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Using a Cheap HDMI USB Capture Card with FFmpeg on Windows 10

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List Input Devices
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ffmpeg -list_devices true -f dshow -i dummy
ffmpeg -list_devices true -f dshow -i dummy
ffmpeg -list_devices true -f dshow -i dummy
List Device Modes
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ffmpeg -f dshow -list_options true -i video="USB Video"
ffmpeg -f dshow -list_options true -i video="USB Video"
ffmpeg -f dshow -list_options true -i video="USB Video"
Display (1080p 30fps)
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ffplay -f dshow -video_size 1920x1080 -framerate 30 -vcodec mjpeg -i video="USB Video":audio="Digital Audio Interface (USB Digital Audio)"
ffplay -f dshow -video_size 1920x1080 -framerate 30 -vcodec mjpeg -i video="USB Video":audio="Digital Audio Interface (USB Digital Audio)"
ffplay -f dshow -video_size 1920x1080 -framerate 30 -vcodec mjpeg -i video="USB Video":audio="Digital Audio Interface (USB Digital Audio)"
Display (720p 60fps)
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ffplay -f dshow -video_size 1280x720 -framerate 60 -vcodec mjpeg -i video="USB Video":audio="Digital Audio Interface (USB Digital Audio)"
ffplay -f dshow -video_size 1280x720 -framerate 60 -vcodec mjpeg -i video="USB Video":audio="Digital Audio Interface (USB Digital Audio)"
ffplay -f dshow -video_size 1280x720 -framerate 60 -vcodec mjpeg -i video="USB Video":audio="Digital Audio Interface (USB Digital Audio)"
Capture (1080p 30fps)
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ffmpeg -f dshow -rtbufsize 100M -video_size 1920x1080 -framerate 30 -vcodec mjpeg -i video="USB Video":audio="Digital Audio Interface (USB Digital Audio)" -vcodec h264_qsv -b:v 7000k -acodec aac vid_1080p_30fps.mp4
ffmpeg -f dshow -rtbufsize 100M -video_size 1920x1080 -framerate 30 -vcodec mjpeg -i video="USB Video":audio="Digital Audio Interface (USB Digital Audio)" -vcodec h264_qsv -b:v 7000k -acodec aac vid_1080p_30fps.mp4
ffmpeg -f dshow -rtbufsize 100M -video_size 1920x1080 -framerate 30 -vcodec mjpeg -i video="USB Video":audio="Digital Audio Interface (USB Digital Audio)" -vcodec h264_qsv -b:v 7000k -acodec aac vid_1080p_30fps.mp4
Capture (720p 60fps)
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ffmpeg -f dshow -rtbufsize 100M -video_size 1280x720 -framerate 60 -vcodec mjpeg -i video="USB Video":audio="Digital Audio Interface (USB Digital Audio)" -vcodec h264_qsv -b:v 7000k -acodec aac vid_720p_60fps.mp4
ffmpeg -f dshow -rtbufsize 100M -video_size 1280x720 -framerate 60 -vcodec mjpeg -i video="USB Video":audio="Digital Audio Interface (USB Digital Audio)" -vcodec h264_qsv -b:v 7000k -acodec aac vid_720p_60fps.mp4
ffmpeg -f dshow -rtbufsize 100M -video_size 1280x720 -framerate 60 -vcodec mjpeg -i video="USB Video":audio="Digital Audio Interface (USB Digital Audio)" -vcodec h264_qsv -b:v 7000k -acodec aac vid_720p_60fps.mp4

These ffmpeg commands are using a hardware accelerated codec for Intel Quicksync. On systems that don’t support Quicksync (e.g. AMD, Nvidia, etc…) use ‘libx264’ in place of h264_qsv.

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