Customer Ratings & Reviews

Right off the bat it was a little frustrating. The link provided for the software in the instructions was no good. I did a search and found it -- or so I thought. After installing it the capture software couldn't find my device. After a bit more research I found another version with the same title, and after uninstalling the first one and installing the second, it found my device. The software was actually very easy to use, however it shouldn't have been such a chore to find and install the correct on. It has an HDMI passthrough which is very useful. Unfortunately you're limited to 1080P so my Xbox One X wasn't useful. It's great that is so small (about the size of a credit card, but of course thicker) but I'm not sure that's an advantage as while it's portable, it doesn't actually record to the device meaning you will have to have a laptop or pc to store a recording. I would recommend this capture box, but with a caveat; If you want to get started in streaming or creating youtube content, this is good device at a reasonable price for beginners, but if you're already into it, I would look for a more capable version with a better feature set. Of course, you should also expect to pay more.

AverMedia does it again with this one. Compact in size and comes with a really nice braided USB to micro USB 2.0 with gold plated plug ends for best connection. It supports up to 1080p at 60fps or frames per second via HDMI 1.4b. It does not have HDR or 4k capability. It supports all of the major gaming platforms and PC. Overall I'd recommend it to those who are just starting with streaming. It's easy to setup, easy to use and again great quality

This capture box really does stand up to its name. Mini. Prior to opening the box, I was not expecting for it to be as compact as it was and be able to capture everything i needed for my streaming. I was pleasantly surprised. The sleek design was everything i wanted and more. Its about the size of a deck of cards and is able to fit nearly anywhere it needs to, plus its touch outer shell made me feel sure it would hold up in case it was bumped or nudged. The design itself is pretty self explanatory too. HDMI in, HDMI out, usb min., that's it!. Its hard to screw up the set up with only 3 options for ports. Setup was also a breeze on my PC. Overall i am very pleased with this product, primarily because of its design and ease of set up.

Are you a content Creator or Streamer? The AverMediaGC311 LiveGamer MINI is the perfect compliment to the creator at home or on the go! I have been creating content on Streaming platforms for over 5 years and have always found external capture cards on the go cumbersome. That has changed with the GC311 its small form factor is lightweight and small enough to store in my laptop bag to take with me on the road when I go to conventions. It also worked great for at home using my PS4 and Xbox One X. As a streamer the standard is 1080P 60 if your bandwidth can handle it, but what about recording the content at a pure 1080/60 form? It looked amazing capturing content for YouTube videos. I saw no frame stutters or frame loss with the device. The biggest upside I liked was it took less than 5 minutes setting up till I was ready to go! Once streaming I didn’t experience any errors or video loss from device. It truly lived up to its Plug and Play promise! Pros: - Lightweight - Easy to use - Small Form Factor - 1080/60 - Built in Encoder - Intuitive Streaming Software - Works with laptops Cons: - Micro USB 2.0 Overall The product comes in at a price point that is appealing to gamers and streamers looking to get into the content creation space without breaking the wallet. If you’re looking to create awesome looking videos this device is for you!

This was tested on a Windows 10, Dell G7 laptop. In the box you'll find the GC311 Live Gamer Mini and a micro USB cable. The quick start guide will give you a link to download the RECentral 4 software, drivers and utility. And that’s it. Everything is straight forward and it just works. The GUI is intuitive for its purpose of Streaming or Saving the video files. A wizard walks you through the settings with a minimal learning curve. Max Resolution is 1080p and the H.264 + ACC compression is a welcome de facto for the purpose. I use this for both video screen capture as well as gaming. On max settings the file size grows quickly, but doesn’t bog down the system or mess up the capture regardless of time, in my experience. I would recommend this if you are streaming your game experience or capturing the games or even just screen video recording for teaching/reference. 1080p is more than adequate for the onlookers and history videos. I do appreciate the small size, name brand, refined software and overall simplicity. Video capture has come a long way since inception with PC’s and this is about as small, powerful and simple as it can get. This is something you can throw in the bag and it just works when you need it.

This is a great capture card that is both functional and portable. Don’t be fooled by its size; you will produce and stream fantastic content. This device allows recording in 1080p at 60 frames per second-- which makes it a handy capture card. It is quality built for home use or when you are on the go. It is very easy plug-and-play into a PC or a laptop. The device and software allow: recording, create content, streaming, and the flexibility to stream to multiple places/platforms. With the software, you can add a watermark, cut and play, playback and manage all widgets. I enjoy gameplay when traveling and this Live Gamer Mini is excellent to bring along-- you don’t have to bring too many equipments.

Its great, picture is clean and very simole to use. The only thing is sometimes i have to replug the hdmi to the tv in multiple times before it displays the picture but once it does it works fine

Easy set up and installation. Make sure to install the software and the rest will almost set up itself. I use SLOBS and it really works seamlessly. No issues with console to card to pc, it’s the best purchase I’ve made to help streaming games since I got the console!

Super Easy to install and to get working with OBS Studio. We now have two and its great definitely pick it up if your thinking about streaming with a console.

The product worked for what I needed it for. Streaming/Recording games from a console onto a desktop PC. The setup process is tricky and I ended up having to completely uninstall and then reinstall the software applications for this capture card. I found the capture card worked better when using the OBS application to stream and record video.

Good capture card for streaming. Small and portable

The product delivered quickly and the product works well. The image captured and transmitted to the computer was crystal clear and easy to set up.

Pro: -Quick setup -No lag passthrough -RECentral is good -Multi platform streaming at once -Portable -Low cpu usage Con: -Needs a good gpu -Passthrough requires power from USB -Video quality is average to subpar -No manual -Price, when compared to the better model I’m have little experience with game capture so I’m the exact target buyer for the Live Mini. I think it’s good for what it is, albeit a bit pricey when considering you can get the next model up, which has 4K pass through, for $30 more. It’s easy to use and the video quality is ok, not great, but not terrible. Setting up was easy, simply instal RECentral (I had to dig around their site to get it) and plug in all the cables. I was up and capturing within minutes. I tested on three different PCs and didn’t have any issues. While playing, I experienced no noticeable lag. The passthrough requires the PC to be powered on, somewhat an inconvenience. The RECentral software is full featured and user friendly. Even if you’re not familiar with encoding or streaming, the setup wizard will walk you through it and the presets are enough for most use cases. You can insert webcam footage, video files, texts, and webpages while streaming. You can set it up to stream to multiple platform (Twitch and YouTube) at once. It’s actually quite powerful and it doesn’t use of a lot of CPU power. It does use a lot of GPU power, so you’ll still need a good GPU to capture 1080p 60fps. The video quality is hit or miss for me. At best, I’ll get a slightly compressed 1080p, and the video will look fine. When playing a fast pace game, however, the video can look grainy, pixelated, and have color banding. I went through all the settings, switching from GPU to CPU, tested it on an i7 8600 with GTX 1070, and an i5 9600 with RTX 2070, and saw no improvement. I’ve seen other reviewers get a constantly good capture quality so it may be something on my end. This is a good starter capture card. You don’t need a beefy streaming rig and everything you need to start capturing and streaming is there. At this price though, it may be a better option to buy the next model up, especially if you have a PS4 Pro or Xbox OneX. Despite the price and the questionable video quality, I’m still giving it a recommend for its size and ease of use.

AverMedia Mini I'm a long time gamer seeing the world of streaming blossom into a rich and vibrant community where people actual earn their living is pretty amazing. While I haven’t previous ventured into this world, nor do I have any serious plans to quit my day job, having the AverMedia Live Gamer MINI (GC-311) is a nice addition to my gaming setup. First let me prefix this by who this product is for. If you are a PC gamer, I doubt you’d need this unless you want to have a dedicated streaming rig (and if you did you’d probably get one of the add-in capture cards). Sure you can use the AverMedia RecCentral software to stream from a PC, but there are many different software suites for that. No, the GC-311 is really for a console gamer to be able to stream their games. Specifically the GC-311 really feels like a console streamer that needs portability. Here the device excels. You can honestly make the case that this device could slip into your laptop bag along with say a Nintendo Switch + HDMI USB-C adapter. You could end up streaming from a coffee shop, public venue or record your session while riding in a car. The GC-311 only needs a micro-usb connection for data and power, and once plugged in is an accessible capture device. The HDMI passthrough seems to live up to it’s zero lag promise, but I found even skipping the passthrough and just using the capture on my laptop/desktop was sufficient (if hardware buffering was disabled - otherwise lag was introduced - it’s a checkbox in the settings of the source in RecCentral). You can full screen the interface and easily use the capturing PC as your screen. Now I did my first twitch stream (1 viewer yay) with this playing Super Mario Bros 3 over a NES Mini. I did have some teething pains getting setup. Specifically my C920 camera would seemingly be unavailable, and/or the GC-311 would say it was unavailable. Usually hitting the refresh a few times would clear things up (and this could by my Windows 10 configuration), but getting my webcam overlay working while capturing seemed tricker than it should have been. However, after a bit of fiddling it all worked, and I was able to record not only the game’s video/audio, but also overlay my webcam. In fact, the RecCentral software even lets you green screen a camera pretty easily (you can pick any color and adjust the threshold, so decent lighting + a sheet from Target and you’re golden). RecCentral supports streaming to Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, Mixer and more. The real cool thing is you can multi-stream using the software. I get the feeling that any beginner could get started with RecCentral and take them through everything but professional level streaming. Once I got everything rolling - the video streaming, backup recording of the stream, and game play was flawless. I had no issues capturing a smooth stream. I love the power that the RecCentral software gives you around controlling quality, framerate, layers, and content. The quality was just as I expected, crisp, clear, and high quality. My capturing PC was pretty powerful (7820x/1080ti), but I didn’t see the RecCentral software eating up too many resources. I did notice that it likes threads, so I would recommend (as AverMedia does) a quad core. (nerd alert) I purposely set affinity to one core, and things got really choppy during capture - setting it to 2 cores smoothed things right up - so there is some threaded syncing going on to make a smooth experience. Overall if you’re in the market specifically for a portable streaming device, the GC-311 is a super portable device with great performance. AverMedia offers several devices in the price range, and weighing the portability should be part of your consideration when looking at the GC-311. The GC-513 isn’t too much more and offers built in recording. That said the GC-311 is about the size of a credit card and about as thick as my NES controller. The deal sealer for me is just how good the AverMedia RecCentral software is. AverMedia has a fan now!

This device works wonderfully. I am using it for live video streaming and it maintains the aspect ratio and the quality from the source camera and does an amazing job at stealing directly to Facebook and other platforms. I love it and the software that's included is also great!

Easy to set up and use along with StreamLabs. There are plenty of YouTube videos and forum posts for simple questions/tutorials. Does not come with an HDMI cord so be sure you have a spare.

Truly a plug n' play device. Worked like a charm itself; the only hiccup I had was the device not being able to stream at the highest resolution that this device could handle.

purchased this to work with station-tv communication, but it did not work well.

So far so good. Haven’t had any issues with video quality or sound just yet. I don’t need 4K at the moment, so this works just fine.

Love this little thing, it is a great capture card for my Switch. And i use it to stream on twitch with no issues.