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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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. When using a dual-PC setup, the suggested setup is to used the EDID file that corresponds to the main gaming monitor resolution By default, the bitrate for a 4K (3840x2160p) input is 80,000 Kbps or 80Mbps. This equals about 36GB/per hour of recording.

Elgato Game Capture HD60 S+ – OBS Studio Setup – Elgato Elgato Game Capture HD60 S+ – OBS Studio Setup – Elgato

Recommended for : Use this setting if the Merged EDID mode is causing image issues with the attached display. These recommendations may help when Elgato Game Capture 4K60 S+ is used and there is no signal or USB related errors. 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.If the SD Card features these markings, it can record reliability at 30 MB/s (Megabyte) or 240 Mb/s (Megabit).

Elgato Game Capture 4K60 S+ — Quick Start Guide – Elgato

https://help.elgato.com/hc/en-us/articles/360038597431-Elgato-Game-Capture-4K60-S-Supported-Resolutions If you record files on the SD Card that is installed in your Elgato Game Capture 4K60 S+, then those files are not accessible to your computer, even if your Elgato Game Capture 4K60 S+ is attached to your computer. In some cases, there may be communication issues between the TV/Monitor and the capture card, which prevents 1080p120 Hz from working correctly. If that is happening, please try the steps below: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+.

Elgato Game Capture 4K60 S+ - No Signal / USB 3 Elgato Game Capture 4K60 S+ - No Signal / USB 3

Looking at the hardware there are some key differences that can affect which you buy. The most obvious is that the AVerMedia Live Gamer Bolt requires Thunderbolt 3 to operate at all. If you don't have it, you can't use it, and that rules out a number of PCs, including virtually anything running on an AMD Ryzen CPU. 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. If you insert an unformatted card, the status LED on Elgato Game Capture 4K60 S+ will blink the general error code. 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. If you use FAT32. then your larger recordings will automatically be broken down into multiple 4GB segments.EDID (Extended Display Identification Data) is a small configuration file that is stored on devices that take in video signals such as TVs, monitors, and capture cards.