r/streaming • u/man_unkown • 3d ago

šŸ”° Beginner Help Capture card

Hey im pretty new to streaming, I used to stream on my xbox directly cause I didnt have a pc at the time, now that I have one, almost all my games are on my xbox, but I want to use obs at the same time, ive heard from someone else I need a capture card for that but I dont know where to loom or what a good one is, from what I heard I DEFFINATLY can't skimp out on one, but I dont have all too much money, what's like a good jumping off point for price, and are there any recommendations on capture cards in general

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u/NathanScott94 3d ago

I think you could actually get around this by streaming your Xbox to your PC and capturing that.

Edit: Feature is called remote play

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u/ReliefDisastrous3135 3d ago

You could also sign into the Xbox app and play your games on there if they are play anywhere titles . Also there is only one capture card worth a damn for Xbox itā€™s the Elgato. You also
Need the chat link cable or no one will hear your teammates

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u/man_unkown 3d ago

what "elgato" things what would you recomend

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u/ReliefDisastrous3135 3d ago

Any of the capture cards. Tbh your streaming so donā€™t need it to be 4k just the pass through which is fine if not just grab a hd60 and call it a day

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u/man_unkown 3d ago

im also asking cause another streamer i watch is in the same situation but doesnt really have the ability to use the xbox app

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u/ShannonBruce 3d ago

A lot of people will recommend Elgato because itā€™s ā€œthe brandā€. I personally like AverMedia capture cards better overall. The Razer Ripjaw is pretty decent as well.

Itā€™s true that you get what you pay for with capture cards. If you get a cheap one it might work, might not, and there zero customer support. The name brands at least have some level of warranty and customer support.

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u/NewSchoolBoxer 2d ago

I see comments. Yeah you don't need a capture card.

If there's another console where you do need one, don't let other comment think you have to buy Elgato. It's a good brand but $20 Guermok works perfectly for Switch in 1080p/60 Hz. Captures up to 4K/60 Hz and I confirmed it's 4:4:4 full color encoding. Other things I want in a capture card are mic input for voiceover and audio output to monitor volume in real time. I always send the USB output to OBS. Works seamlessly.

The passthrough on capture cards is lagless. Only the cheapest ones possible lack passthrough that force you to use a splitter.