Capture Card for NCAA Football Screens

[Gotmadskillzson]

Quote: Originally Posted by BleedGreen710

Well I know that but I mean like how does that happen? Overheats? Just stops working randomly? Why would it do that?

Just stopped working randomly. After the 1st one I thought hey defects happen in all electronics, but when the second one did it too in the same time frame, that was enough for me to say forget it, never buying Roxio again.

[BleedGreen710]

Im confused.. the elgato one doesn't have the red/white/yellow cables that I use for my PS3 anywhere on there.. how do I plug it in?

[TexanCam]

Quote: Originally Posted by BleedGreen710

Im confused.. the elgato one doesn't have the red/white/yellow cables that I use for my PS3 anywhere on there.. how do I plug it in?

Comes with a custom cable in the package. Supports all audio and up to 1080i video. All you have to do is hold the power button on your PS3 for about 5 seconds for it to register.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7hmcYi7Sj4

Found a YouTube video explaining it.

[BleedGreen710]

Interesting.. so I don't have to have an HD TV for it to work? Thanks for the help everybody sorry if I hijacked this thread I just figured this would be a good place to ask questions

[TexanCam]

Quote: Originally Posted by BleedGreen710

Interesting.. so I don't have to have an HD TV for it to work? Thanks for the help everybody sorry if I hijacked this thread I just figured this would be a good place to ask questions

Ahh, I see what you are saying. If you have an HDMI hook up on your TV you will be good to go. If you don't you would need an converter for HDMI to component.

How it normally works is:

PS3 ------> Elgato HD ----(USB)----> PC/MAC

Then the HDMI would split off from the Elgato to the TV. So it's more of a passthrough device.

Of course at that point it would probably be more price advantageous to just go with a Hauppauge. Depends on how much a converter would cost.

[BleedGreen710]

So it works like this then?



And I would need an HD TV to be able to connect from the elgato to my TV right? Since my TV doesn't have HDMI anywhere. I was planning in getting an HD TV someday anyway.

[sportzbro]

So if I want to move my laptop around when I'm not gaming, can I simply unplug the Elgato? By just plugging back into my Macbook, will the setting be saved, ready to go?

[Gotmadskillzson]

Yeah just unplug the USB cord and plug it back up when you want to record.