after a long period with a lot of hassle based on incompatible USB chipsets with Black Magic capture devices I found, or better, Joris helped me to find my new personal Holy Grail of capture hardware. Here I want to share my experiences with this really cool piece of hardware with you.
Magewell XI100DUSB-HDMI
This capture dongle automatically detects the resolution and framerate of the incoming HDMI Signal and scales it internally to the resolution and framerate you need. And this is the only "minus" when you are going to use it with Resolume.
Any common video capture software like Twitch, VidBlaster..ect. can access the dongle to configure its output resolution. Resolume can not do this because it not natively supports this capture device.
What does that mean?:
If you are using this dongle with Resolume via usb3 it gives you 1080p and via usb2 480p which is all-right for me.
I've made tests with an Alienware m18x R2 via usb3 and with a Lenovo T410 office computer via usb2.
The performance on each of the systems was really impressive. I would guess a delay of 2-3 fps with any tested input resolution.
In my test I captured another notebook which was playing a speech of a politician >> Watching the captured stream with Resolume and listened to the audio directly out of the captured notebook. Lip-synchronisation was okay.
Some tests:
Question:
What happens with the dongle when you change the input resolution while it playbacks in Resolume?
Answer:
short black and back to signal! Wuuuaht? Very nice!
Question:
What happens with the dongle if you pull out the HDMI Cable and re-plug it while it playbacks in Resolume?
Answer:
black for the period of the disconnected HDMI Cable. After plugging back in the HDMI cable you almost instantly get your signal back. wonderful!
Question:
What happens if you pull out the USB Cable out of your computer and replug it?
Answer:
Resolume shows the last frame of the caturestream and does not continues capturing. Hmm.
Ok - seriously - that was a hard one...but...just delete the capture clip inside the Resolume clipdeck and drag'n'drop the device inside the clipdeck again. voilá. You don't need to restart Resolume.
What shall I say? - This device is so handy and easy to use and sooo compatible. ALIEN-TECHNOLOGY Build for SPACECRAFTS
...ehm...sorry...you know what I mean!Here you'll find the homepage: LINK
Where to buy? LINK
Pricing? I am from Germany...including fast shipping and tax it costs me round a bound 300€
Video? ....yes! >>
So...that's it for now... I hope it was interesting. Any questions?...just ask!
Greeeeetings
cosmowe
Maybe someone else?
