Press Done at the bottom of both menus that are open.Īt this point, make sure that your console or gaming PC is turned on.

Everything else in this menu can be ignored.

You can either have Allow 60 fps checked or unchecked, but that is up to you.

You can change the profile to your liking, usually HD 1080, but you can do HD 720 as well.

Make sure that with Analog Audio is not selected (unless it’s otherwise needed - more on that later). Depending on the device you are capturing, select that device in Input Device in this menu.

Configure the video settings for the card itself.

Click on Configure Video to open the Elgato Configuration Menu.

If it doesn’t look the same, then configure it to the way it shows in the screenshot provided. (See screenshot) showing all of the settings you should have set in this menu.

Make sure that Deactivate when not showing is checked.

Next to Device, make sure that you have Elgato Game Capture HD selected, and nothing else.

After adding the source, it will show you the Properties for this source.

In Streamlabs Desktop, add a new Source that is called Video Capture Device.

To be certain, make sure that you only have Streamlabs Desktop and this guide opened when doing this set up. This includes the Elgato HD Game Capture Software. To get your Elgato Capture Card to work within a streaming software, you first need to make sure that there is no other software running currently open and using the Elgato Capture Card. You can find other various guides for different devices on Elgato’s YouTube Channel. Here are some videos from Elgato explaining the set up for each unique device. Initial Configuration on the Console or Gaming PCįirst, make sure that the card is connected properly to each device, and that the settings are configured correctly in your console. To use these cards in Streamlabs Desktop you will need to do some minor configurations.

In order to use these capture cards you will need the Elgato Game Capture HD software. The purpose of an Elgato Capture Card is to allow you to record or stream your gameplay from a console (such as a Playstation 4 or Xbox One) to your PC, or from one PC to another.

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