Customer Ratings & Reviews

Allows you to stream your switch to your pc with relative ease!

Easy to set up and use, but it doesn’t come with any hdmi cables.

Used for record from a live camera instead a webcam and was supereasy to use, recommended.

This does exactly what it’s supposed to. But I haven't used it since I bought my Blackmagic Atem Mini. If you don’t mind spending 200 dollars more, just get the 300 dollar atem mini. You won’t regret it. If you just want to connect one camera and nothing else, this might be for you.

Works just as good as a more expensive Elgato card. You can choose if you want the live gamer mini to render graphics with its built in processor if your computer isnt the fastest which is sweet. Might dock a point because audio likes to go out of sync every now and then. Easily fixable (unplug and replug) but just be aware it might happen.

Great piece of kit for live streaming. I am able to connect my camera with an external mic and stream using ReCentral 4, OBS, and now Zoom into Facebook Live. Very impressed and I would buy it again if needed.

This capture card is not too expensive, but the video quality is not as high as more expensive capture cards. It does not appear to do 4:4:4 or RGB. I got it because it had a low system requirements and wanted to test it out, but it appears to do so at the lack of quality. It would not be bad for streaming or 1080p youtube video, but if you have the right combination of colors and text, the output is not nearly as good

This little thing does what you jeed at an affordable price. Works great on xbox1 qnd ps4 so far

Been using it for a couple of years now, works pretty well, especially for the price

Sucks. Does not say what it's advertised to do. Spend the extra money get something better

This doesn't work with every computer setup or program, so check your specs

AVerMedia Live Gamer Mini is a great little video capture device. The setup was simple and not that difficult. I am impressed with the video quality of the device and it’s capture cabilities. I was a bit concerned with the fact that it’s only USB 2.0, but the bandwith seems to be plenty to handle what this device can do. The HDMI passthru feature is nice and from what I have heard, doesn’t really come with devices in this price range, but left to the more expensive devices. I haven’t had a reason to stream my games until now and I look forward to doing so in the future and playing around more with this.

Right off the bat, I was delighted with how easy Live Gamer Mini is to set up. It simply has 3 sockets: HDMI out, HDMI in, and USB. No need for a separate power cord or AC adapter. The Live Gamer MINI recordings are capped at 1080p 60FPS, and it doesn’t support 4K pass-through. Meaning if you have a nice 4K setup and want to be able to either capture at 4K HDR or even pass a 4K signal, you’re going to have to step up to the more expensive options. However, if you want a simple 1080p capture device and you don’t want to open up your PC, then the Live Gamer MINI is more than qualified.

This does a good job recording my gameplay from my XBOX or any other device you hook up to it via HDMI. The video quality is pretty good although it is limited to 1080P so make sure you are aware of that before purchasing. I have an XBOX One X that was running in 4K but i had to change the settings back down to 1080P to be able to use this device. The video quality when just recording games is pretty good and it is easy to trim/edit them from within the app you download from AVerMedia. I also was able to quickly and easily connect to my Mixer and Twitch accounts although the video seemed to be pretty choppy when i attempted to stream from within the AVerMedia application vs. when i stream directly from Mixer or Twitch on my XBOX. Getting it to recognize my webcam was fairly easy and fumbled through the app without actually looking online and found it. The video quality for YouTube is pretty good and it has the ability to catalog from within the app the types of videos you captured which is nice. I think if they had made this USB 3.0 then the issues with choppy video when streaming would probably be eliminated. I have a pretty new PC with enough horsepower to stream so I don't think it is my setup but the limitations of the device/USB connection. For the money you are better to go ahead and upgrade to one that can capture 4K which AVerMedia also offers.

The AVERMedia live gamer mini is a “portable” capture card. Now, I put portable in quotations, because the set up requires a console, monitor of some type whether it be an actual t.v. or just a regular monitor, and a computer pc or desktop. The device itself is actually quite small though, smaller than the average cell phone. It’s physical setup is simple, take the HDMI connecting your t.v. to your console and insert it into the device, then take an extra HDMI and connect the device to the t.v., then use the usb cord that the device comes with to connect it to your computer. ***Disclaimer*** There are several functions the device has that requires pieces not included in the box, such as HDMI cords, Y-cables, and of course a camera. Once finished with the physical setup, there is a link to a website containing a free download to the software required to operate the device. It’s a quite simple, easy to use recording and streaming software that also helps you manage recorded clips and any screenshots you take with the capture card. The rest is all up to you, there are mixers for audio to tailor to your liking, and even an option to link your software to various streaming services. The quality can be lowered in order to allow for more recording in one sitting, or heightened to get 4K quality. The vocal audio quality depends on your microphone, and tends to be a bit quieter than the game audio so be sure to take that into account before recording. Also, the device does not record any vocal audio from your console. Party chats, game chats, and even private chats are muted in the recordings. Overall I would say, despite the tricky set up, it does what it is says (what’s advertised) and I would purchase the product again.

This is the first time I have ever attempted to stream my gaming. The device is very simple to install, but the instructions for installing the software were a little tricky... just remember you're installing RECentral. The quality of video brought in through USB was much better than I had thought possible, but that's probably due to my lack of understanding the hardware. It allows you to single stream or dual screen with a camera, and the settings were a breeze to navigate. I'm really going to enjoy using this.

Streaming Nintendo Switch games to social media platforms such as Twitch and YouTube is next to impossible without a capture card. This solves that limitation of the Nintendo Switch. My setup is connecting the Nintendo Switch to the Live Gamer Mini and then the Gamer mini to a computer monitor via HDMI. The Gamer Mini is connected to my laptop via USB and the laptop is running the RECentral software that handles the streaming portion. This is a very clean solution to stream the Nintendo Switch to social media. I suppose any HDMI source will work. Much easier than trying to install a capture card in your computer. And the portability is also a plus. This thing is the size of a deck of cards.

As a streaming novice, the Live Gamer MINI is very newcomer friendly. The first thing you’ll notice out of the box is the size of the device. It is very small which’s let it fit anywhere out of the way. Set-up was as simple as plugging the micro-USB to USB2 cord into my computer and plugging in the HDMI cords in their respective places. Almost immediately, the card was available to use and I was able to use their RECentral 4 to record and stream my gameplay flawlessly.

Want to first state I do enjoy this capture card. But I am also giving it a 3 star for a few reasons. First, this did not come with a small hdmi cord. most have a cord that is plugged in from console/pc etc to a monitor or tv. but may not have another cord. the cord does not have to be long at all as you can place this next to console. The usb cord to plug into a computer is a decent size. Second issue is that you will need a pc for this. Third is for some, it might work as plug and play, for others it seems like you have to redo software and things to get it to work. will explain later. Fourth is the price. this is a big one for me because they have another capture card for 20$ more that has a few more futures then this that I feel is worth it. the live gamer portable 2 plus is 150$, does what this one does but also does 4k passthru. it wont record or stream at 4k but at least you can still enjoy playing at 4k. it also has a SD slot so you can record straight into the capture card without needing a pc and then later can upload the video via a pc to youtube. you can also stream with it as well. so it has all the futures this does but more. and the size is a little bigger but not to much. and with this mini, you would still have to hike around a laptop or you pc. with the live gamer portable 2 plus you don't. as for the software. Being that I already had it downloaded I figured it would just be a plug and play. not the case at all. once I plugged it in, my pc recognized it, obs, and action software both recognized it however their own software Recentral kept saying no devices where found. I updated software, tried there beta, and reinstalled, still same error. when I chatted with tech support, they said it was a hardware issue. I said I don't believe that cause its working fine with my other software. they insisted so I just went online and googled. found someone with the same issue with a different capture card from avermedia and a person said to make sure capture card is not connected, delete and reinstall the program. so I did that and now it works. sad that it did not work until I did that. Once I got it to work, I have not had issues with the card and enjoy it. I enjoy that you can record or stream, or you can also do both, backup your stream so you can watch it later to see how it was. you do have to look up how to get your mic and sound to play thru the hdmi to your stream if doing a pc to pc set up. easy to do unless you have a usb headset then you have to use another program. it is small and similar to a smaller portable hard drive. the usb cable is braided so that is nice. again it is a nice capture card, but if it was maybe 100$ or less I would recommend and give it a 4 star. but being that its only 20$ less then what I think is a better deal and worth 20$ more, then I don't recommend this capture card and feel you should get the live gamer portable 2 plus instead.

Small, portable, and powered by its connections, this little capture card is surprisingly capable for it's price and plug and play design. I was able to record content in full 1080p with no stuttering or loss of audio or image fidelity. Prospective buyers should be advised, though, that this little device is immensely memory consumptive. Ignore the 4 gb RAM minimum; you definitely need at least 8 gbs to get adequate performance out of the GC311. Mac users should also take into account that the required RECentral software necessary to use the card has major operability issues in Mac OSX. Perhaps I'm not software savvy enough to have ironed out the kinks in the RECentral download and installation, but I encountered significant performance issues when trying to run the software on a MacBook Pro (core i7, 16 gb RAM). Windows users will also need to be software proficient to surmount the occasional performance hiccup, but a small amount of patience (and a willingness to ask around online) will enable average users to get everything up and running. If you're a Windows users with adequately powered hardware, and want to get into to the world of online streaming, this is an excellent low-cost option that's well worth the software learning curve. Retro gamers should note, however, that the GC311 has inputs for HDMI only; if you're trying to capture footage from a console that only has composite or component video outs, you may need a capture card with additional inputs. Even the original Xbox 360 didn't have an built-in HDMI out, so bear game console hardware in mind before buying.