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DIGITNOW 4K HDMI to 1080p USB Video Capture Card

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ZeMeiShop via Amazon has DIGITNOW 4K HDMI to 1080p USB Video Capture Card on sale for $8.99 when you apply promo code ITSEI9PJ during checkout. Shipping is free w/ Prime or on $25+ orders.

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  • Captures up to 4k at 60fps, Outputs up to 1080p at 30fps
  • Plug and play support

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ZeMeiShop via Amazon has DIGITNOW 4K HDMI to 1080p USB Video Capture Card on sale for $8.99 when you apply promo code ITSEI9PJ during checkout. Shipping is free w/ Prime or on $25+ orders.

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  • Captures up to 4k at 60fps, Outputs up to 1080p at 30fps
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JLsoft
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All of the similar devices under the $30 range use the same chipset, and it worked way better than I was figuring back when these first started showing up.



Some notes:

- Shows up on the PC (Win) as a normal video device, no other drivers needed

- Can spit out 1280*720 @ 60fps max, 1920*1080 will max out at 30fps

- If you're wanting to capture live gameplay from a console/etc, you're probably going to want an HDMI splitter, in order to split to the capture dongle and a monitor/tv at the same time...these devices add anywhere from 5 to 12 frames of delay between the input to the capture, and then it showing up in OBS/whatever, depending on the output res/framerate. Depending on the game type, this might be a non-issue.

-- (There are other same-guts capture devices for usually 2x more that mention having 'Loop'...they just have an internal splitter included)...and then the 'With Audio' versions also have a 3.5mm jack for injecting audio...like from a microphone)

- Audio is output in a weird way: It takes the stereo channels and interleaves them into a mono 96khz output. Grab https://github.com/ToadKing/mono-...o/releases and run it after the dongle is connected, and it will output normal 48khz stereo audio. Pressing Enter will exit the program.

- There is no actual 'USB 3.0' version. It's just blue plastic in the plug, 4 USB 2.0 pins. 'usbdeview'/'usbtreeview'/etc can quickly confirm it's a USB 2 device in Windows.
espresso360
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I used these during the initial lockdown to connect my DSLR to my PC as a budget Camlink. This little guy is extremely impressive for the price and even wowed YouTuber EposVox. Here's the review [youtu.be].
UpbeatJuice8080
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I haven't looked into it in a year or so, but pretty much all the devices that look like this (in this price range) scale content to 1080p and compress it. Unfortunately, they also somehow scale 1080p content, which makes it a bit blurrier than just the compression alone would.

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jerseyjoe66Sep 23, 2022 12:05 PM
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Quote from gergev :
It looks like this could record digital 8 mm videos from my old Sony DCR-TRV120 handycam? It has a dv in/out port. It looks like there is a firewire cable for this
https://www.amazon.com/Durpower-F...B017IXHQ8U


I'm having trouble finding a DV to HDMI cable, and wonder if it exists.
I recently converted videos using FireWire from an old Sony digital camcorder and it worked great. You don't need this, you need a FireWire cable and adapter and also run windows XP. XP has the drivers and capture software built in. You can even run it in a virtual machine if you want. In my case I used an old Dell laptop which has a FireWire adapter built in.
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RandeepMSep 23, 2022 12:26 PM
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Quote from mr.tacoboy :
Would this work with a composite to hdmi cable to convert old vhs home videos?
Everything you need to know here:
https://youtu.be/sn_TDa9zY1c

I picked up a pinnacle dazzle on ebay for about 15 bucks a few years back for this reason. Highly recommended
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g0dM@nSep 23, 2022 12:27 PM
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How does this work from say an xbox or nintendo switch. Drop it in between the device and the TV, then what... where is it actually recording? I don't see another cable coming out of this device to hook up to a laptop or someplace with storage to save the video onto.
Was thinking a capture card comes out of your gaming device and into a computer and the TV so you can play on TV and record onto computer.
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Quote from pony :
No, the USB 3 ones and USB 2 ones are identical, except for the blue plastic. Look at your supposed "USB 3" connector. Where are the 5 extra pins? It is "unstable" at 60fps because it's USB 2.0 chip can't carry that much data.
It has the extra pins, which is why I said to make sure because there are many different models that look the same.
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gergevSep 23, 2022 12:37 PM
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Quote from jerseyjoe66 :
I recently converted videos using FireWire from an old Sony digital camcorder and it worked great. You don't need this, you need a FireWire cable and adapter and also run windows XP. XP has the drivers and capture software built in. You can even run it in a virtual machine if you want. In my case I used an old Dell laptop which has a FireWire adapter built in.
I was going to do this years ago when I had a mac but never got around to it. Only have PC's now with no firewire inputs, but still have the dv to firewire cable, however it appears there's no firewire to HDMI adapaters.


https://planethifi.com/firewire-to-hdmi/
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UpbeatJuice8080Sep 23, 2022 12:43 PM
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Quote from FierceDeityLink :
It has the extra pins, which is why I said to make sure because there are many different models that look the same.
If you look carefully at the top left photo, you can see that most of the pins on that connector don't have traces going to them. That means that they're using a USB 3.0 connector so it looks like USB 3.0 from the outside, but it is still only USB 2.0.
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Quote from UpbeatJuice8080 :
If you look carefully at the top left photo, you can see that most of the pins on that connector don't have traces going to them. That means that they're using a USB 3.0 connector so it looks like USB 3.0 from the outside, but it is still only USB 2.0.
I'm too lazy to take mine apart and probe it. If you want to buy one and try to figure it out, go ahead. I'm just saying that the USB 3.0 version lists 60 fps as a feature unlike the 2.0 model, so there's obviously something else going on under the hood and that they aren't identical like you said before you started moving the goalposts.
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Sep 23, 2022 02:04 PM
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Smart_07Sep 23, 2022 02:04 PM
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this little item does the trick, very convenient !
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NeverMisADEALSep 23, 2022 02:13 PM
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Quote from FierceDeityLink :
Alternate: https://www.amazon.com/VKUSRA-Aud...08F1ZSWVV/ $4.99 for Prime members, ordered one that was used/like new for $2.59. I have one that's USB 3.0/60 fps and it's ok.


Probably need a splitter that removes HDCP.
Seems it's sold out
Sep 23, 2022 02:16 PM
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ShrewdKitten4504Sep 23, 2022 02:16 PM
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clicked on view deal and it said deal was over.
but i put the code in and still got the discount.

thanks
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ChrisW8443Sep 23, 2022 02:33 PM
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I have a similar one of these things that I use to be able to use my laptop screen on stuff like the raspberry pi w/o remote desktop software. To reduce lag, I recommend using a basic video player that does video in if you don't plan on doing video capture. So far, I've had the best luck with Pot Player.
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Quote from FierceDeityLink :
It has the extra pins, which is why I said to make sure because there are many different models that look the same.
No, you didn't even check. There are ZERO authentic USB3 models. This is a fact. You can't just say "oh, I have a different model". I didn't say this because they look the same. I have dozens of these from every source.

Tell you what, if it has 9 traces (instead of 4), take a picture of the traces, put it on ebay, buy-it-now for $500. I will buy it. I've taken these apart to reverse engineer them, and I need the only USB 3 model in existence. The one you linked to, I've already bought 7 of those and they were USB2. So you must have some secret rare prototype.

The MS2109 Macro Silicon SOC can't even interface with USB3.
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Quote from FierceDeityLink :
I'm too lazy to take mine apart and probe it. If you want to buy one and try to figure it out, go ahead. I'm just saying that the USB 3.0 version lists 60 fps as a feature unlike the 2.0 model, so there's obviously something else going on under the hood and that they aren't identical like you said before you started moving the goalposts.
You don't need to "probe" it. Lol. You just COUNT traces. USB has 4 (D+, D-, 5V, ground). USB 3 has 9 traces. Why would you "probe" it? That's like saying, "In order to know if your car is missing its wheels, I will need to check the tire pressure."
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Quote from pony :
No, you didn't even check. There are ZERO authentic USB3 models. This is a fact. You can't just say "oh, I have a different model". I didn't say this because they look the same. I have dozens of these from every source.

Tell you what, if it has 9 pins (instead of 4), take a picture,put it on ebay, buy-it-now for $500. I will buy it. I've taken these apart to reverse engineer them, and I need the only USB 3 model in existence. The one you linked to, I've already bought 7 of those and they were USB2. So you must have some secret rare prototype.

The MS2109 Macro Silicon SOC can't even interface with USB3.
I posted a picture already. And again, I was just saying USB 3.0 to differentiate it, and the "USB 3.0" models do have differences: https://blog.sreb.me/2021/03/03/r...u3-review/

Quote from pony :
You don't need to "probe" it. Lol. You just COUNT traces. USB has 4 (D+, D-, 5V, ground). USB 3 has 9 traces. Why would you "probe" it? That's like saying, "In order to know if your car is missing its wheels, I will need to check the tire pressure."
Probe to see where they're going and if they're actually connected to anything. You can see that it has the extra pins. Also you really just need to read the comment that I was replying to...

Also I wasn't trying to say that there was anything special about mine. Rather that there are many different versions that look the same.

Sorry that you bought 7 of them without doing the research ahead of time, but then you tried to act like your 7 are the only ones in existence.
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Quote from FierceDeityLink :
I posted a picture already. And again, I was just saying USB 3.0 to differentiate it, and the "USB 3.0" models do have differences: https://blog.sreb.me/2021/03/03/r...u3-review/


Probe to see where they're going and if they're actually connected to anything. You can see that it has the extra pins. Also you really just need to read the comment that I was replying to...

Also I wasn't trying to say that there was anything special about mine. Rather that there are many different versions that look the same.

Sorry that you bought 7 of them without doing the research ahead of time, but then you tried to act like your 7 are the only ones in existence.
I looked at the article. The 9-pin connector has only 4 traces. Classic placebo. Blue plastic tricks people into imagining faster speeds. The manufacturers know this. Plus the SOC that converts the video... it only has a USB2 interface, so even if you wired all 9 pins somewhere, the converter will only connect to USB2. Just like plugging a USB2 device into a USB3 socket.

As for those other extra features, they are actually the same. Hard to believe that you can't trust the features listed by the ones who intentionally used a USB3 connector to deceive people.

Plug it into your PC's usb3 port, check its connection speed in Windows.

Everything in that article is a scam, probably from a guy reselling them (nice domain, blog.sreb.me, very prestigious and trustworthy... maybe blog.gullible.cx was taken). They have no additional capabilities, other than a placebo effect.
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