4K2USB3 by INOGENI, Video Converter 4K HDMI to USB, Plug and go, Up to 60 fps, Professional Device

I operate a busy production and broadcast studio and once the pandemic hit, everyone wanted to stream content--a very affordable way to communicate and educate people. I borrowed this device from a friend and eventually bought one for the studio.I have some pro cameras with HDMI out, but my studio output is SDI, so I convert SDI to HDMI using a Decimator LX, inputting the HDMI signal to the Inogeni device and it works beautifully. I've been able to deliver quality, highly important content to Zoom and WebEx platforms without an issue.Build quality is solid and the red LED indicators tell me the device is working.I have used this with my HP laptop, and one of the things I discovered is making sure that once you plug the device in to your computer, the device is recognized by the system. It was automatic the first time, but I've had a couple times using WebEx where I've had to go in to the Settings menu to find it. My suggestion would be to make sure there is an incoming source to the device first before connecting to your computer. I noticed that this works best and is almost always recognizable by the computer.

Installing this was initially VERY easy. We use OBS and it detected it quickly and efficiently. Our setup was using an older Cannon C100 that is PAL 1080P, 50FPS. Running this setup, there was a visible vertical toggling that we could not correct until I ran it at 25FPS then it looked crystal clear (dropping every other frame). I was previously using a AMZHRLY 4K HDMI to USB 3.0 Video Capture Card (1080P 60FPS) which worked very well but the overall feeling was that it was always out-of-focus - just blended pixels. Using the 4K2USB3 device made the exact same signal and focus look movie ready, with a one pixel dark to light transition. Almost machine vision like in its signal to noise ratio.The 4 star rating is simply that we cannot make this work every day seamlessly. OBS doesn't want to play unless we delete the input and re-create it and the transformations seem to toggle between a 720 image and a 1080 image. Once we get it to play (usually takes 20-30 minutes) then all is rainbows and unicorns from there.My guess is that OBS is the problem, but we never had this problem with the other converter.When it finally works, it is truly a 5 star device.We use this for weekly streaming of our church service to the sick and shut ins.

We needed a USB 3.0 vidcap card to pipe rendered video game output from one machine to another running TouchDesigner to map onto a customized projection surface. We compared the INOGENI 4K2USB3 against a Magewell XI100DUSB-HDMI, and found that the Magewell had better resolution at max 1080p@60fps than the INOGENO at max 4K@30fps. We decided to return the INOGENI and keep the Magewell that was a hundred bucks cheaper too.

better than buying the 500+ internal cards for streaming. Primarily use for obs with game streaming to twitch and works like a charm. was actually quite surprised how well obs picked up on this devices. I use 1440p 144hz benq and I duplicated monitor with 144hz settings and it all took. probably the one unit some gamers are desperatly looking for. Now do keep in mind I use obs to downscale to 720p and I do have the option to record in 1440p.

I'm feeding this from a Canon Vixia camera at 1920 at 29.97fps. I've used it on Linux (Fedora) and Windows 10. (On the latter I tend to use it via ManyCam to feed Skype or WebEx.) I haven't done any 4K stuff yet.All my computers use Asus motherboards with whatever USB 3.0 controllers that ASUS uses - I have not had any problems. I tend to plug the Inogeni directly into one of the computer's USB 3.0 ports rather than going through an external powered USB 3.0 switch.Be sure to upgrade the firmware to the latest version.Video quality is good.And the sound is also good. I tend to avoid camera microphones and prefer a good microphone and sound board. I have routed sound via the camera's external microphone ports and thus via Inogeni and also separately from the Inogeni and have not had lip-synch issues either way.I have, however, had problems using this with VNC on both Linux and Windows. I think this may be a VNC issue; guvcview on Linux seems happy.The unit runs warm - and USB 3.0 ports may continue to feed it power even when the computer seems to be turned off.It seems that HDMI and USB are somewhat sensitive to disconnect issues. Sometimes when I'm juggling things I find myself detached from the camera. I haven't investigated deeply - I do the brute force approach of disconnecting both the HDMI and USB sides and then reconnecting everything anew.I haven't had any problems when I'm doing a Skype or Webex unless I'm also tinkering with things.I hope that the price of these things does come down; I could use a couple more of them.

Does not support 1440p displays. It forced my display into 1080p at 60hz.Updated: I will support 1440p but every time I clone my ROG Swift to the card it enlarges windows UI to something around 175%.So far it wasn't the dream solution I've been looking for, it been clunky and caused issues while using it, I've contacted support so let's see if they can help me, /bingeboy is my stream. Went live with it today.

The video was extremely laggy and at times completely stopped. I returned it.