Nintendo Switch Streaming/ Recording Gameplay Questions
3 years ago
United States

Hello! My main console is the Nintendo Switch, and I was wondering a few things.

  1. I know I’ll need a capture card, but for my birthday, I was looking around the range of 20-50 dollars, as an affordable birthday present. Any Recommendations?
  2. Also, any Recommendations for a laptop to run the stream and edit vids, and just for some gaming (prob Minecraft Java) any suggestions for that? Thanks for all of the recommendations and I lion forward to seeing the responses
Minnesota, USA

Hello, I can't really help you with the capture card issue but if you're looking for a cheap gaming laptop here. https://www.amazon.com/Flagship-Acer-Nitro-Gaming-Laptop/dp/B08NZYH48H/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=Acer%2BNitro%2B5&qid=1612909350&sr=8-5&th=1 It has a 9th Gen Intel 4-Core i5-9300H(Beats i7-7700HQ),16GB DDR4 256B NVME SSD,NVIDIA GTX 1650 but a cheaper version but with less ram, here https://www.amazon.com/Flagship-Acer-Nitro-Gaming-Laptop/dp/B08NZWRNRK/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=Acer+Nitro+5&qid=1612909544&sr=8-5 hope this helps :))

United States

Okay thanks, I'll look into those! :)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08SBTK4QH?th=1 this capture card is 30 bucks

Edited by the author 3 years ago
Germany

Does it have to be a laptop?

United States

Essentially doesn't have to be a laptop, but that's what I am looking for, because you have to connect the capture card to your switch in docked mode, and that would be difficult with a desktop computer, if you understand.

Georgia, USA

Actually it is not that hard if you have to connect your capture card to your Switch if it is in docked mode as all you have to do is connect it via HDMI cable. You could even use a simple 1x2 HDMI splitter if you desired to split the signal of the docked Switch to the capture card and your TV that way you can just use OBS to record the game. You need about 3 or 4 HDMI cables for this set up and i say 4 because this set up requires a 2nd monitor as in another TV. Now yes i know the Laptop would act as the 2nd monitor to actually record or stream the gameplay but this was just me saying how easy it could be done for a Desktop just a bit more investment with money. And with the capture card that was linked earlier basically having a built in splitter it is even easier.

Or alternately you could just use two HDMI cables the input going into your capture card and output going into your laptop but i do not recommend as there is usually a lag delay of what is shown when actually playing it through OBS like that usually 3 seconds of a delay but some people do it as either A) they don't want to spend much money or B ) they don't have much to spare

Granted you still need 3 cables to do this with a Desktop but this bypasses a 2nd monitor and a splitter altogether and HDMI cables these days are actually very easy to come by as usually they come with consoles and capture cards unless we are talking about DS capture cards but that is a different topic altogether. Oh and any capture card even old ones as long as they have the appropriate ports like a HDMI one can capture Switch games or even PS4/5/Xbox ONE's/any new gen of consoles even if not advertised as again if it can capture gameplay and audio and stream it to your computer then you can use OBS to record it or stream it without having to buy a new capture card.

Edited by the author 3 years ago
Québec

if you hook up your switch to a pc, can you just use the XBox recorder that you get from Win+G to record and then use that?