video card for my 360?

[Mighty Earth Sage]

I want to make some youtube videos when I become stronger on PSU and and am able to do S3 missions.

so where I can find a video card for my 360 so I can record stuff?

I've had my youtube account for 3 years now lol and I still have never uploaded a single video to it.

I want to record me playing Gears of War 3 offline and online as well.

[bloodflowers]

I want to make some youtube videos when I become stronger on PSU and and am able to do S3 missions.

so where I can find a video card for my 360 so I can record stuff?

I've had my youtube account for 3 years now lol and I still have never uploaded a single video to it.

I want to record me playing Gears of War 3 offline and online as well.

http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/prods_pvr.html
http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_hdpvr.html

I think those are the ones people have been buying lately. If you want better quality you'll have to build a capture rig like I did, but the costs are about 5x higher.

[SilverAnaya]

I recently got a Dazzle for capturing and I really like it.

http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/us/Products/Consumer+Products/Dazzle/Dazzle+Video+Archiving/Dazzle+DVD+Recorder+Plus.htm

The preview screen in the provided software is really small and cannot be resized though, so I use a couple Y-plugs to split so that I can see it on my TV at the same time as I'm capturing.

[Mighty Earth Sage]

wow that shit is expensive. I'll have to pass then. -_____-;

it's all good though because I'll be playing PSU in glorious HD finally by Monday or Tuesday.

which reminds me!

when I hook up my 360 to my HD TV how do I switch the settings to 1080p?

[Veoh]

which reminds me!

when I hook up my 360 to my HD TV how do I switch the settings to 1080p?

uh, yeh. from the dash

[devilstar]

If your using HDMI the TV will tell the Xbox what the best resolution if for your set ( so it will adjust automatically for you )

[Mystic_Nessly]

I've owned and extensively use a Haupauge HD-PVR (retail 200 USD) and have ocasionally used EZCap (retail 40 USD). I suggest checking out the EZCap model I refer to below. I found it in eBay by searching "component capture." There are only a handful of venders selling them. I've seen a few online stores selling them too.

I've provided you sample footage of a recording from Hauppauge HD PVR below. For comparison, I also included sample footage from the same game but using the EZCap device. You might be surprised how a device at about 1/4 the cost of the other can produce similar results.

Hauppauge HD-PVR
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I had some issues using the device. It was one of the most recent model versions too (revision F3 or E3 I believe); supposedly it had all the glitches worked out (such as "no signal" errors. Look it up on the Hauppauge UK forums. It's a very common issue with the device.), but I still encountered them. Also, pretty occasionally, audio would become desynchronized in the recordings causing me to do a lot of trial-and-error in getting the audio synchronized with the video for producing videos. Don't get me wrong, the HD-PVR produces excellent quality videos, but there was simply too much needless hassle in dealing with the faults of the device that I simply sold it after 6 months of frequent use. I would recommend the device ONLY to people who have much patience and are tech savy to deal with the issues of the device.


SAMPLE FOOTAGE RECORDED WITH HAUPPAUGE HD PVR (recorded in 1080i):


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7uhPISzUQc

If you want a high quality capturing device, a good alternative (or so I read) is the Black Magic Intensity Pro (retail 200 USD) (PCI-Express card) or Black Magic Intensity Shuttle (retail 200 USD) (device similar in design to Happauge HD-PVR) but the shuttle requires USB 3.0. You'll most likely need to purchase a USB 3.0 PCI-Express card, as most computers don't have USB 3.0 stocked yet. Because it records the footage "raw" rather than compressing the footage and storing it on your hard drive, you shouldn't encounter issues like the audio de-synchronization I encountered.

All of the aforementioned devices support recording up to 1080i (interlaced).

EZCap
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The best device in the sub 50 USD price range I've found is a special version of "EZCap" called K67, which is what I use now. Be cautious. There are many models of "EZCap"/"EasyCap," many of which are designed by different manufacturers. Not all have support for recording with COMPONENT cables. Below is the exact model I'm referring to:

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/3040/ezcap.png


It can record using COMPONENT (red/blue/green video jacks) cables or composite/s-video unlike the Dazzle which only supports S-Video ( cable with pins) and Composite (yellow video cable jack) despite the fact that it says "HD" in its title. While EZCap doesn't record HD footage (minimum "high definition resolution is 1280x720 by the way), it can record 720x480 (interlaced or progressive). This means that if you were to record your Xbox 360 footage, you will NEED to play in 480p/i to be able to capture footage with this device (it doesn't support higher resolutions. NO 720/1080p with this device).

Believe it or not, quality is surprisingly good (after applying some simple video filters that modify color/sharpness/etc.), even when recording in 480 resolution. Recording using component cables shows a noticeable improvement compared to recording using composite.



SAMPLE FOOTAGE RECORDED WITH EZCap ("K67") (recorded in 480p):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDOncJxB9lw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4-cWqNIBj8


A caveat about this device is that if you want to play on your TV while recording you will NEED a "splitter" to divide your video/audio signal to your TV and your EZcap (as does Dazzle). This WILL result in a reduction of brightness if you are using a simple adapter (high end equipment in +100 USD can do this without a reduction in brightness however). The Hauppauge HD-PVR and both models of BlackMagic's Intensity series don't have this issue, as they recieve and deliver the signal back to you for connecting to your TV without video/audio quality loss.

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I should add that all devices I mentioned require a computer to record and cannot record standalone.

[devilstar]

^ listen to this guy, he knows what he's talking about. One note if you decide to cap raw footage or HD footage is making sure you have enough write speed on your drives to keep up. A lot of cards can out run the data write speed of hard drives. Most high end computers run their HDs in an array format to increase write speed as well as some guys are jumping to solid sate drives as they have. better write speeds as well.