Examiner: There’s no question that in the past year or so, a big boom of user created gameplay videos have been finding a home on YouTube with a variety of video capturing hardware available.
Hauppauge however, with its HD PVR, and more specifically with the latest “Gaming Edition” is making it easier for would be video producers to record their videos and share their content with friends.
T1 - Hauppauge Digital announced today support for PlayStation 4 with the latest firmware update from Sony.
Technically, PS4 now compatible with Hauppauge Game Recorders. Hauppauge didn't do anything, Sony did.
Lol, but true. not only Hauppauge but others too... Elgato, Avermedia, Blackmagic....
This was the case when the update kicked in rrmoving HDCP protection. So why is this news now?
I tested my HD PVR Rocket at the time. Works a charm with the PS4.
Forgive a (video capture) noob if this question seems dumb, but...why is a dedicated capture device needed?
Now that Share Factory is available with editing, commentary and music support. I understand you can even place raw footage on your PC and use any (theoretically) editor.
Then isn't it just a case of saving your work to a USB (or direct from PC), and then uploading to Youtube, or am I missing something here?
Higher quality recording, and editing options isn't limited to one application. Not to mention that some people like using their own equipment for recording and streaming.
But isn't Share Factory 720P/30fps, and is that not the limit on Youtube?
It would make any higher quality (1080P/60fps) capture redundant on Youtube...right?
Ok I agree people like to use their own equipment to stream/capture, but my question was...now that we have Share Factory...is a external capture device needed?
Ken McKown writes: Capturing game play to share with the world is truly becoming a phenomenon. Everyone wants to record their best Call of Duty match, or even stream their tournaments in Injustice. We here at ZTGD are also in love with recording videos for our users to view of us being generally terrible at video games. We have been using Hauppage devices in the office for a couple years now with pretty excellent results, but the lack of HDMI inputs is starting to be a real drag. With the Hauppage HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition Plus (longest. title. ever) all of our dreams have come true. We can now record in crisp 1080p from HDMI with pass through. That is of course if we are recording anything other than PS3.
From AnalogHype.com: "One of the best decisions I have ever made was the day I decided to buy an HD PVR. I love recording gameplay footage from all of my favorite games and getting it on the net and the experience I have had establishing an increasingly popular Youtube Channel. One of the biggest drawbacks to being tethered to a HD PVR is the secret enemy of the HD business: HDCP."
This guy is technically challenged enough not to know that HDMI capturing wouldn't work anyway, yet he's taking away a point for that in the review.
So...the differences between this edition and the 1212 model are?...
I'll stick with my 1212 until it burns out and pick this one up then, I guess. lol
I'm gonne buy the Avermedia Gamecapture HD. It's better because you don't need a pc to capture footage.
On the PS3, the copyright protection would disallow HDMI input but not the Xbox 360. El Gato has their own HD capture device that is coming this year that has HDMI in. The point deduction included the delay between gameplay and capture, which according to the manual and Hauppauge, there isn't supposed to be any. Also needing a PC is a bit of a drag, and does not support Mac natively. You need a 3rd party app. That's why I gave it a 4.