Question / Help Capture Card Options for HD PS4 Streaming

[Architect_Gaming]

Hi guys, so my goal here is to play PS4 games (Destiny, BF4, etc.) and capture the audio/video of my PS4 and route it live to my PC so I can stream through OBS and take advantage of the settings/overlay/encoding and power of my PC.

I'm familiar with PC streaming, and semi-intelligent regarding pc terms and components (built my rig about 2 months ago so I know my way around a computer, but not an expert). I am not too familiar with the architecture of my PS4 though, so I would need some explanation there as to how all of this would work.

What are my options regarding the right capture card to get, and how would I set it up? I'm sure there are resources available to me on YouTube that I can look into once I decide which card to get, but if anyone knows of a good site or guide that has information that would be very helpful.

As far as the price vs. performance scale, I want to get something nice, that can capture 60FPS games (30FPS in Destiny's case) and have no problems enabling me to stream at 1080p. I don't need a top of the line Swiss Army Knife, as I'm pretty sure I would only use this card for this specific purpose, capturing games from my PS4 that is. But I'm ok with spending $200 if thats what it takes to get something that will do what I need.

Thanks for all the help, let me know if you have any questions
-Trevor (Architect_Gaming)

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[Architect_Gaming]

bump, anybody have any information on this? If so, please respond! Thank you!

 

[Jack0r]

Well, the usual:
Avermedia Game Broadcaster HD (up to 1080p60 input, 30fps recording)
Avermedia Live Gamer HD (up to 1080p60 input, 30fps recording but option to downscale to 720p60)
SC-512N1-L (up to real 1080p60)

USB 2.0 devices can work but will give you sync problems between audio/video/microphone/webcam etc.
USB 3.0 devices can work but need a good USB3 controller and can still have similar sync problems.
There are probably some more devices available for pci-e that will work, and there are of course quite expensive devices available that allow even higher inputs (which your ps4 does not need).

 

[Boildown]

If you're willing to go outside the box a little and have a free PCIe 4x slot (or better) on your motherboard, then you could pick up one of these:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Datapath-Limited-DGC150C-PCI-E-Video-Capture-Card-VisionRGB-E2-/111380795120

Its a fantastic capture card that can do 1080p60 natively at an outstanding price (albeit used). Risks are those inherent to all Ebay auctions of course. You'll need a HDMI to DVI adapter, but those are cheap.

There's a plugin for Datapath support here (OBS will work without it though): https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/datapath-vision-capture.12503