X app and works great to display the image

Can't give a review when the thing can't work when there is a piece missing

This product works, and it works great for my purposes.HOWEVER...When I first received this product it didn't work at all. I wasnt sure why it didn't work so I thought I may as well try and open it up to see.When I opened it there wasn't anything that instantly stood out, but it looked like the usb port was possibly missing some solder, so I resoldered the connection to make a better seal and... It worked!Ever since I've had no issues and I've used it for my DSLR connected as a webcam.So my words of warning would be: if you're not comfortable to take something apart and solder it together to make it work, then I would advise going for a different product. I feel like QC on these is not good at all, one test of plugging it in would show it doesn't work as it was not even detected by windows.

He has a new done so i bought him this item and some others. Hes done some amazing drine shots using these so they obviously work well and he likes them. I dont have the drone name or technical details but he said they are great value for money, great picture quality and audio and would buy again.M

Reasonble price, works ok, quick delivery.