Question / Help Compatible capture cards OBS Windows

FerretBomb

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Yep. I've stepped up to a Magewell internal card and love it. Expensive, but worth the price.

There isn't a list of compatible cap cards, anything that uses DirectShow should be compatible. Some like the Elgato cards will require their proprietary software to be installed to act as a 'bridge', as they do not by default provide DirectShow-compatible drivers.

If you get a USB cap card, make sure it's USB 3.0, not 2.0. The latter doesn't have enough bandwidth for most modern video, and the workarounds cause problems like extra delay and degraded quality, among others.
 
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