Razer Ripsaw HD - Capture Card for Streaming (Full-HD 1080P, 4K, 60fps Passthrough, Audio Mixer, HDMI 2.0 and USB 3.0, Microphone and Headphone Connection) Black

After completing all setup, the device works perfectly for capturing my Nintendo Switch gameplay, with a very high quality video and audio input. However, you will need an adequately powered USB 3.0 port to run it! More on that later.The device is relatively plug-and-play - I plugged the Switch into HDMI in, my monitor into HDMI out, the cable to my USB 3.0, and off I went. The device is detected as a camera within Windows 10, so getting it onto the Camera app, streaming directly as a webcam or putting it into OBS is trivial.My difficulty came with getting audio. There are plenty of other guides out there, but the simple solution is: you have to add "Razer Ripsaw HD HDMI" as audio to your stream. This is detected as a microphone within Windows.The problem I had was this didn't give me audio at all! No sound came through to my stream, but plugging headphones directly into the Ripsaw showed audio was definitely playing. The overall solution: I bought a powered PCI-e USB 3.0 hub for my desktop, so it would have a dedicated power source enabling it. Once that was put in place and the Ripsaw plugged into it, it's worked perfectly. I write this to save anyone else the frustration - if you aren't getting the proper audio or video in, ensure you're giving enough power over USB!This was frustrating - if there was an option to power the device with a mains plug, I would have taken it - but once set up, the device works without a hitch.

The media could not be loaded. I got this capture card as a backup having been incredibly happy with the one I'd already got, as someone who has spent years recording content. I found in the end that not only was this a very competent card, it's also better than the more expensive one I'd had prior.If you can get over the fact that this is a 1080p60 capture card and cannot record therefore in 4k, and the fact that it doesn't come with its own recording software (alternatives such as OBS are available, OBS Studio being free and ideal for anyone looking to livestream or record), this is a fantastic piece of software. For my own needs recording Nintendo content, this is ideal. For a newcomer hobbyist on a budget who just wants to get started streaming on Twitch or uploading small clips to YouTube, this is great for the price.Have had no issues in the few months I've been using it, in terms of size it's small enough and light enough where you don't have to worry (unlike older capture cards) about finding a giant dedicated space for it. Setup is plug and play, it comes with an HDMI cable (albeit not a long one) so no need for an additional one unless your PC is a significant distance away from the recording setup.Overall it's not going to come with tonnes of dedicated software, but for a newcomer you don't need that. It's not going to give you 4k recordings or streams, but again you don't need that especially when streaming as many can't view such high quality live. For a plug and play HD Capture Card, you get exactly what you need without the complicated extras.Footage attached is Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo Switch), recording software is OBS Studio on default "Optimise just for recording" auto-setup. No other colour corrections or changes post-production. File size: 387MB.

I purchased this capture card and it’s a complete nightmare to run, you’re configurations could be 100% correct and the card still doesn’t like it, either no audio or suddenly no video, just a black screen even though the video is displaying on a second monitor just fine but above all the most frustrating is it will randomly stop recording about the 10 minute mark, it will record sound but the video will be frozen this is all via a usb 3.1 port so there is no excuse for transfer speed, it is also utterly useless at capturing retro consoles, only displaying a quarter of the screen, it’s not that the image is to large to fit in the preview window, it’s that 3 quarters of the video simply doesn’t get capture! I returned mine and spend the extra on an Elgato HD60s, works perfectly fine and I’ve had no issues so far, much easier to set up and honestly it just works unlike the razer ripsaw hd.

OKSo it's been a while, and I forgot to update this.I had some issues with my first one, but I did get a second one sent out with no issues and after a little bit of configuration (setting filters etc to off in OBS) everything works perfectly, and has been working perfectly for over a year now.Good product, and if you get it for under £100, an absolute steal.____________________________________________________Now I'll be upfront: I've used one of these before, without issue.I bought this because of that, but when my unit arrived, it isn't working. No matter which configuration I use, the picture coming through from the card is completely wrong. The passthrough is fine, but the capture video is unusable, as can be seen in the image.I can only give this a 1/5 just now, we'll see what happens after a chat with Razer's support.

Works great with Razer Blade 15 Advance (2020)No need for a 2nd monitor, there is no delay on OBS and you can even hear the game through OBS with no delay.Also works with Streamlabs OBS too[I recommend you go to nvidia settings to force OBS / Streamlabs OBS to use dedicated graphics on a gaming laptop, by default it uses integrated graphics which causes some lag]

When I read the reviews I was a bit surprised to see why the Ripsaw had so many negatives. It's been brilliant so far for me, the sound is good, the picture quality is great and the additional headphone and mic jacks are super useful. I don't have a super powerful pc and was worried at first that this won't work, but it's been brilliant so far, very happy with the purchase. If you're a console gamer and want to stream and record gameplay this fits in really well.