EposVox here with a quick update regarding the AVerMedia Live Gamer Portable 2 Plus
This is an external capture card that can capture
your video game footage or any footage really from an external source
such as the PS4 Pro or Xbox One
from a 4k60 signal
and capture it at 1080p60
It passes through the 4k to your 4k TV or monitor
like down scales and captures in 1080p
I previously reviewed this capture card back in December or November of 2017
and my review was fairly praiseworthy high for the price
this is the best option to capture things that are native 4k60 sources
and be able to pull them in since it does capture externally to a micro SD card
and int- into your computer via USB
I thought that was a great option
But I ran into this major issue
where the encoder
kind of got like
overloaded a bit when you stared at empty Sarah like still scenes
and I showed this via
the lobby in Call of Duty World War 2 and at the PlayStation 4 menu
Like when there was a little motion the encoder just got super choppy
and there was a lot of frame drops for some reason
They had me try out a bunch of different software and firmware updates
None of those really fixed anything, and they wound up shipping me a new unit
and honestly I just haven't had the time to cover it since then
but I am now on a new computer, a new Windows install
and I have a new unit as well as a software update, which they've just released here in March
and the issue is mostly resolved
There's still a little bit of choppiness in the same scenes
I pulled up the same setup - PlayStation 4 menu
Call of Duty World War 2 Lobby
all of that
And there's still some framedrops down into like 55 and stuff at certain points,
but it is a lot better, and it's a lot less noticeable
There's still frame drops every once in a while in gameplay and sometimes when I'm looking at like
loading into a lobby while I'm playing Call of Duty.
It doesn't 100% look like exactly 60 FPS compared to what's on my monitor
But for the most part, I think they have mostly resolved the issues
I also had a few questions
which I skipped over
or one of things that I didn't cover at least in my original review
which was if it can pass through 1440
If it can pass through 4k60, can it pass through 1440p60?
And would it support ultra-wide?
Here's an interesting thing
I cannot actually get higher than 1080p signal
sent to this capture card from a PC
I tried 4k60, 1440p60, ultra wide 1440p
None of it works in Windows it's only detected as a 1080p 60 device
and I am using all USB or not USB
I'm using all HDMI 2.0 cables.
That is 100% certain
I have spent like a hundred bucks on cables lately to make sure all of my cables are swapped out
it works
From my 1080 Ti to there
it will not detect it as a 4k device
and so I cannot push 1440p
I cannot push ultra-wide, none of that
simply 1920 by 1080
So I wanted to go ahead and-
and address that since I had a few
questions regarding that
and just double check my testing and
like I said, there is still a few framedrops, it's still not perfect
and I mean that's to be expected
given that there's basically a mini computer inside this capture card
doing most of the work
but
It's definitely improved compared to where it was in my review in December
So I thought it was important to provide an update video here
Just to update my coverage and let you know
If you want to check out the rest of my full review, link will be in the description down below
I'm EposVox here to make tech easier and more fun
And I'll see you in the next one
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