EVGA Xr1 Capture Device, Certified For Obs, Usb 3.0, 4K Pass Through, Argb, Audio Mixer

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There was no frame skipping, color compression, bitrate compression issues or color inaccuracy issues present. As mentioned, users can switch between capture and APT modes by pressing and holding the control dial in for about 3 seconds, until the lighting changes. If I go to Device Manager, or the Capture Device section of VLC, EVGA XR1 Lite shows up as a source - but if I actually try to make VLC play it it tells me the device is "not supported", and OBS just straight up does not show anything but "virtual webcam" as an option for a capture device. A capture card like the XR1 allows the encoding work to be offloaded to another system so that the game and your streaming software are not competing for resources.

Elgato’s Cam Link products are a dead-simple way to take the HDMI output from any camera that offers it, and turn this into something that your OS sees as a webcam. Our test system is a modest one, that's able produce quality 1080p60 stream footage with most games, but it is not particularly powerful by today's standards.The square chassis is covered in an almost mirror-like finish with RGB underneath, flanking a center dial that really causes this card to visually stand apart from the competition. instead of MJPEG, and is OBS certified, which is closely related to the fact that the XR1 lite is fully compliant with the UVC standard.

We overlaid OBS statistics on each recording to highlight CPU Usage, average time to render frame, and whether or not there are skipped frames due to encoding lag.I was able to just plug it into the back of my PC and I didn't have to download any drivers, I didn't have to download any special software.

Delivering full 1080P 60FPS gaming and video, and being Certified for OBS allows quick and easy installation! I also appreciate that the capture into OBS is instantaneous, versus having to deal with a monitoring delay, or even go through the rigamarole to sync your camera with the delay of your capture card. Additionally, if you’re playing multiplayer on console and have a party you want to be included in the stream or recording, simply plug your controller output into the party input on the XR1 Pro and you’re good to go. Those using the XR1 for game capture will also want to connect the XR1’s HDMI Output up to their monitor. Each of those cards can handle 1080p60 capture, but the XR1 Pro sets itself apart by being able to not just handle 1440p and 4K pass through, but capturing both resolutions as well, even supporting HDR signals.I could simply play my games off the OBS feed rather than look at the monitor itself, a test that the EVGA card passed with flying colors. To go with the dial there's a headphone-out/microphone-in jack as well as an input for party chat linked from a controller. We used our monitor’s native resolution of 2560x1440p for gameplay which is then scaled to a 1080p recording.

The EVGA XR1 doesn't require any additional software or drivers to operate, instead, it's a simple plug-and-play affair. When the bitrate is capped at 6000kbps, the only real option to improve quality is to use a higher-quality (slower) encoding preset. The EVGA XR1 Lite supports up to 1080p capture at 60FPS, this is a good middle ground which covers decent visuals with fluid motion. While it's somewhat unusual to start the review with the conclusion, that only proves how easy this thing is to recommend. This necessitates disconnecting the headset from the XR1 and moving it to directly connect to the Source system.The quality of the video and audio recording was excellent, and the end result was as good as I could have expected from any USB 3. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. An examination of the MKV file OBS generated (I chose this format and the “indistinguishable” quality level) revealed that audio was in fact recorded.