Elgato 4K60 S+, External Capture Card, Record in 4K60 HDR10 with ultra-low latency to PC or SD Card on PS5/PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One X/S, in OBS and other broadcasting software, for Windows

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These recommendations may help when Elgato Game Capture 4K60 S+ is used and there is no signal or USB related errors. You can adjust the bitrate and other aspects of the recording, by editing a settings.txt file that the Elgato automatically places on the SD Card. See this article for more details: This mode combines the EDID of the connected TV/Monitor and the capabilities of the capture device to create an optimized EDID. If you insert an unformatted card, the status LED on Elgato Game Capture 4K60 S+ will blink the general error code.

Elgato Game Capture 4K60 S+ — All About SD Card Use

Whencapturing a 120Hz signal, recording frame rate in the 4K Capture Utility will be 60fps. The 120Hz signal will be converted to 60fps during recording. at 120Hz requires HDMI 2.1 due to the extreme bandwidth required. At this time there are no Elgato capture device that support HDMI 2.1. More on Elgato and HDMI 2.1 information can be found here. Elgato Game Capture 4K60 S+ supports exFAT and FAT32. Most current SD Cards come pre-formatted in exFAT, and exFAT is our recommended format. Some Elgato devices have the ability to have their EDID settings changed. This article will go over how to change the EDID setting, what the EDID modes do, and recommended settings. If the SD Card features these markings, it can record reliability at 30 MB/s (Megabyte) or 240 Mb/s (Megabit).HDCP needs to be turned off for Elgato Game Capture 4K60 S+ to be able to capture from a PlayStation.

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By default, all PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 4 Pro systems have HDCP activated on a system wide level. Latency is another of this card’s weak points. It’s trying to push 4K 60 FPS through a USB 3.0 connection. The result is a heavily delayed image coming to your preview window. The passthrough is lagless, so it doesn’t affect your gaming experience. This still negatively affects content creators since the gameplay will be desynced from other media sources like microphones or webcams. I didn’t do systematic testing, but it felt like an entire half second of delay. (Elgato says it’s about 250 ms) To mitigate this, you have to add render delay filters to you mic and webcam in OBS. How much delay exactly? Trial and error till it sounds about right. Yep… it’s as bad as it sounds. In contrast with these issues, the 4K60 S+ does have two things going for it. First, the footage recorded in OBS was pixelation and corruption free. Then again, the problem with that is you can no longer record in HDR since OBS does not currently support HDR as of this writing. Even so, this shows there’s issues with Elgato’s 4K Capture Utility which means it can potentially be fixed in an update. Though, they’ve been saying they’ll fix it since the device launched. When the Elgato Game Capture 4K60 S+ is turned on and ready to go, a small orange LED will glow. If there are issues such as an unrecognized signal or no SD card, the orange light will flash a specific LED code.Recommended for : Use this setting if the Merged EDID mode is causing image issues with the attached display. To record the full 120Hz signal into a 120fps video, other software such as OBS Studio must be used and configured to record at 120fps. Select the EDID file that the Internal EDID mode will use. This is also where custom EDID files can be used. Custom EDID files must be in .bin format. The AVerMedia Live Gamer Bolt is an incredible piece of hardware, matching the company's flagship internal PCIe capture card in basically every way, without the requirement for a slot inside your PC to run it.

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I do NOT recommend the Elgato 4K60 S+. Not in its current state for sure, but maybe not ever considering its unpredictability and giant price tag. Imagine taking it to a local tournament to record off-stream matches and getting home to realize half the footage was ruined. Well if you get this card, you won’t have to imagine!When using Elgato Game Capture 4K60 S+ for standalone SD Card recording, DO NOT connect it to a PC via USB. Only use the power supply bundled with your product. To maintain a 120Hz output from PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X/S, the entire video signal chain and connected devices, such as the TV/Monitor and capture card need to be able to support 120Hz. This mode copies the EDID of the display connected to the capture card output onto the capture card. Portability is sadly out the question for now, so I would suggest looking into internal capture cards such as the AVerMedia Live Gamer 4K (review) or Elgato’s own 4K60 Pro (review coming soon) which performed far better than the 4K60 S+.

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Recommended for : Typical console capture setup where a TV or monitor is connected to the capture card HDMI output.To access the SD Card, remove it from the Elgato Game Capture 4K60 S+ and then use a SD Card reader attached to your computer to access the files. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S have the capability to output high refresh rate video at 120Hz at various resolutions. If you have a Xbox Series X/S plugged into 4K60 Pro and are using a 120Hz monitor, you will be able to play and capture at either 1080p 120Hz or 1440p 120Hz, depending on which resolution your monitor supports.