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Does anybody play consoles (PS4, X-Box, etc) on their PC monitor by using a capture card? I don't want to record my gameplay, but I'd like to have a 1080p window where I can play PS4/XBOX and have Youtube on the side, etc. However, I'm concerned about lag. AverMedia/Elgato both have PCIe capture cards that advertise "Instant Gameview" but I wonder if it's truely almost 0ms lag?
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Jan 11, 2017 04:12
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You'll only get video delay if you are capturing and/or encoding. If the feed is just passing through to the monitor you should be fine. FYI, with HDMI from a game console are encoded signals with HDCP to prevent copying. When I worked as a game dev on PlayStation kits, we always had to toggle off HDCP to capture video for trailers from the devkit... retail consoles do not have this option and you may not get a signal at all. So be warned!!
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Jan 11, 2017 04:21
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I've had a couple capture devices, an old Hauppauge non-HDMI and my current Avermedia Portable, the former had a noticeable delay of around a fifth of a second, but my Avermedia LGX, http://a.co/0gKxTLi , has almost no delay. Obviously, your mileage will probably vary based on what your exact setup is, but testing it out with FFXV I couldn't really notice any delay when I was just using it to preview and not record anything.
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Jan 11, 2017 04:29
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I don't know about milliseconds but it's about frames. I remember I did a 120fps recording comparing PVM to what my cheap 1ms gaming monitor could reach, it was 3-4 frames late, not noticeable, but that's with SKNET MonsterX U3.0R for $199ish. Done frame-perfection speedrunning, music games, puzzlers through it to verify it's ability, though this is with the monitor set to its 1ms gaming mode which hurts the eyes (BenQ). You want these non-consumerlevel devices, they lack bloat in both software and firmware and are incredibly reliable and handsome to work with. Magewell XI100DUSB-HDMI is $299 and acts as a webcam, no drivers necessary, doesn't get any better than that, untested input lag though.
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Jan 11, 2017 04:48
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Thanks for the information everybody. I've been looking at reviews and information but it sounds like even the best PCIe cards have a decent amount of latency?
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Jan 18, 2017 04:07
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