Magewell USB Capture HDMI Plus

The Magewell USB Capture HDMI Plus is a compact HDMI video/audio capture device with a number of extra helpful features. It allows you to ingest an HDMI video stream from a video camera to a computer via USB 3.0 connection. Use a broadcast software such as OBS to record or even add overlay images.  You can even stream live with very low latency. This device can even be configured to left-right mirror the incoming video stream. Read our review of various capture devices and see why this was by far our favorite. Loop-through HDMI port for local monitoring. Loop-through port is unaffected by device settings for downscaling, mirroring, etc. The USB Capture HDMI Plus is compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux. It works plug-and-play without additional drivers and can be operated 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Magewell configuration utility only needs to be run once to activate mirroring function, that setting is saved to the device even if moved to a different computer.  HDMI Features Accepts up to 4096 x 2160 4:4:4/4:2:2 input at 30 fps or 4:2:0 at 60 fps input signals (4k input signals are automatically downscaled to the maximum record/stream resolution of 1080p) 1080p240 capability  Analog Audio Features Extraction of stereo embedded HDMI audio for recording and output via 3.5mm stereo jack Capture of analog audio via 3.5mm microphone interface Integrate the functions of a USB audio card Playback audio via 3.5mm headphones interface Support for recording the playback audio of the computer Video Processing Features Video processing pipelines with 160 megapixels processing bandwidth Video cropping Video scaling Video frame rate conversion Vertical flip and mirror (effect only seen in capture, not HDMI loop port)