Use of capture device with Xbox Series X
1 year ago
Washington, USA
EmeraldAly
She/Her, They/Them
1 year ago

Anyone do this? I tried to stream some XSX games yesterday and every 30 minutes or so the capture would freeze on stream (the passthrough to my TV was unaffected). That's no bueno when I want to speedrun games from the console. My capture device is old as hell (they don't make it anymore - it's an Elgato first designed to work with the PS3 and 360), so might I need a newer one? According to Elgato's website, all of their devices are supposed to work with the new console generation (I've used it without issue with PS5, along with countless hours capturing PS4, PS3, PS2, 360, Switch, and Wii U with little to no issues), but who knows.

Anyway, any thoughts?

Edited by the author 1 year ago
Germany

What exact model is it? And yeah, you normally can just capture any hdmi signal with those capture cards. The only limitation would be probably HDCP, which is essentially encrypting the signal.

Valhalla

Your capture card should work fine theoretically. Have you checked it on an older system or something else? maybe it got damaged or something.

Washington, USA
EmeraldAly
She/Her, They/Them
1 year ago

It's this one https://www.amazon.com/Elgato-Game-Capture-PlayStation-Definition/dp/B00840353W/ref=sr_1_17?keywords=elgato+capture+card&qid=1656356944&sr=8-17

The capture works perfectly fine right up until the moment it doesn't anymore, so clearly HDCP is properly disabled (the XSX doesn't have a toggle for it like the PS4 and 5 do, which is annoying). I'm not sure how it would have gotten damaged.