How To Set Up A Capture Card For Xbox One

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Today, we're going to go through the basic steps of how to connect your PS4 to your streaming PC using an Elgato HD60 capture carte du jour and OBS/SLOBS software.

Footstep 1: Gather your supplies!

Y'all will need the following list of things earlier you lot start:

2 HDMI Cables
1 Micro USB to USB Cable
A monitor with HDMI connections
Your streaming PC/Laptop
Open up Broadcaster Software (OBS)
Elgato Game Capture Carte du jour

Pace 2: Connecting all the things

The capture card is the eye of the whole functioning by connecting to every slice of your setup. First by plugging your PS4 into your capture menu's HDMI port labeled "In" and your Brandish into your capture bill of fare'due south HDMI port labeled "Out." Then, have the Mini-USB cord provided with the capture menu and plug that into your PC.

Stride three: Download and install software

Next, head over to Elgato'due south support site, download and install the Game Capture software, or install the software that came with your capture card in the package.

You don't need to get out this software up and running after installing. It'southward but to let your PC and capture card talk to each other.

Pace 4: Disable HDCP setting on your PS4

HDCP stands for Loftier-bandwidth Digital Content Protection, and it prevents gameplay & video content from being recorded using external computers or video capture systems. By default, it is encoded and enabled on the HDMI output on the PS4. This step is extremely of import, as turning this setting off enables the signal to be read and recorded for your stream, otherwise the connection to the capture bill of fare won't work properly.

Y'all can discover this setting in the "Settings" menu on your home screen, then under the "Organisation" menu.

Stride 5: Getting OBS on board with your new capture card

In OBS or SLOBS, click the 'Plus' icon on the Sources pick and choose to add together a new Video Capture Device. Name it what you desire, but it'southward easier to keep your scenes organized if yous name it "Capture Menu."

On the adjacent screen click the down arrow next to device and detect your capture card proper noun, once selected click washed. Zip else on this screen needs to be changed.

Make sure when adding camera or overlays that they are above the capture device in the sources screen or else the game will just cover them up.

Step 6: Sorting out your sound

Next to your Sources box in OBS/SLOBS should be the Audio mixer. Click the gear next to mixer and it should bring up a box like pictured beneath. On your capture menu'south source, click the dropdown menu and select either "Monitor just" or "Monitor and Output"

"Monitor and Output" means yous and your audience volition hear it. "Monitor Merely" means just you tin can hear information technology.

If y'all cull "Monitor but" then you will need to add an sound source for your headphones and make that "Monitor and Output" This is used if you want to have vox conversation from Discord going and don't want your audience hearing an repeat in your game.

Footstep 7… STREAM!

Ane more helpful tip is to accept your PS4 running before opening OBS or SLOBS on your PC. If it isn't, there is a adventure your streaming software won't see your PS4. If you open your streaming software before turning your PS4 on and are having bug seeing video from your capture card, simply close the program, fire upwards your PS4, and then open your software over again.

You're now set to stream with your PS4! Be sure to cheque back to StreamerSquare for more guides coming soon.