Hey! I’ve been wanting to make the switch to Linux for a while now, and I’ve dual booted Mint for a while. I realize that most games work well with Linux, but I can’t seem to get my Elgato HD60 Pro to work. (Pci-e capture card)
I just want to be able to grab gameplay with HDMI passthrough on Linux, and right now, this is my biggest hurdle (along with Adobe not working well, but I’m gonna switch to davinci resolve for that)
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Yes, internal consumer capture cards are not really supported on Linux, the manufacturers just don’t care so no Linux drivers are available.
That’s why I have gotten myself a prosumer grade card from Blackmagic. https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/intensitypro4k
Or you could use USB Capture Cards which are better supported, because most of them act like a USB camera, using the same protocol which eliminates the need for drivers, but they often are more limited or have a worse picture quality then internal cards.
I use the same card (Intensity Pro 4k) to digitize videos. Worth every penny.
I converted our whole congregation to Linux, and we use a BlackMagic ATEM for streaming over OBS:
https://www.amazon.com/Blackmagic-Design-Switcher-High-Speed-10-Pack/dp/B087D7FLBG/
At first we started with a cheap single input capture card and it worked great:
I use a cheap hdmi splitter and a cheap usb capture stick and it works very well, although I don’t use anything more than 1080p60. No idea how to get Elgato hardware working, though. They don’t seem to have great Linux support.
ElGato is famous for just not working on Linux.
Elgato does not want Linux users: https://github.com/tolga9009/elgato-gchd/issues/15#issuecomment-610984742
