AVerMedia - Live Gamer Portable 2 Plus - Black

Name: AVerMedia - Live Gamer Portable 2 Plus - Black
Brand: AVerMedia
SKU: 6288528
Rating: 4.5 (338 reviews)

Model: GC513B

SKU: 6288528

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Key Specs
- Video Input(s): HDMI
- Video Output(s): HDMI
- Maximum Supported Resolution (Video Capture): 1080p (Full HD) (The highest video resolution supported by the device to capture video from another source.)
- Compatible Platform(s): Windows, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox
General
- Brand: AVerMedia
- Model Number: GC513B
- Product Name: Live Gamer Portable 2 Plus
- Color: Black
- Device Type: Standalone
Connectivity
- Video Input(s): HDMI
- Audio Input(s): HDMI, 3.5mm stereo audio
- Video Output(s): HDMI
- Audio Output(s): HDMI, 3.5mm stereo audio
Display
- Maximum Supported Resolution (Video Capture): 1080p (Full HD) (The highest video resolution supported by the device to capture video from another source.)
Dimensions
- Product Height: 2.2 inches (The out of box height of the item. Height is measured as the vertical distance from the bottom of the item to the top as it would be primarily used or placed.)
- Product Width: 5.5 inches (The out of box width of the item. Width is measured as the horizontal distance from one side of the item to the other as it would be primarily used or placed.)
- Product Length: 1.8 inches (The out of box length of the item. Length is measured as the longest dimension of the item.)
- Product Weight: 0.4 pounds (The out of box weight of the item.)
Compatibility
- Compatible Platform(s): Windows, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox
Warranty
- Warranty - Parts: 1 Year
- Warranty - Labor: 1 Year
Other
- UPC: 795522965905

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Record your Ultra HD gameplay with this AVerMedia Live Gamer Portable 2 Plus capture card. It has HDMI 2.0 pass-through for lag-free performance in 4K and 1080p resolutions, and the PC-free mode supports game console and smartphone connections. Include live commentary and party chat recording by connecting a headset to this AVerMedia Live Gamer Portable 2 Plus capture card.

Ultra HD 4K pass-through: Record video at 1080p or even enjoy 4K gaming experience.
Simple plug-and-play technology: Works right out of the box.
Live commentary and party chat recording: Allows you to easily add commentaries to your streams or capture your party chats.
PC-free and storage mode: Capture your games on a microSD card, or use LGP2 Plus as a card reader.
Ultra HD 4K pass-through: Record video at 1080p or even enjoy 4K gaming experience.
Simple plug-and-play technology: Works right out of the box.
Live commentary and party chat recording: Allows you to easily add commentaries to your streams or capture your party chats.
PC-free and storage mode: Capture your games on a microSD card, or use LGP2 Plus as a card reader.

Whats Included

AVerMedia Live Gamer Portable 2 Plus
HDMI cable
4-Pole 3.5 mm audio cable
USB cable
Quick guide
AVerMedia Live Gamer Portable 2 Plus
HDMI cable
4-Pole 3.5 mm audio cable
USB cable
Quick guide

Product Manuals

Q: Do I need to use the included software if I want to use it with my DSLR as a webcam?

A: Nope. The best part is that it just shows up as a device the same way your built-in webcam does. You can use OBS or Zoom or any other software and the camera is available without any specific software. I'm using this with a Sony a6400 and it works wonderfully.

Q: Can I put the screen of a Nintendo switch on the screen of a laptop with this capture card?

A: yes.

Q: Hello, I have an HP 17-by0061st 4AG14UA # ABA 17.3 "Notebook Laptop, Intel i3 Windows 10 and I want to know if the product can be compatible with my laptop ?.

A: Hi! I don't know much about that laptop specifically, but as far as I have seen and tested this capture card (Live Gamer Portable 2 Plus) will work with any device that can output HDMI signals that are not HDCP protected. My laptop is a Lenovo, but I've used this capture card to record gameplay footage for YouTube play-throughs using just the HDMI output from my laptop. The footage is pretty decent. I only use the PC-Free Mode with this capture card though to avoid slowing my laptop down. To answer your question, I don't see why it wouldn't work with your laptop as long as your laptop has an HDMI output port that doesn't output HDCP protected signals. If you use that port you can record games using the capture card independently from the laptop via its PC-Free mode (this requires a class 10 Micro SD card). This means you can record gameplay on a low spec laptop without affecting the footage or the game. If you don't want to use the HDMI output capture method, it does have a PC reliant capture mode. Check the compatibility of programs like AVerMedia RECentral 4 (the software made for this device) and OBS with your laptop for using that mode. I will say though that I have tried both of these programs and found that this card does put a decent load on the computer, which is why I always use its PC-Free mode. I should mention though that how you go about using this capture card may create some hoops you have to jump through. For instance, when I record gameplay footage on my laptop using its HDMI out, my laptop can only output audio to either the card or my headset. This means in order to listen to my game audio and record at the same time, I have to record all the audio separately and then combine the audio and video in post. This doesn't bother me too much though because I found a very fast and effective way of doing that. This specific problem though is all to do with my setup. I mention it however because I can imagine that other weird scenarios like this could happen when using the card to capture laptop output. And that very well may be true for most capture cards. Hope this helps! If you have any more questions feel free to post them! I'll answer them as soon as I can and if need be I can run some tests with my card and tell you the results.

Q: I'm still super confused, your computer plays the game and everything, then it outputs it to the monitor/capture card, then the card encodes it so there's no GPU impact and sends it to the PC to send to Twitch, correct?

A: The Capture card is designed to be used to capture an external device like a switch, xbox, ps4, and then stream that video via your PC onto whatever platform you choose to stream to. In this situation the only thing your PC is doing is relaying the video its receiving from the external device and projecting it wherever you send it to. it would only affect the CPU since your not actually using your GPU for the gaming portion. Hope this helps clear up some confusion.

Q: Can you connect a Bluetooth headset to it?

A: Doesn't look like it. Everything seems to be hardlined through it. I wouldn't recommend it.

Q: Is it only for live or recording whit live

A: It is a screen capture device. It allows data to transfer from a gaming device, in my case an iPad or iPhone, to my computer. I use it for showing what is on my phone or tablet. The device does not care what it is showing (live or prerecorded), it only cares about the source. I hope that helps.

Q: Would this work on a 2017 MacBook Pro with a 3.1 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 processor?

A: These are the Mac Specs need for this device Operating system: Mac10.11/10.12/10.13 Connection: USB 2.0 (UVC · UAC compatible, easy plug & play connection) CPU: 2.8 GHz quad-core Intel® Core ™ i5 processor equivalent or better * When recording / streaming 1080p / 60fps, when using PIP mode we strongly recommend using Intel® Core ™ i7 Quad-Core. RAM: minimum 8GB or over, 12GB is recommended Software options: OBS Studio for MAC, Apple QuickTime Player

Q: Can i used this device for live streaming with my laptop without attach hdmi output to lcd. And it's not effective on my laptop speed.

A: As it is a Capture Card it is for capturing your Game Play. and it does not effect the computer speed.

Customers are saying

Customers are enthusiastic about the Live Gamer Portable 2 Plus's ease of use and video quality. Many appreciate its compact size and straightforward setup, while some users found the software and included HDMI cable length to be less than ideal. Despite some minor drawbacks, the positive feedback on its performance and affordability is noteworthy.

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Things You Need To Know Before You Buy This
I have a box opening video on YouTube https://youtu.be/To1w0eSZeHQ Using this Streaming Device on an HP Elite 800 G1 SFF (Small Form Factor) i7 (4700) 16 Gigs Ram and only the built-in video graphics for Minecraft 1.16.40 on two non-4K monitors. Records video and audio without any noticeable frame drops or FPS loss. No visible Lag. I am recording directly into a 128 Gig Mini SD Card (which is the largest size this unit can handle). I consider upgrading my graphics to a Geforce GTX 1650 LP card, but found I didn't need to. IMPORTANT NOTES: 1) I am not live streaming. If I was live streaming I would upgrade my video card because when live streaming the device uses the actual computer system to decode and compress the stream and you will want at least 16 Gigs of ram or higher. 2) When using the software provided by Avermedia, it consumes the maximum amount of ram. I have 16 Gigs and this Avermedia Devices software consumed 12 Gigs of Ram. 3.) The contents provided very poor directions. You will need to go to their website. But even their website is poorly designed and locating the software (That you have to download) and there are four different software. Finding the software is very frustrating, its spread out and isn't clearly labeled. Additionally, the instructions provided online are also very vague. 4.) I spent a whole day watching YouTube Videos and scouring the web trying to find information about how to get it to work. None of it worked. At least seven times, I was on the verge of returning this device, because getting it operating is a nightmare. The software doesn't recognize my computer, so I don't use their software, I stream directly to mini-sd card. I'd have returned it, if I planned to stream live. This may be, the lack of one of the recommended graphics card. During my last attempt before returning it, after following their directions multiple times, it suddenly began working. The problem is, There is a step that you have to plug it into a AC USB plug (which isn't mentioned or clearly described). Then you have to follow the steps. After that you plug it into your computer USB Port, and it should work, at least for streaming to the card. 5.) This device is only USB 2.0 and not USB 3.0, which means it depends on your computer processor, ram and graphics card since UBS 2.0 isn't fast enough to process the 60FPS directly on the device when streaming live. 6) Once you get it working, its a great device Ultimately, you'll need a ton of patience to get it working, and if you're successful, you'll have a great budget device that will save you $300 compared to Elgato's device which can record to Mini SD Card.
Posted 4 years ago by SellerThink
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Meets my needs perfectly.
I was looking for a capture card to stream from my Switch and Wii U. I've never owned one before, and I'll admit I was hesitant to go with a brand other than the well-known Corsair Elgato products, especially since it has lower reviews on average. However, the price was so good, and the 4K passthrough was useful in case I wanted to stream from for my desktop computer through it (the only Elgato Best Buy had in stock was the S, which doesn't have that passthrough), so I went ahead and took a chance. I really could not be happier with the product. I've been using it for nearly two weeks now and I have zero complaints, aside from one thing that was quickly fixed, which I will note here in case anyone else has the same problem. When I first streamed directly from the capture card, I noticed issues in certain games, particularly older ones, where colors would flicker, as well as other similar image issues. This is how it will look if you stream directly from the capture card; a realtime, uncompressed picture. What I ended up doing to get it to work was downloading AVerMedia's firmware for the capture card. This gave me an additional capture card option in OBS: along with the Live Gamer Portable 2 Plus option, there's also one titled "Live Gamer Portable 2 PLUS Stream_Engine - 1." This is what you want! It will delay the capture by about half a second, but it will compress the image so you see everything perfectly as you do on your TV. Please ensure that you do this if you want perfect image quality. Again, aside from that, no issues at all whatsoever. The capture card is even a permanent fixture of my setup now. I have it set up so my Switch, Wii U, and desktop PC are all connected through a switcher (which also has 4K passthrough), and it all works perfectly. I can use them normally any time I want to, and when it's time to stream, no additional setup is required because it's all hooked up already. The headphone jack in front is perfect, too, as it unifies the audio of any system you plug into the device through the capture card. The sound still comes through the TV as well, but it's as simple as muting it. And if the headphone volume is too low like it was for me at first, you can adjust that through AVerMedia's program as well. So it's really just a super, simple, straightforward capture card that streams your image perfectly once you download the firmware. Some things to keep in mind are that the two HDMI cables included are very short (see the cable from my Portable 2 Plus to my HDMI switcher), so make sure you have lengthier ones if they're needed for your setup, and it needs to be plugged into a USB port at all times or else you won't get any picture through the device (which is probably my only legitimate complaint in the end). Since there's some distance between my TV and my streaming device, what I do is keep the capture card by my TV, and use both a USB extender and headphone extender to have them reach me and my laptop. I guarantee, though, that once you have it all set up and updated, this capture card perfectly delivers for streaming and recording. One last thing to note, in case anyone is confused, is that this device does NOT capture in 4K. 4K passthrough only means that you can still see the image in 4K through your TV or monitor, but it only captures video up to 1080p. This is fine for me since I'm only streaming in 720p anyways (for the sake of my viewers' internet connections), and probably fine for most average users as well, but look elsewhere if you are looking to capture video in 4K.
Posted 5 years ago by Scotty
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Ease of access
Works well. Easy plug and play. Bought for capturing Nintendo switch. Does what its supposed to. Would recommend if you're just starting out with live streaming or screen capturing for videos as it is so easy to setup. Cant speak much for high intensity streaming as I haven't pushed it's limits.
Posted 1 year ago by Cococup