1 00:00:00,199 --> 00:00:06,120 this video is brought to you by the Corsair Vengeance k70 and k95 these 2 00:00:04,319 --> 00:00:10,840 fully mechanical keyboards are designed for performance gaming visit Corsair.com 3 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:16,080 Vengeance gaming to learn more welcome to my unboxing and first look at the a 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:19,400 media live gamer portable now we covered 5 00:00:16,080 --> 00:00:22,439 the live gamer HD not that long ago the 6 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:25,640 main disadvantage of the live gamer HD 7 00:00:22,439 --> 00:00:28,119 is that it relies on a PCI Express slot 8 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:32,200 in order to operate so that means that if you're recording PC footage then 9 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:36,360 that's fine because you have a PC that you're using anyway so you might as well 10 00:00:34,399 --> 00:00:40,600 just you know have the live gamer HD which is great cuz it offloads from the 11 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:45,680 CPU with its Hardware h264 encoder and all that good all that good stuff but it 12 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:49,480 h i mean it wasn't really the optimal solution for console Gamers who want to 13 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:54,359 record their gameplay because you had to have a PC nearby this kind of solves 14 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:57,520 that problem and by kind of solves that problem I mean completely solves that 15 00:00:55,840 --> 00:01:01,600 problem in a really big way this is the live game reportable it comes with 3 16 00:00:59,559 --> 00:01:05,320 months of a premium license for xsplit meaning you get the update the upgraded 17 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:08,840 audio codec which is the most important thing about premium you can also have 18 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:13,320 more scenes it's okay smart and sharp your allpurpose sharing weapon yeah yeah 19 00:01:10,320 --> 00:01:14,960 yeah all that good stuff it's USB 2 so 20 00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:19,080 flexible connectivity between PC and game consoles USB interface for direct 21 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:24,520 PC connectivity a simple flip of the switch for PC free mode there you go 22 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:29,119 that's the one that I think is most exciting about this product because 23 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:34,040 otherwise the PCI Express version is already fantastic fantastic and has this 24 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:41,200 functionality so aha so they say for class 10 SDHC cards fat 32 this one can 25 00:01:39,079 --> 00:01:48,079 operate without a PC now it can't capture 1080p 30fps without a PC uh 26 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:51,399 because it just whether it's the bit rates or whatever else I think the bit 27 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:55,360 rates are up to 60 megabit per second for 1080p 30 FPS with this particular 28 00:01:53,880 --> 00:02:01,159 device so an SD card is just not going to handle it but it will do 720p no 29 00:01:58,439 --> 00:02:04,600 problem recording an SD card and given that you're probably recording from a 30 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:10,319 console and many of the games run in 720p or upsampled 720p anyway you should 31 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:15,160 be getting most of the quality anyhow so here you go PC mode SD card mode when 32 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:19,480 you're in PC mode what you do is you plug it in via USB 2 and then you are 33 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:24,760 able to record from a variety of different inputs including HDMI and AVN 34 00:02:23,319 --> 00:02:29,400 so they include the adapters you need in the box so we'll uh uh we'll we'll get 35 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:34,239 that opened up a little bit here and then the output so the pass through is 36 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:39,080 capable of doing up to 1920 x 1080 60 FPS so basically what that means guys is 37 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:43,920 you're able to game at 60 frames per second and record and stream 38 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:48,159 concurrently at 30 frames per second it also uses the same excellent software as 39 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:52,840 the PCI Express version so you've got a bunch of advanced functionality it is so 40 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:57,200 simple to set up I have a number of capture cards now including a black 41 00:02:54,400 --> 00:03:02,720 magic intensity Pro and an a media live gamer HD their Rec Central is is a 42 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:06,680 billion times easier to use you just press like the easy setup mode one and 43 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:12,720 then just it just goes like you don't have to worry about it we actually did an NCIX Tech tips episode back when we 44 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:15,879 got that card showing how easy it was to use and there really wasn't much of an 45 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:20,760 advantage to using expert mode unless you're really fine-tuning things so 46 00:03:18,239 --> 00:03:24,680 audio in audio capture is also possible so you can either capture your 47 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:28,560 commentary constantly or you can mute it and go sort of in and out of it much 48 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:34,680 like the live gamer HD and this is something that the more gaming or oriented capture cards don't have it has 49 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:37,920 a hardware or it has a hardwired button so you basically just press that when 50 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:41,879 you're ready to record and the software itself stays primed and ready to go so 51 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:46,040 you just be like yep I'm ready to go now here we go and other than that that's 52 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:52,239 it there goes a motorcycle the device is 53 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:53,640 actually powered over USB as well as 54 00:03:52,239 --> 00:03:57,599 accepting all the data that it needs over USB so very very very cool so let's 55 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:01,720 go ahead and put that there and let's have a look at what we've got included in terms of accessories 56 00:04:02,079 --> 00:04:07,879 come on out oh this is this is not working okay so what's this xplit 57 00:04:06,159 --> 00:04:13,920 broadcaster so there's your three fre months of xplit Premium 58 00:04:10,159 --> 00:04:15,799 cool and then we've got gamer zone.com a 59 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:19,880 gamer zone. a media.com so that's where you'll get the latest Rec Central uh 60 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:23,759 which like I said before you will want because it's 61 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:27,919 excellent okay and then inside here we'll get all the accessories including 62 00:04:25,199 --> 00:04:34,720 presumably a component adapter so that those Xbox 360 and PS3 Gamers who either 63 00:04:32,479 --> 00:04:40,400 don't have HDMI or can't use HDMI for whatever reason will be able to connect 64 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:41,800 so there is ah yes okay what the okay so 65 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:48,720 that yeah okay so there's one of our console adapters so this goes out from 66 00:04:45,840 --> 00:04:51,440 here to presumably I think that's a PS3 adapter I'm not much of a console guy to 67 00:04:50,199 --> 00:04:56,680 be perfectly honest those of you who watch this regularly will already know that so I don't even know or care what 68 00:04:55,280 --> 00:05:01,680 that plugs into but the point is it plugs into one of the consoles I think 69 00:04:58,639 --> 00:05:04,759 it's uh one of I think it's PS3 that 70 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:08,600 doesn't support HDMI capture because of 71 00:05:04,759 --> 00:05:09,520 hdcp so presumably that's PS3 Xbox 360 72 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:14,440 they're probably assuming you're going to use HDMI so they include an extra 73 00:05:11,840 --> 00:05:19,960 HDMI cable because what you're doing is you're adding a pass through so you're 74 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:22,440 going to go HDMI in from your console to 75 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:27,680 this okay and then you're going to go whoops and then you're going to go out 76 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:30,199 to the TV now we did some gaming with 77 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:34,280 the live gamer HD to find out sort of we were like oh okay well if there's 78 00:05:32,199 --> 00:05:38,720 capture Hardware in here and if there's all that stuff going on is this going to 79 00:05:36,319 --> 00:05:41,680 add any significant latency to the point where it's going to affect the gameplay 80 00:05:39,919 --> 00:05:46,039 experience and the answer is no we didn't notice any difference between 81 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:48,919 running on a TV through the pass through versus running out directly to the TV 82 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:52,039 which is really important the last thing you want to do is be in a situation 83 00:05:50,759 --> 00:05:57,880 where it's like yeah I want to record my epic game plays and then the tool that allows you to do that makes it so your 84 00:05:55,720 --> 00:06:01,120 game plays are not not so epic anymore which leads us into the rest of the 85 00:05:59,639 --> 00:06:06,280 accessories that we have here below so here's your straight component input so 86 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:10,039 there you can plug that into the adapter as well so that's got your RGB as well 87 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:13,400 as your audio cables conveniently colorcoded so the blue ones are for 88 00:06:11,599 --> 00:06:18,440 audio this has always been kind of funny to me that the uh the labeling standards 89 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:23,120 for red component is the same as the right channel for audio so that just 90 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:26,120 goes in there no big deal and then you can run whatever component cables you 91 00:06:24,599 --> 00:06:30,280 already happen to have on hand over there and then we've also got a USB 92 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:34,840 connector which will be for using the supplied mini USB cable is recommended 93 00:06:32,759 --> 00:06:37,800 interesting so there you go maybe try not to lose that although I mean I can't 94 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:43,560 really imagine there being any difference but uh there you go so it's a 95 00:06:39,919 --> 00:06:45,400 to uh a to mini B there you go and that 96 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:48,880 powers it and as well as gives you data and then they provide an audio cable so 97 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:51,800 because you're again you're adding one because you have a pass through as well 98 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:55,759 so commentary can be enabled and disabled with a push to talk or a hot 99 00:06:53,599 --> 00:06:59,879 key button and the footage is actually recorded with 422 that's color depth 100 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:05,120 would be the right term for that right Boll yeah 422 color depth so it's 101 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:11,199 basically more information than 420 for example uh but it is recorded using an 102 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:14,479 h264 uh format and the reason for that is we're limited by the usb2 data rate 103 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:18,120 and quite frankly we could end up limited by no I think usb3 would be 104 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:24,360 capable of capturing uncompressed I mean it's not really the intention of this device to replace sort of professional 105 00:07:22,199 --> 00:07:29,039 grade capture devices where you're trying to capture with sort of 444 color 106 00:07:27,319 --> 00:07:32,560 and you want uncompressed footage that's going to record I mean it would fill up 107 00:07:30,319 --> 00:07:36,080 this SD card in a matter of seconds if you were capturing that kind of footage 108 00:07:33,919 --> 00:07:40,800 so it's it's not the intention but the idea here is using the onboard encoder 109 00:07:38,759 --> 00:07:44,720 to give you a format that's easy to work with preserves enough of the color 110 00:07:42,919 --> 00:07:47,800 Clarity that you're going to be able to do whatever it is you need to do with it 111 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:51,879 bearing in mind again you're not shooting with a cinema picture profile 112 00:07:50,319 --> 00:07:55,280 or something like that you're recording from a computer so the way it looks when 113 00:07:53,599 --> 00:07:58,919 you record it should pretty much be the way it's going to look when you output 114 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:02,560 it whereas with a camera you want to record with sort of weird profiles that 115 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:08,479 allow you to do a lot more in post production see I'm getting a smile from my crew because this was stuff I never 116 00:08:05,879 --> 00:08:11,000 understood before they they edicated me and I was like no no you want it to look 117 00:08:09,759 --> 00:08:15,360 good in the viewfinder right and they're like no no no it's not not actually 118 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:18,120 what's important um the LED ring around the outside of the button here can 119 00:08:16,759 --> 00:08:23,199 indicate to you uh whether it's recording right now it can also so so by 120 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:26,039 the color as well as the uh flickering of it you can tell exactly what the 121 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:30,599 device happens to be doing and you can see here this was a uh sample provided 122 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:35,479 to Linus Tech tips so I will be definitely trying this guy out in fact I 123 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:39,440 guess it's possible we could use I mean this will be super handy we could use 124 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:44,519 this to record a mine and Slick Super Mario World live stream which would be 125 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:50,200 kind of freaking awesome because this is portable we just cheuck an SD card in 126 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:52,080 there and like yeah oh that's exciting I 127 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:55,200 didn't even think about that what else can I say oh yeah time shift 128 00:08:53,480 --> 00:09:00,880 functionality so what's cool about this is it actually acts as a bit of a buffer 129 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:03,040 so instead of sort of oh oh you know I 130 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:06,839 um want to record that but it just happened you can actually use their time 131 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:11,800 shift functionality to go back and grab stuff that you otherwise may have missed 132 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:16,320 and I think that's pretty much it I mean honestly guys what sets this apart from 133 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:20,160 other capture devices because there's other stuff out there haage has one uh 134 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:24,839 sort of the prograde guys like Blackmagic have stuff like their PCI 135 00:09:22,519 --> 00:09:28,720 Express cards their external cards what sets us apart it's the gaming optimized 136 00:09:26,839 --> 00:09:32,640 features it's things like the excellent integration with xplit the a media card 137 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:36,680 was easier to get working with xplit cuz I didn't have to dink around with black 138 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:41,000 Magic's software in order to get it exactly the right way before it actually 139 00:09:38,519 --> 00:09:44,320 works no it just worked okay so there's that there's the fact that it comes with 140 00:09:42,399 --> 00:09:48,640 the xplit license for 3 months there's the fact that it has functionality like 141 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:53,360 oh I'm I'm ready to record now I'm not ready to record now having that Hardware 142 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:55,200 button actually is kind of Handy and I 143 00:09:53,360 --> 00:10:00,200 mean what else really sets it apart yeah I mean the integration that's 144 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:03,200 what's good about it there you go and it works really well it's more of a 145 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:07,680 consumer grade device that you don't really have to fight with so thanks for checking out my unboxing and first look 146 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:11,519 at the live gamer portable I will definitely give you guys my full 147 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:15,360 impressions of it once we've actually used it but I'm basically saying that 148 00:10:13,680 --> 00:10:18,560 it's awesome already just based on my experience with the live gamer HD so 149 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:22,040 don't forget to subscribe to Li Tech tips from unboxings reviews and other 150 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:24,880 computer videos oh yeah it comes with a sweet little case in the Box too I 151 00:10:23,680 --> 00:10:28,120 actually didn't show that during the unboxing video so there you go I wish it 152 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:32,920 was a little bit bigger and it had space for the cables but I don't know I guess 153 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:36,720 it's it's padded so you can see there's some padding to it it's going to prevent 154 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:40,959 like you know scratches and sort of incidental accidental drops to the 155 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:44,959 actual delicate part of your Machinery something I also didn't mention before 156 00:10:42,279 --> 00:10:50,320 is it doesn't support 1920 x 1200 so 1920 x 1080 only okay guys for the full 157 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:55,160 list of supported input and output resolutions you're going to want to check with Aver media also one thing 158 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:59,880 that I don't want to guarantee because I haven't tried it I've only used HDMI 159 00:10:57,399 --> 00:11:04,240 pass through remember guys with a with an analog input it is going to be 160 00:11:02,399 --> 00:11:09,519 doing some processing inside before it can output to HDMI so it might introduce 161 00:11:06,959 --> 00:11:13,959 some input latency I don't know haven't tried that but with a hardware encoder 162 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:17,480 it shouldn't be much that's for sure okay now I think I covered everything 163 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:20,760 and we're done see you got a little a media there