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what does one need to capture vga?
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:24 am
by mazonemayu
as the title says, I'm looking for some device to capture my DC gameplay, but I know nothing of this stuff so...
Re: what does one need to capture vga?
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:52 am
by dreamcast-news
Hi mazonemayu, i use a X-capture-1 by Micomsoft. A great and simple capture VGA (and hdmi).
As software I use VideoKeeper 2.
Re: what does one need to capture vga?
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:57 am
by mazonemayu
400 euros...that's a bit overkill to use a few times a year
Re: what does one need to capture vga?
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:59 am
by dreamcast-news
320€ shipping included here :
https://solarisjapan.com/products/xcapt ... pture-unit 
(I had mine at 200 € in box, used)
What price can you put ?
Re: what does one need to capture vga?
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 10:48 am
by mazonemayu
The shitty thing is, if I buy something for that amount from outside the EU, customs will prolly charge something between 50 & 100 more...they once charged me 150 euros tax on something of $500 so I'm careful now
. Customs here in belgium are real assholes
It's not something I need to have right now, was just curious what my options were, that's all
Re: what does one need to capture vga?
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 3:01 pm
by SirNyan
The cheapest way I've found to capture Dreamcast footage is to run the signal out of a Dreamcast VGA box into a VGA to HDMI converter and then with HDMI into a modern capture device like an Elgato or Hauppauge PV2. Total setup cost me about $200 USD. Granted I did use Ebay to get my Hauppauge PV2 used.
A picture of my setup can be found here :
https://www.instagram.com/p/BIfeNTLhWRP/