How to Record Video Game Consoles with a Capture Card

[PlatypusDragon]

Please reply: Where can I get one and how much do they cost???

[MW3wiimaster13]

plz reply on this comment plz plz plz were can u get a capture card plz plz reply!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Vdeogamer]

@MW3wiimaster13 Amazon.com is a good place to start. Just search capture card.

[ShrinkThisWorld]

i get blurry and square like footage and i cant even click and drag to windows 7 or sony vegas ): help

[Vdeogamer]

@ShrinkThisWorld It might be blurry because of a setting in the setup. Look for a slider that says sharpness, and adjust that until it becomes unblurry. The other problem might be caused by an incompatible format. See if you can change the output format to a file that your editing software can read. Also, make sure if you're in the US you're using NTSC. If you're in Europe and places like that use PAL.

[Vdeogamer]

UPDATE: Hey, guys! I will have Part 2 of this series finished and uploaded by the end of this week. And after that Parts 3 and 4 won't be far off. Sorry for taking so long, but these past few weeks have been really really busy. Thanks for your support!

[MyRayman101]

yo this guy is amazing thanks to him my YouTube vids will be 10X better iv'e got my capture card getting to my house can't wait!

[bubblythepcgamer]

How much should this cost

[Vdeogamer]

@bubblythepcgamer Depends on how much you're willing to spend. Just search capture cards on amazon to get a good idea.

[Zernet10]

Umm, will an EasyCap work? or do i need a capturecard??

[Vdeogamer]

@Zernet10 Easy cap IS a capture card. :P

[Zernet10]

0:02 :O what no Zelda stuff

[Vdeogamer]

@Zernet10 I have a poster for TLOZ Ocarina of Time 3ds, but it's really high up.

[Zernet10]

@Vdeogamer oh....  :)

[SkywardSwordFB20]

thhx 4 the help! i was about 2 get it so i dont hve 2 use my awwful cam :) thx x3

[matousekdrizhal]

3:15 super mario 3D land on wii? i've seen it on your tv. how?

[matousekdrizhal]

@matousekdrizhal oh, this is only nintendo channel. sorry.

[matousekdrizhal]

@matousekdrizhal and how to record your computer?

[Vdeogamer]

@matousekdrizhal Nintendo Channel just shows stuff like that all the time, just to grab your attention like that. It obviously works. : P

[KineticMKWii]

This can be done with a laptop too?

[Vdeogamer]

@KineticMKWii Possibly. The laptop must meet the minimum requirements listed for the capture card. They're typically found on the capture cards website or product page.

[Mrbannanakingz]

Thanks so mux!!! this really helped!! :)

[FalconMuncher9000]

if i have my wii plugged into a tv and in the av out on my tv, i have an s-video with red/white audio plugged into the capture card, will it work?

[Vdeogamer]

@FalconMuncher9000 It should. But I am not sure. If S-video just retains a bit better quality than the rca video, then it should work. If it doesn't though, you might want to try just a yellow RCA video out to the capture card.

[wolfdemon43543]

@Vdeogamer do you have to buy the video card cable or does it come with the systems

[kiddice70]

@Vdeogamer, thanks a lot! it would be much appreciated, if i ever figure out how to do it, I will let you know as well. Thanks for talking to me

[Vdeogamer]

@kiddice70 No problem! Thanks for your support! : )

[kiddice70]

@Vdeogamer, I haven't bought a capture card,and I want to be a youtube commentator, so I looked at your videos. It helped alot. In my videos I want to have a chat with a friend, and if the audience desires, turn off the chat with my friend and listen to the conversation I had during the game. So i'm wondering if the capture card would record my voice. My headset connects through USB. If we can get in touch to figure this out it would be greatly appreciated

[Vdeogamer]

@kiddice70 I'm glad I could help! At this particular moment I am unsure of whether or not a capture card can record voice from a headset. I'm looking into it, but I will let you know as soon as I find out, perhaps in the next tutorial of this series! : ) Might take a while, but I'll do my best.

[kiddice70]

Say if I'm playing mw3, and I'm using a headset, would the capture card record my voice and the voices of my teammates?

[Vdeogamer]

@kiddice70 :O

I'm not quite sure, but I never thought about that! Could you explain to me how the headset plugs in and how you're running your setup to the computer? It might be able to, but I'm just not sure.

[TheASiiANBOii]

How do you connect a capture card even though you have a gaming headset hooked up to it...?

[Vdeogamer]

@TheASiiANBOii Why would you have a gaming headset attached to your capture card?

[TheASiiANBOii]

@Vdeogamer know i ment i have a gaming headset connected to my tv that splits from my ps3 can i put another spliter to my capture card from my ps3?

[Mariokart412]

whats a capture card...

[TheMegafern8522]

Where can you get capture card, besides on the internet?

[Vdeogamer]

@TheMegafern8522 Internet's bout the only place I've heard of them. I saw a Dazzle Capture Card in walmart once, but it's rare.

[TheMegafern8522]

Can you record computer games with capture card?

[Vdeogamer]

@TheMegafern8522 No. You use a different type of software for that. It's called a Screen Recorder. Look it up! : )

[GeckoJunior]

how can you get a Capture Card if you are in Bulgaria

[HarvestLYlee]

yeah what the difference between using splitters and having the tv output? do splitters make less interference?

[theganonbros]

can someone help alot of people say you need splitters but it doesnt look like you used any so does that mean you dont need splitters?

[Vdeogamer]

@theganonbros Well a splitter would be good if you wanted to use a secondary monitor that didn't have the output sockets like I showed above. If you used a splitter in your setup, you'd run one output from the splitter to the capture card, and 1 output from the splitter to the TV.

[carmoveful]

@Vdeogamer did you get a new recorder to record ur vids ps. ur awsome

[silverwingedbeast]

where can u get a capture card???????????

[Vdeogamer]

@silverwingedbeast Online. I got mine from amazon.com.

[silverwingedbeast]

@Vdeogamer thanks

[westhehedgehog16]

do you put the sensor bar on top of the computer

[Vdeogamer]

@westhehedgehog16 Yes, otherwise, it becomes hard to play the wii.

[vvittydit]

@Vdeogamer Just wondering but does this work on a windows vista computer? because when i plug the capture card in, im pretty sure i got the same one you have, it just crashes my computer giving me the blue screen.

[Vdeogamer]

@vvittydit Well I first tried mine on Vista. I've heard of people getting blue screens but I'm not sure what causes it. It could be because your computer does not meet enough of the requirements to run the card. I would check with the book again and check your computer to see if you do or don't.

[vvittydit]

@Vdeogamer Well I seem to have most of the requirements that I'm positive of as I run DirectX 10, usb2.0, and have more than enough RAM and HardDrive space. The only thing that I am not sure of is having Inter Pentium4 1.4G CPU, what I think I have is Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz. Sorry if what I said my computers specs are off, not so good with that kind of stuff.

[Vdeogamer]

@vvittydit Well it should be working all right then. My guess is that you're version of windows vista is missing some important media drivers. Check to make sure your computer is fully up to date. Other than that though, I'd search online a bit to see if anybody else had this problem and if they were able to resolve it.

[FalconMuncher9000]

does the wii still show up on a tv? or do you have to look at the computer screen to play?

[Vdeogamer]

@FalconMuncher9000 If it's set up with the wii going directly into the capture card, then you have to look at the computer. But if you set it up with a secondary monitor with the wii going into the tv, and then the tv going into the capture card as I displayed before, then it will show up on both the tv and the computer. The tv doesn't lag as much as the computer though.

[DrawingTutorials123]

how much would one of these be?

[LILBUMBL3]

When are you uploading more drawings?

[Vdeogamer]

@LILBUMBL3 Next week and the weeks after. I've had quite a dry spell. But the drawing videos take me a LOT longer to make than anything else on my channel, and I want to make sure that each one is epic! Thanks for your support! : )

[TigersUnleashed]

wait, so do u play the software ON the computer, or actually on the Wii? or whatever thing ur using.

[Vdeogamer]

@TigersUnleashed The software is on the computer. Sorry for the confusion.

[TigersUnleashed]

@Vdeogamer ah.. okay thanks.

[TigersUnleashed]

love the epic music in the beginning!

[chalmersdog]

do u have skyward sword? it appeared on the screen?

[Vdeogamer]

@chalmersdog No that was just the nintendo channel. I asked for one of two games for Christmas, Skyward Sword OR Kirby's Return to Dreamland (I'm a big kirby fan as well) and I got Kirby. So I'll probably go out and get Skyward sword sometime next year.

[chalmersdog]

@Vdeogamer ya its a great game. ive played lots of zelda, and this is one of the best games ive ever played. ive even gone as far as to say its a bit better than even ocarina of time. id definitely try to get it as soon as possible :)

[Marcusslayer]

hi

[TheOver15degrees]

that look like better quality than the dazzle :) nice tut!

[Vdeogamer]

@TheOver15degrees Thanks! CNET had a list of the top 10 consumer capture cards, and the Diamond was actually ranked better than the dazzle!

[RedHead2J]

Where can you find a Capture card? And how much do they usually cost?

[Vdeogamer]

@RedHead2J I bought mine online. It only cost me about $30. CNET said it was the best consumer capture card out there. : )

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