I’ve been oogling the hauppage over the black magic intensity but im interested if it really is better/easier to deal with? I know the black magic has mobo/processor compatability issues. (even the external one) but has pass throughs for audio & video and a smaller form factor ( space vs lugging equipment may be a deciding factor) Any thoughts?
If you’re talking about the BMI Shuttle than don’t get that one, countless numbers of people who have gotten it say its not worth the trouble trying to get it to work. However the BMIP PCI Express version is one of the best cards to get, only you need a dedicated PCIE 1x slot for it.
I’ll be using a laptop so I was thinking shuttle. Guess that seals the deal for the Hauppage.
I cannot for the live of me get the video to come through on my PC, I’ve tried Wirecast, ArcSoft, XSplit, EyeTV, both Win7 Pro (x32) and OSX Snow Leopard (2010 MacBook Pro Bootcamped).
Using it on my tv is perfectly fine, but my monitor is a no go, I’ve tried adjusting the settings (720p and 1080i on the xbox) and uninstalling and reinstalling all kinds of stuff and I just can’t get it. Any suggestions? Just getting the black screen.
Posting here also if you can help …
what kind of converter are you using i know it took me an hour to figure out that my converter had a vga and component switch the i need to move the switch to compnent
Yea mine had the switch too, the problem was the signal not making it to the computer it seemed, that or the splitter wasn’t powerful enough to do the two outputs. I returned it and am ordering the one suggested here.
quick question:
getting ready to buy the equipment. As far as the audio thing, I have two ps3 USB headsets I can use. Would I plug it into the audio mixer? (sorry if i sound n00bish, but it’s my first time handling audio anything)
Depends on what you want to do? do you want to be able to equalize levels between the on mic talent (in case one is hot, etc…) If you have a mixer with USB inputs… go for it… Are there even USB female to RCA (or stereo plug) connectors?
I’m wondering if my splitter didn’t work because it wasn’t powerful enough. It was the rocket fish one, the outputs worked individually but it seemed that the output wasn’t making it to the hauppage or just not capturing it to output. Is there a specific order to turn them on?
I don’t know of any USB -> analogue adapters… that’s what a computer’s supposed to be. Similarly, I don’t know of any mixers (which are designed to be basically entirely analogue, with the exception of some having an ADC to give a USB output) with the ability to take in USB. Getting USB headsets into a mixer is going to require that you plug them into a computer first, set the computer to monitor them (output them through line-out/speakers/headphones, preferably one headset faded all the way to each side so that they’re effectively two mono signals), and use do a 1/8" -> RCA splitter. Note that this is going to induce a bit of delay to the commentary; depending on your computer and headsets, it will vary… as such, it may be quite distracting.
Better would be to take them in directly on your capture computer. Mix them, plus the output of the HD-PVR’s capture set-up, in software, then pipe the combined audio streams to whatever software you’re using to broadcast. You’ll probably need something like Virtual Audio Cable to make this work, and you’ll need to adjust relative volume in software rather than hardware. If you can get that all to work, you’re going to find that the headsets are “ahead” of the action on screen, so you’ll need to find a way to induce a delay (buffer) your commentary audio so that it syncs with the gameplay audio. On the plus side, you likely wouldn’t need a mixer at that point, since you’d be mixing in software. It will, however, be a huge PITA.
You’re honestly better off just buying a mixer and a couple microphones; it’ll save yourself a lot of headaches.
ok, thanks alot
any recommendations for good cheap analog mics?
After some playing around, Mics are definitely better than USB gaming headsets. Software mixing is infact a major pain in the ass. Broadcaster headsets such as Audio Technica BPHS1s that sp00ky uses are also the next step.
Blackstar to answer your question, the Shure SV200 is very cheap, durable, and good enough sound quality for broadcasting. As a bonus they come with XLR cables included.
thanks again
i’m gonna scoop em up now
I’ve been looking around for which ones those were. They’re pretty great quality, always been really impressed. Thanks!
EDIT: Blackstar – don’t forget, you may want a set of cans for each of your commentators as well, so they can hear the action (and even each other) better. It depends on the set-up and environment. Depending on your mixer, you may also need a headphone amplifier/distributor, since it’ll be going to multiple sets of headphones.
I cannot for the life of me get my setup to work at home, exact same setup as OP. It was working last night at our weekly get together, but for some reason will not work at home. Frustrating as all hell.
Anyone? Or should I just start a new thread.
Black screen is a PITA.
Maybe somethin isn’t plugged in or switch was moved?
Checked every cable every connection and switch the PVR isn’t locking the signal which makes me think 1. It’s stuck in SD mode or 2. My monitor is messing something up.
Xbox is set to 720 btw.
Got it working, swapped to a shorter HDMI cable running from the splitter to converter… yea…