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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This mode combines the EDID of the connected TV/Monitor and the capabilities of the capture device to create an optimized EDID.

Elgato 4K60 S+, External Capture Card, Record in 4K60 HDR10

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. 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. https://help.elgato.com/hc/en-us/articles/360038597431-Elgato-Game-Capture-4K60-S-Supported-Resolutions

If the SD Card features these markings, it can record reliability at 30 MB/s (Megabyte) or 240 Mb/s (Megabit). If you use FAT32. then your larger recordings will automatically be broken down into multiple 4GB segments. 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. 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. Please make sure that the device receives the power by the provided power adapter and USB 3 cable. It's important to use a wall power outlet and not trying to power the device via a USB 3 connection to the computer.

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Elgato Game Capture 4K60 S+ supports exFAT and FAT32. Most current SD Cards come pre-formatted in exFAT, and exFAT is our recommended format.

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. When you are recording and reach the end of the card capacity, Elgato Game Capture 4K60 S+ will leave 90MB or so free so it can properly finish off the file. Afterwards the recording simply stops, but it will not be corrupted. In PC Mode, you also need to connect to the Computers USB 3 Port via the second provided USB 3 cable If your cards are not pre-formatted, you can format them using a computer or many cameras. Elgato Game Capture 4K60 S+ cannot format cards.

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

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. The EDID file contains information about the type of signal the device (TV/Monitor) can accept, such as resolution, frame rate, HDR format, bit depth, audio, (Stereo, multi-channel), and much more. Is this a niche appeal? Almost certainly, but without products like this to fill such a niche we'd be worse off. The Elgato 4K60S+ has a couple of standout features, including its own hardware encoder and built in SD card slot. If you're someone who frequently travels or just needs to be able to capture footage without needing your PC handy, then this is absolutely the box to get.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 PlayStation 5 plugged into 4K60 Pro and are using a 120Hz monitor, you will be able to play and capture at 1080p or 1440p 120Hz. Recommended for : Use this setting if the Merged EDID mode is causing image issues with the attached display. 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.

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Recommended for : Typical console capture setup where a TV or monitor is connected to the capture card HDMI output. By default, all PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 4 Pro systems have HDCP activated on a system wide level. 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. 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 sets the EDID of the capture device to the file defined by EDID (Internal) setting. In this mode the connected TV/Monitor capabilities are ignored.

If you insert an unformatted card, the status LED on Elgato Game Capture 4K60 S+ will blink the general error code.