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Title: USB 2.0 Audio / video grabber?
Post by: Zannibal on October 14, 2014, 12:43:05 PM
Has any of you ever used thing like this? My brother gave me Gamecube and since I don't have TV I need to use my PC monitor. While looking for solutions how to do that I found this thing. Basically it seems to work on Gamecube and other consoles, but I just decided to ask if anyone here has any experience with this? Does it work properly? Is the image / audio quality playable?

Basically the thing looks like this;
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.studio111.nl%2Fcomponents%2Fcom_virtuemart%2Fshop_image%2Fproduct%2FK__nig_USB_2.0_A_4dbcd9a43881f.jpg&hash=cdd9c5586f050982dfed31f697a059ea11cd8dc5)
Title: Re: USB 2.0 Audio / video grabber?
Post by: Lelygax on October 14, 2014, 12:49:06 PM
This looks interesting, how it works? Your monitor doesnt have a HDMI input? Because maybe someone did something like that with HDMI instead of USB.

edit: forget it, since it would have no audio this way with HDMI I think, not plugging it directly to a common monitor atleast lol
Title: Re: USB 2.0 Audio / video grabber?
Post by: Zannibal on October 14, 2014, 01:03:02 PM
You plug it into computer's USB thing. Apparently it comes with some drivers or software and then once you plug it in. Apparently you can also use it as a capture card and record gameplay video.

E; Oooh, it's a capture card apparently : D But I guess you can use it to play games too?
Title: Re: USB 2.0 Audio / video grabber?
Post by: Aridale on October 14, 2014, 03:52:16 PM
yeah basically its a usb based video capture card. You CAN use it to play games but depending on how good the card is there can be a delay. I havent used one in some years but I found it pretty subpar when I played ps2 on a monitor with it. Like I said it was some years ago and it was pci based not usb so /shrug
Title: Re: USB 2.0 Audio / video grabber?
Post by: Lelygax on October 15, 2014, 03:37:37 AM
Can I ask you how much it costs and where to find it online? :o
Title: Re: USB 2.0 Audio / video grabber?
Post by: Zannibal on October 15, 2014, 07:07:54 AM
Ebay has tons of these from $5 to like $20. That's one of the reasons I was looking these. Very affordable ;D

yeah basically its a usb based video capture card. You CAN use it to play games but depending on how good the card is there can be a delay. I havent used one in some years but I found it pretty subpar when I played ps2 on a monitor with it. Like I said it was some years ago and it was pci based not usb so /shrug

Yea I know there can be delay. That's why I wanted to ask here if someone had used this and can tell whether there is delay on this one or not  :D
Title: Re: USB 2.0 Audio / video grabber?
Post by: Lelygax on October 15, 2014, 07:47:47 AM
Wow, pretty cheap xD
Title: Re: USB 2.0 Audio / video grabber?
Post by: Zannibal on October 16, 2014, 03:15:14 PM
Well, I went ahead and bought one! I'll tell you how it works once it arrives :D