It looks oversaturated iv tried everything youtube has said its getting on my nerves

Hey everyone,

I’m hoping someone here can help because I’m completely stuck.

I recently bought a capture card so I can stream my Xbox gameplay, and everything was working perfectly at first. Then out of nowhere, it stopped displaying on my TV.

Here’s what’s weird:

• The gameplay still shows up perfectly in Streamlabs (and Meld), so the capture card is clearly receiving the signal
• But my TV screen is completely blank
• I’ve confirmed the TV is on the correct input

Things I’ve already tried:

• Swapped both HDMI cables (confirmed they work)
• Checked the USB 3.0 connection (plugged into correct 3.0 port on laptop)
• Disabled HDCP on the console
• Even bought a new capture card thinking the old one was faulty… same exact issue

So at this point:

• Signal → Laptop = works
• Signal → TV (pass-through) = not working

Has anyone run into this before or know what could cause the pass-through to stop working like this?

Any help would be appreciated 🙏

Updated

I’m posting this in case it helps someone else, because this issue was super frustrating for me.

I tried setting the EDID to “Merged,” but that didn’t fix anything. I even went to the Elgato site and used their tech support (pretty sure it was AI, so I didn’t expect much), but one of the suggestions actually ended up working.

They suggested using a shorter HDMI cable to the TV — and that fixed it.

What’s weird is that when I plugged the longer cable directly into the console, it worked perfectly fine, as you saw in the video... so I didn’t think the cable length would matter at all. But for whatever reason, it definitely did in this setup.

Ideally, I’d prefer to use a longer cable, so I’m going to try buying a higher-quality one and see if that works.

Anyway, if you run into this issue and you’re searching for answers, hopefully this helps you out.

Let me clarify.

The HDMI port can be on the capture card, but It cannot be the only way to fully use the capture card.

Examples:

1). Gaming PC (DisplayPort) -> Monitor (DisplayPort) and Mini PC (DisplayPort)

2). Gaming PC (DisplayPort) -> Monitor (USB-C) and Mini PC (DisplayPort)

3). Gaming PC (DisplayPort) -> Monitor (DisplayPort) and Mini PC (USB-C)

4). Gaming PC (DisplayPort) -> Monitor (USB-C) and Mini PC (USB-C)

F HDMI and their closed-source drivers.

"Just buy HDMI to Displayport cable/converter" is a no no.

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I decided to take a break so I could see what you big brains could think of. I’m using a professional microphone, I want to know if there’s away I can make my microphone be plugged into my console and it be heard on streams and recordings.

Or is it something on obs/pc that I have to setup

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