WEBVTT 00:00:00.199 --> 00:00:06.120 this video is brought to you by the Corsair Vengeance k70 and k95 these 00:00:04.319 --> 00:00:10.840 fully mechanical keyboards are designed for performance gaming visit Corsair.com 00:00:08.360 --> 00:00:16.080 Vengeance gaming to learn more welcome to my unboxing and first look at the a 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:19.400 media live gamer portable now we covered 00:00:16.080 --> 00:00:22.439 the live gamer HD not that long ago the 00:00:19.400 --> 00:00:25.640 main disadvantage of the live gamer HD 00:00:22.439 --> 00:00:28.119 is that it relies on a PCI Express slot 00:00:25.640 --> 00:00:32.200 in order to operate so that means that if you're recording PC footage then 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 00:00:34.399 --> 00:00:40.600 just you know have the live gamer HD which is great cuz it offloads from the 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:45.680 CPU with its Hardware h264 encoder and all that good all that good stuff but it 00:00:43.800 --> 00:00:49.480 h i mean it wasn't really the optimal solution for console Gamers who want to 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:54.359 record their gameplay because you had to have a PC nearby this kind of solves 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:57.520 that problem and by kind of solves that problem I mean completely solves that 00:00:55.840 --> 00:01:01.600 problem in a really big way this is the live game reportable it comes with 3 00:00:59.559 --> 00:01:05.320 months of a premium license for xsplit meaning you get the update the upgraded 00:01:03.480 --> 00:01:08.840 audio codec which is the most important thing about premium you can also have 00:01:06.520 --> 00:01:13.320 more scenes it's okay smart and sharp your allpurpose sharing weapon yeah yeah 00:01:10.320 --> 00:01:14.960 yeah all that good stuff it's USB 2 so 00:01:13.320 --> 00:01:19.080 flexible connectivity between PC and game consoles USB interface for direct 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:24.520 PC connectivity a simple flip of the switch for PC free mode there you go 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:29.119 that's the one that I think is most exciting about this product because 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:34.040 otherwise the PCI Express version is already fantastic fantastic and has this 00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:41.200 functionality so aha so they say for class 10 SDHC cards fat 32 this one can 00:01:39.079 --> 00:01:48.079 operate without a PC now it can't capture 1080p 30fps without a PC uh 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:51.399 because it just whether it's the bit rates or whatever else I think the bit 00:01:49.320 --> 00:01:55.360 rates are up to 60 megabit per second for 1080p 30 FPS with this particular 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 00:01:58.439 --> 00:02:04.600 problem recording an SD card and given that you're probably recording from a 00:02:02.360 --> 00:02:10.319 console and many of the games run in 720p or upsampled 720p anyway you should 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 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 00:02:17.720 --> 00:02:24.760 able to record from a variety of different inputs including HDMI and AVN 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 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:34.239 that opened up a little bit here and then the output so the pass through is 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 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:43.920 you're able to game at 60 frames per second and record and stream 00:02:41.400 --> 00:02:48.159 concurrently at 30 frames per second it also uses the same excellent software as 00:02:46.200 --> 00:02:52.840 the PCI Express version so you've got a bunch of advanced functionality it is so 00:02:50.640 --> 00:02:57.200 simple to set up I have a number of capture cards now including a black 00:02:54.400 --> 00:03:02.720 magic intensity Pro and an a media live gamer HD their Rec Central is is a 00:03:00.720 --> 00:03:06.680 billion times easier to use you just press like the easy setup mode one and 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 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 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:20.760 advantage to using expert mode unless you're really fine-tuning things so 00:03:18.239 --> 00:03:24.680 audio in audio capture is also possible so you can either capture your 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 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 00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:37.920 a hardware or it has a hardwired button so you basically just press that when 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:41.879 you're ready to record and the software itself stays primed and ready to go so 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 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:52.239 it there goes a motorcycle the device is 00:03:49.080 --> 00:03:53.640 actually powered over USB as well as 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 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 00:04:02.079 --> 00:04:07.879 come on out oh this is this is not working okay so what's this xplit 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:13.920 broadcaster so there's your three fre months of xplit Premium 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:15.799 cool and then we've got gamer zone.com a 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 00:04:18.040 --> 00:04:23.759 which like I said before you will want because it's 00:04:21.320 --> 00:04:27.919 excellent okay and then inside here we'll get all the accessories including 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:34.720 presumably a component adapter so that those Xbox 360 and PS3 Gamers who either 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 00:04:36.520 --> 00:04:41.800 so there is ah yes okay what the okay so 00:04:40.400 --> 00:04:48.720 that yeah okay so there's one of our console adapters so this goes out from 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 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 00:04:55.280 --> 00:05:01.680 that plugs into but the point is it plugs into one of the consoles I think 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:04.759 it's uh one of I think it's PS3 that 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:08.600 doesn't support HDMI capture because of 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:09.520 hdcp so presumably that's PS3 Xbox 360 00:05:08.600 --> 00:05:14.440 they're probably assuming you're going to use HDMI so they include an extra 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 00:05:16.360 --> 00:05:22.440 going to go HDMI in from your console to 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 00:05:24.560 --> 00:05:30.199 to the TV now we did some gaming with 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 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 00:05:36.319 --> 00:05:41.680 add any significant latency to the point where it's going to affect the gameplay 00:05:39.919 --> 00:05:46.039 experience and the answer is no we didn't notice any difference between 00:05:43.600 --> 00:05:48.919 running on a TV through the pass through versus running out directly to the TV 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:52.039 which is really important the last thing you want to do is be in a situation 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 00:05:55.720 --> 00:06:01.120 game plays are not not so epic anymore which leads us into the rest of the 00:05:59.639 --> 00:06:06.280 accessories that we have here below so here's your straight component input so 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 00:06:08.440 --> 00:06:13.400 as your audio cables conveniently colorcoded so the blue ones are for 00:06:11.599 --> 00:06:18.440 audio this has always been kind of funny to me that the uh the labeling standards 00:06:15.720 --> 00:06:23.120 for red component is the same as the right channel for audio so that just 00:06:20.360 --> 00:06:26.120 goes in there no big deal and then you can run whatever component cables you 00:06:24.599 --> 00:06:30.280 already happen to have on hand over there and then we've also got a USB 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:34.840 connector which will be for using the supplied mini USB cable is recommended 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 00:06:36.400 --> 00:06:43.560 really imagine there being any difference but uh there you go so it's a 00:06:39.919 --> 00:06:45.400 to uh a to mini B there you go and that 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 00:06:47.400 --> 00:06:51.800 because you're again you're adding one because you have a pass through as well 00:06:50.400 --> 00:06:55.759 so commentary can be enabled and disabled with a push to talk or a hot 00:06:53.599 --> 00:06:59.879 key button and the footage is actually recorded with 422 that's color depth 00:06:58.680 --> 00:07:05.120 would be the right term for that right Boll yeah 422 color depth so it's 00:07:02.440 --> 00:07:11.199 basically more information than 420 for example uh but it is recorded using an 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 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:18.120 and quite frankly we could end up limited by no I think usb3 would be 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 00:07:22.199 --> 00:07:29.039 grade capture devices where you're trying to capture with sort of 444 color 00:07:27.319 --> 00:07:32.560 and you want uncompressed footage that's going to record I mean it would fill up 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:36.080 this SD card in a matter of seconds if you were capturing that kind of footage 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 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:44.720 to give you a format that's easy to work with preserves enough of the color 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 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:51.879 bearing in mind again you're not shooting with a cinema picture profile 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:55.280 or something like that you're recording from a computer so the way it looks when 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 00:07:56.960 --> 00:08:02.560 it whereas with a camera you want to record with sort of weird profiles that 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 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 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 00:08:12.800 --> 00:08:18.120 what's important um the LED ring around the outside of the button here can 00:08:16.759 --> 00:08:23.199 indicate to you uh whether it's recording right now it can also so so by 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:26.039 the color as well as the uh flickering of it you can tell exactly what the 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:30.599 device happens to be doing and you can see here this was a uh sample provided 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:35.479 to Linus Tech tips so I will be definitely trying this guy out in fact I 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 00:08:37.320 --> 00:08:44.519 this to record a mine and Slick Super Mario World live stream which would be 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:50.200 kind of freaking awesome because this is portable we just cheuck an SD card in 00:08:46.920 --> 00:08:52.080 there and like yeah oh that's exciting I 00:08:50.200 --> 00:08:55.200 didn't even think about that what else can I say oh yeah time shift 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 00:08:57.600 --> 00:09:03.040 so instead of sort of oh oh you know I 00:09:00.880 --> 00:09:06.839 um want to record that but it just happened you can actually use their time 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:11.800 shift functionality to go back and grab stuff that you otherwise may have missed 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 00:09:14.800 --> 00:09:20.160 other capture devices because there's other stuff out there haage has one uh 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:24.839 sort of the prograde guys like Blackmagic have stuff like their PCI 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:28.720 Express cards their external cards what sets us apart it's the gaming optimized 00:09:26.839 --> 00:09:32.640 features it's things like the excellent integration with xplit the a media card 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 00:09:34.040 --> 00:09:41.000 Magic's software in order to get it exactly the right way before it actually 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 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:48.640 the xplit license for 3 months there's the fact that it has functionality like 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 00:09:50.160 --> 00:09:55.200 button actually is kind of Handy and I 00:09:53.360 --> 00:10:00.200 mean what else really sets it apart yeah I mean the integration that's 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 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 00:10:06.160 --> 00:10:11.519 at the live gamer portable I will definitely give you guys my full 00:10:09.920 --> 00:10:15.360 impressions of it once we've actually used it but I'm basically saying that 00:10:13.680 --> 00:10:18.560 it's awesome already just based on my experience with the live gamer HD so 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:22.040 don't forget to subscribe to Li Tech tips from unboxings reviews and other 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:24.880 computer videos oh yeah it comes with a sweet little case in the Box too I 00:10:23.680 --> 00:10:28.120 actually didn't show that during the unboxing video so there you go I wish it 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 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 00:10:34.320 --> 00:10:40.959 like you know scratches and sort of incidental accidental drops to the 00:10:38.800 --> 00:10:44.959 actual delicate part of your Machinery something I also didn't mention before 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 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 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 00:10:57.399 --> 00:11:04.240 pass through remember guys with a with an analog input it is going to be 00:11:02.399 --> 00:11:09.519 doing some processing inside before it can output to HDMI so it might introduce 00:11:06.959 --> 00:11:13.959 some input latency I don't know haven't tried that but with a hardware encoder 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:17.480 it shouldn't be much that's for sure okay now I think I covered everything 00:11:16.040 --> 00:11:20.760 and we're done see you got a little a media there