EVGA XR1 lite Capture Card, Certified for OBS, USB 3.0, 4K Pass Through, PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X and S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, 141-U1-CB20-LR

Best bang for buck, no frills, 1080p video capture card. I use this more than my Elgato HD60S+. If you can get this on the cheap, do so. What's your excuse for not having a capture card when this exists?

High quality and very simple to use.

I'll start with the important bit: update the firmware! I used this card for about two weeks, recording footage from a Nintendo Switch, about an hour every day. This is around day 10 and all of the footage I took today had the audio desynced by about half a second. It wasn't too hard to fix in my video editor (Resolve), but the problem came out of left field—I had recorded literally a dozen hours up until now with no issue. There is a firmware update that supposedly fixes this; I'll update this review if it doesn't work.A more involved (if generic) review: I bought this specifically to record Switch gameplay, so I didn't need anything that could capture above 1080p at 60 FPS. I record on OBS on my PC on a second monitor and edit a little bit afterwards before uploading to YouTube. The raw footage I get looks nearly as good as the live gameplay (maybe a little grain / jaggies) and I have no noticeable lag because of the passthrough.I haven't really tinkered at all with OBS's settings, so maybe I could get a better result if I did. An hour-long clip is roughly around 16 GB, which isn't too bad (I record in MP4; MKV is recommended but it's a bit bigger, maybe about double if I remember right). Uploading to YouTube really degrades the video quality, but that's a YouTube issue, and my footage looks similar to other people playing the same game unless they have a really popular channel since the compression method YouTube uses is a bit better for successful channels.I have no pretenses of building an audience with this footage or anything. I enjoy fiddling around with the videos, but the real value I get is being able to review footage to catch mistakes and bad habits I have. I was hesitant to buy *any* capture card ("aren't the Switch's built-in 30 second clips good enough?"), but I'm really having fun with this thing.If I had a PS5 or something, I might've considered upgrading to a better card, but for what I needed it for, it works perfectly fine.

I purchased both the XR-1 Lite and the XR-1 Pro. I've had no problems with either product, but it should be known that there is HDCP protection for some things on both devices - namely, connecting a cellphone or a PS4 to it - which require going to the EVGA website in order to download an official software patch to turn off HDCP on the devices. Additionally, the PS4 has on board HDCP protection enabled by default, requiring you to go into the PS4's system settings in order to turn it off if you want to use it with a Capture Card in the first place.The video and audio quality is fairly great, but there are sometimes delays/de-syncs in audio capture -- however: this does not appear to be a fault of the capture card, as turning off the audio/video source in OBS can sometimes change the delay timing. Point being, there are some finicky things that can be observed with the capture card, but they do not currently appear to be issues with the device itself.The Pro version includes a headset port, and the dial changes the crossfade between game volume and headset volume. While useful for cheaper streaming setups where the user doesn't have a dedicated external microphone, it'll get less use if you utilize a dedicated USB microphone. So, your mileage with that port may vary depending on your setup; however, it is advertised as also being able to be used for in-game voice communication purposes. I have not tested that at this time, so cannot comment on that viability or any issues therein. Also consider that the PS4 and Xbox controllers both often have native headphone ports, already, which afford you the benefit of not having to be tethered to a device when playing; and similar freedom of movement when considering Bluetooth headset support. Simply put: you may already have other options/methods, for that feature, available to you.The biggest benefit, I would say, would be for those who have multiple consoles. Because the Capture Card takes an input and redirects it as a dual-output, you only really need to utilize one HDMI port for your monitor/TV, while swapping the devices' HDMI cables on the Capture Card as needed; essentially using it as a manual quasi-input-switcher without having to mess with cables behind the TV if it has a limited number of HDMI inputs, or if you have more consoles than TV inputs. Alternatively, because it is technically for use with something like OBS for streaming purposes, it can be used in-a-pinch with little more than a laptop and the OBS software as your video display, if you find yourself without a monitor/TV at that moment.

The media could not be loaded. Excellent capture card. I use mine with OBS, been very happy with it. It does the job records well no problems 60 frames a second is more than enough for me not using for gaming, but more browser based demonstrations and teaching videos. Haven’t noticed any connectivity issues, lag or quality problems of the record recordings themselves.

Leaves much to be desired when using from PC to Pc but gets the job done, priced reasonably