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Recording console video (or: is the Adaptec Gamebridge really delay-free?)
Ledneh
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I've got a Diamond VC500 I bought several months ago in an attempt to record some PS3/360 videos onto my PC. It didn't work then and doesn't work now for one reason: crippling input lag, like a half second or so. Nothing to do with compression settings or frame size or capture software; the thing just can't do the job fast enough.
The solution apparently is to buy some RCA Y-splitters and run one end to a normal TV while the other goes into the VC500; however that's not a feasible solution without more heavy lifting and shuffling shit around than I care for (no TVs with composite in proximity). So instead I thought to myself "self, look for a cheap Adaptec Gamebridge, they're supposed to be lag free!"
Well, before I plonk down fiddy bucks on something I likely won't be able to refund, I ask you taverners with one of these Gamebridges: is the input really lagfree, or at least lagfree enough that I can play it through my capture software while recording (and I'm talking about Gitaroo Man here, so even a tenth of a second is kind of pushing it)? And if it isn't, does anyone have any other solutions on offer?
Thanks!
The solution apparently is to buy some RCA Y-splitters and run one end to a normal TV while the other goes into the VC500; however that's not a feasible solution without more heavy lifting and shuffling shit around than I care for (no TVs with composite in proximity). So instead I thought to myself "self, look for a cheap Adaptec Gamebridge, they're supposed to be lag free!"
Well, before I plonk down fiddy bucks on something I likely won't be able to refund, I ask you taverners with one of these Gamebridges: is the input really lagfree, or at least lagfree enough that I can play it through my capture software while recording (and I'm talking about Gitaroo Man here, so even a tenth of a second is kind of pushing it)? And if it isn't, does anyone have any other solutions on offer?
Thanks!
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Less expensive yeah, but like I said hideously impractical for me right now unless someone knows how to output composite or s-video to a monitor that only supports component, hdmi, vga, and dvi.
http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/intensity/
Yeah, your end (the image on the TV) will look fairly hideous because you'll be running composite at 480i, but it will be lag-free.