Gear
Capture Card for a Console
A capture card for a console brings the picture onto your PC for a stream or recording. Learn what to check before you buy.
The short answer
Check that the card works with your console’s output and your PC’s ports. Test it with a short recording before a show.
How to do it in Streamdzy
- Start with the camera and microphone you already own, and test them in Streamdzy with a short recording.
- Add one piece of gear at a time, and check the change in the picture or the sound before buying the next.
- Use the webcam test and the microphone test to measure what you have, before you spend money.
- Use the Health check to see whether your PC can handle the extra camera.
What to know first
Gear advice is general. Prices and models change. Streamdzy works with any camera or microphone your PC or phone can use.
Questions
Does a card add delay?
Some add a little. Test the delay before a show.
Want all of this in one app?
Streamdzy is a free streaming and recording app for Windows: several cameras, your phone as a camera, going live to many places at once, and recording first so a bad connection never costs you the show.