WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.259 we're at the AVerMedia booth at computex 2023 to show you guys something really 00:00:04.500 --> 00:00:12.660 special these are the world's very first HDMI 2.1 capture devices and they've got 00:00:10.500 --> 00:00:16.260 two of them internal external whatever you want let's start with the internal 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:21.779 one this is like a traditional PCIe based capture card they call it the live 00:00:18.060 --> 00:00:24.000 gamer 4K 2.1 because as I'm sure you can 00:00:21.779 --> 00:00:27.000 see HDMI 2.1 on the back here it's just those two HDMI ports you've got in and 00:00:25.500 --> 00:00:32.279 out like any gaming capture card that way you can have your monitor still visible while you're recording on the 00:00:30.119 --> 00:00:35.579 front here not really too much you got some some cute venting you can see the 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:40.620 internals of the card there on the bottom PCIe gen 3 by 4 connection it's 00:00:38.219 --> 00:00:43.739 not PCIe Gen 4 because really honestly even this connector is a bit Overkill 00:00:42.239 --> 00:00:46.620 there's not really anything else on here there's no external power which is nice 00:00:45.300 --> 00:00:52.500 but I wouldn't really expect it with something like this it's pretty low power device and on the top you've just 00:00:49.739 --> 00:00:56.399 got a diffused RGB kind of triangle bar thing it's configurable in their Rec 00:00:54.239 --> 00:00:59.579 Central software and I think they said it was also compatible with MSI stuff 00:00:58.199 --> 00:01:04.260 which makes sense because this computer is just full of MSI stuff behind me 00:01:01.980 --> 00:01:07.860 that's pretty much it physically RGB really isn't what's important here 00:01:05.640 --> 00:01:12.360 though what is is those HDMI ports I talked about before their HDMI 2.1 and 00:01:10.140 --> 00:01:16.380 if that doesn't mean anything to you it probably should if you have a 00:01:13.860 --> 00:01:20.880 PlayStation 5 or an Xbox series X or really any modern GeForce computer that 00:01:19.140 --> 00:01:25.560 you want to capture separately from the computer itself You're Gonna Want HDMI 00:01:23.340 --> 00:01:30.840 2.1 and if you have basically any other capture card you're going to be limited 00:01:27.360 --> 00:01:32.640 in theory to 4K 60 pass through which if 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:35.520 you have a high refresh rate 4k monitor it's going to kind of suck and then 00:01:34.080 --> 00:01:39.240 depending on Lower resolutions it's going to kind of vary but I imagine most 00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:46.200 of them are kind of like you might be able to get 1440p 60-year 120 maybe but 00:01:43.320 --> 00:01:52.200 this thing 4K 144 Hertz variable refresh rate HDR pass-through you can do 1440p 00:01:49.700 --> 00:01:56.399 144hz variable refresh rate pass through you can do 1080p 240Hz variable refresh 00:01:54.780 --> 00:02:00.600 rate pass-through basically whatever you plug into this thing be it your Xbox or 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:03.899 your PS5 you go into the set settings and you look at the resolution thing and 00:02:02.520 --> 00:02:07.560 it's going to be like check mark check mark check mark check mark As long as 00:02:05.520 --> 00:02:11.459 your display can do it these things generally will support it but PCIe 00:02:09.899 --> 00:02:14.940 capture cards are kind of annoying unless you're fully static and this is 00:02:13.560 --> 00:02:18.840 like your streaming PC or whatever having to put this in there and not be 00:02:17.220 --> 00:02:23.160 able to be portable with it kind of sucked but they know that that's where 00:02:21.120 --> 00:02:28.560 this comes in this is the live gamer Ultra 2.1 on the back it's got the same 00:02:25.620 --> 00:02:31.800 HDMI 2.1 in and out ports but we've also got something a little different here 00:02:29.700 --> 00:02:35.099 it's a line in and out there there is a spelling mistake on this one it says Min 00:02:33.420 --> 00:02:38.580 in but it's meant to say line in it's pre-production one don't worry about it 00:02:36.720 --> 00:02:41.340 this is used for party chat which if you're a Nintendo switch person and you 00:02:40.200 --> 00:02:45.900 want to be able to capture your party chat very useful for that I did find out 00:02:43.980 --> 00:02:51.000 that the party chat and the HDMI get mixed into one audio stream which if 00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:54.300 you're recording or streaming can be a little less flexible you can 00:02:52.500 --> 00:02:59.160 independently change the volume between the HDMI and the party chat in but it is 00:02:57.060 --> 00:03:02.760 still recorded to one track they said they might be able to do a firmware 00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:05.459 update or something like that to make it so they're separate tracks which they 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:11.280 really should do because it gives you a lot more flexibility when you're editing and even when you're streaming but for 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:15.239 now it's all in one and then over here is what I'm really excited about I 00:03:13.379 --> 00:03:20.940 understand it's a USB port it's not that exciting it's just it's 10 gig type c 00:03:17.760 --> 00:03:23.159 whatever but if you look at the market 00:03:20.940 --> 00:03:28.379 the only other capture cards that can do 4K 60 recording like these use 00:03:25.680 --> 00:03:31.980 Thunderbolt but this is just USB if you don't have a laptop that has Thunderbolt 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:36.120 which I mean a lot of the modern ones do but some of the other stuff doesn't or 00:03:33.659 --> 00:03:39.720 if you're using you know a computer a lot of them don't have Thunderbolt but 00:03:37.500 --> 00:03:43.019 most of them these days have USB 10 gig so that means this is much more flexible 00:03:41.459 --> 00:03:49.560 than the previous generations and if you looked at Thunderbolt capture cards AVerMedia actually has one there's 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:51.299 something like 500 this is not 500 but 00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:57.180 we'll get to the price later around the front RGB of course but other than that 00:03:55.379 --> 00:04:01.019 there's there's nothing really on here I mean size Wise It's a little bigger than 00:03:59.340 --> 00:04:04.920 their previous capture cards they found one of their live gamer minis you can 00:04:02.580 --> 00:04:09.000 see the new one is a little bit thicker but nothing crazy honestly they found 00:04:07.440 --> 00:04:14.640 one of their previous gen capture cards the live gamer Extreme 3 just to compare 00:04:11.040 --> 00:04:16.799 the size here it is a bit taller 00:04:14.640 --> 00:04:21.120 but nothing much and then in terms of like width and height it's almost the 00:04:19.019 --> 00:04:24.479 same so still super portable which is great but what's a capture card without 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:27.419 some capture so let's try it they actually let me take it out of this 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:31.800 computer so I'm going to put it back in this computer they've got this like PCIe 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:37.139 extension here so a little more finicky than usual I 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:40.800 forgot how much manual screwdrivers suck lttstore.com 00:04:39.180 --> 00:04:44.040 I couldn't bring it on the planes too long 00:04:42.180 --> 00:04:48.060 there we go whoa it does like a did you see that 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:51.960 that was so cute it does like a little like boot up sequence the LEDs go slow 00:04:50.520 --> 00:04:57.419 so fast I'm a child you know okay looks like 00:04:54.600 --> 00:05:01.800 it's on it definitely can capture HDMI I don't know if it can capture this segue 00:04:59.880 --> 00:05:05.699 to our sponsor thanks to Moman for sponsoring this 00:05:03.660 --> 00:05:09.240 video are you a creative looking to make sure you have the best gear to capture 00:05:07.380 --> 00:05:13.500 your vision moment is here to help offering photo and video equipment for 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really know how to PlayStation also it's in Chinese so okay 00:05:51.900 --> 00:05:58.380 HDR is on 4K 00:05:55.860 --> 00:06:02.340 and I guess 120. let's check out the display settings here 00:05:59.820 --> 00:06:06.720 test 1440p output variable refresh rate is set to automatic 00:06:03.780 --> 00:06:13.020 120 hertz it's automatic HDR always on hey look at that 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:16.740 and the next screen test will be run it's working on all of them which is 00:06:14.400 --> 00:06:21.300 great there we go 1440p 120 hertz variable refresh rate working as well 00:06:18.180 --> 00:06:22.740 also with HDR now in 1440p the max 00:06:21.300 --> 00:06:28.319 you're going to be able to do is 144 Hertz for pass-through at 1080p you can 00:06:24.840 --> 00:06:31.080 do 240Hz variable refresh rate but 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:34.560 there is a bit of a caveat there that is the pass-through resolution because 00:06:32.639 --> 00:06:39.360 these cards are relatively inexpensive you're looking at 300 for either the 00:06:37.080 --> 00:06:42.539 PCIe version or the external version which compared to the other stuff on the 00:06:40.740 --> 00:06:47.280 market is pretty reasonable you're not going to be doing 4K 144 00:06:44.699 --> 00:06:51.360 Hertz recording which to be honest is there's not a lot of use for that there 00:06:49.740 --> 00:06:57.240 is professional equipment that can do higher bitrate video like 8K 60 but that 00:06:54.240 --> 00:06:59.520 stuff is professional and also expensive 00:06:57.240 --> 00:07:02.580 and also doesn't have pass-through so for faster this is the best you're gonna 00:07:01.139 --> 00:07:06.660 get right now they did say it is possible to make a card that records at 00:07:04.500 --> 00:07:10.319 4K 144 but it would be pretty prohibitively expensive and at least for 00:07:09.060 --> 00:07:13.440 the market right now there's not a lot of demand so maybe Post in the comments 00:07:12.060 --> 00:07:16.860 if you want a thousand dollar capture card that can do 4K 144 Hertz and maybe 00:07:15.180 --> 00:07:23.520 they'll make it but for right now let's see there we go 4K 60fps I can't go 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:27.360 higher which makes sense okay so you can do 1440p 120. 00:07:26.099 --> 00:07:31.500 that's good let's see how are we capturing it yeah 00:07:29.220 --> 00:07:36.060 look at that cool there's like black bars because OBS is set to a 4K canvas 00:07:33.840 --> 00:07:42.000 but this is 1440p 120 recording which is great and then let's try 1080p this 00:07:40.620 --> 00:07:46.199 might break stuff because the PlayStation is outputting at 1440p but 00:07:44.340 --> 00:07:50.819 I'm just going to try it anyways highest FPS that's the option I guess it 00:07:49.560 --> 00:07:56.699 makes sense that it can capture the different resolution than the input there's 640 yeah let's try 640. yeah I 00:07:55.380 --> 00:08:00.000 mean that works it just looks like crap it's very fast I feel like when you're 00:07:58.860 --> 00:08:06.240 usually screwing around with capture card resolutions and frame rates it's like gonna shut off for five minutes and 00:08:04.020 --> 00:08:10.500 turn back on you gotta wait for it but this is just right away because the 00:08:08.460 --> 00:08:15.380 recording is decoupled from the pass-through this doesn't even flicker 00:08:12.060 --> 00:08:15.380 when you change it which is pretty sick 00:08:16.380 --> 00:08:22.979 cool let's try their software and change the RGB I lied we're not in Rec Central this 00:08:21.240 --> 00:08:27.840 is their gaming utility we can go in here RGB control so by 00:08:25.919 --> 00:08:31.560 default it's in third party mode I think they said it supports MSI and Gigabyte 00:08:30.180 --> 00:08:35.159 for now but they're working on adding everybody else but you can also just go 00:08:33.419 --> 00:08:42.360 in here and change it so right now we're in Rainbow mode what about glowing yoyo 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:44.880 rainbow flash that's rainbow Flash 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:50.339 got comment oh that's a seizure one static ah static that's what I like this 00:08:47.220 --> 00:08:53.339 is very early software I think I broke 00:08:50.339 --> 00:08:54.300 it oh there we go much better I unbroke 00:08:53.339 --> 00:08:59.399 it I get the input video signal 1440p 120 00:08:57.180 --> 00:09:03.000 hertz 8-bit HDR the audio signals there shows the 00:09:01.140 --> 00:09:07.860 firmware version shows all the max capture versions USB 10 gig they have a 00:09:06.540 --> 00:09:13.200 performance test tool in here so if you're having issues with your capture card say like you use not the proper USB 00:09:11.580 --> 00:09:16.940 cable or your computer is not fast enough it literally says if performance 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:20.760 is poor please upgrade your computer this will test to make sure that the 00:09:19.380 --> 00:09:24.240 proper resolutions are supported and that it's working I think it's still 00:09:22.740 --> 00:09:28.080 pretty early because it's in kilobits and it's a very long number you might 00:09:26.040 --> 00:09:32.459 want to update that to like gigabits maybe it already supports multi device 00:09:30.839 --> 00:09:37.440 which is great oh here look you can change the headset volume for party chat 00:09:34.680 --> 00:09:40.140 on the USB one so you can change the volume separately but again it's still 00:09:38.820 --> 00:09:43.440 just going to be one track they've got RGB control same thing with the scaling 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:48.060 in here and then the performance test hey yeah 00:09:46.380 --> 00:09:52.920 there we go all of our resolutions are supported because the last thing to do is to try 00:09:50.580 --> 00:09:58.920 the USB one and 00:09:54.620 --> 00:10:00.660 switch it to the ultra and there we go 00:09:58.920 --> 00:10:03.959 we're in business let's try 4k on this one too because I set the resolution 00:10:01.920 --> 00:10:07.580 we're 4K 60 reporting 00:10:07.800 --> 00:10:16.380 sick oh I want one of these 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:18.740 I want one of these can I take one home 00:10:16.380 --> 00:10:18.740 video 00:10:21.839 --> 00:10:27.839 only 120 hertz monitor so we weren't able to try out 144 Hertz 00:10:26.160 --> 00:10:30.480 so we're just gonna have to take their word for it while this is loading 00:10:29.339 --> 00:10:35.580 there's a few more things to mention they're planning on releasing white and pink versions of both the internal 00:10:33.720 --> 00:10:38.640 capture card and the external one these won't be available at launch if so if 00:10:37.140 --> 00:10:42.420 you want them the best you're going to be able to get is black they're targeting pre-orders in Late July and 00:10:41.339 --> 00:10:46.860 the cards are supposed to come out in August I wouldn't recommend pre-ordering 00:10:44.640 --> 00:10:51.540 as usual wait for independent reviews to come out but based on this first look 00:10:49.920 --> 00:10:56.399 and my previous experience with AVerMedia capture cards I'm very excited 00:10:53.700 --> 00:11:01.980 whoa the fact that this is USB and has feature parity with the PCIe one 00:10:59.040 --> 00:11:06.120 so sick and for only 300 bucks I want one I can just take this one home right 00:11:03.779 --> 00:11:10.079 something I forgot to mention earlier is you don't actually need the software for 00:11:08.220 --> 00:11:14.459 these um you probably want something to capture with you can use OBS or Rec 00:11:11.880 --> 00:11:19.860 Central which is their software but in terms of drivers both the PCIe and the 00:11:17.339 --> 00:11:23.279 USB one are driverless they're just UBC plug and play on Mac it's a little bit 00:11:21.480 --> 00:11:27.000 different story you will probably need software or driver and they told me that 00:11:24.839 --> 00:11:30.300 the ultra 2.1 is not yet supported on macOS but it is coming soon they're 00:11:29.220 --> 00:11:34.140 just trying to focus on getting the Windows one like 100 up to Snuff before 00:11:32.459 --> 00:11:38.459 they work on that so thanks for watching if you like this video like it get 00:11:35.579 --> 00:11:42.959 subscribed do whatever and maybe check out the Mini's Forum video I did I think 00:11:40.920 --> 00:11:46.860 that had USB 10 gig you could plug this into the minis for them and that could 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:50.579 be like your streaming PC huh yeah because it had a GPU too you could use 00:11:48.180 --> 00:11:54.200 the GPU to encode you don't even need to build two computers you just have like a 00:11:51.959 --> 00:11:54.200 little one