Play back content to laptop via HDMI?
My laptop has an HDMI port, but it's for output and not for input. I don't know much about directionality of the HDMI signal, but I don't want to cast content from my laptop to my TV. I want to go the...
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Forgot to mention, there are a couple of ways to view the live capture. One is to use the free open source VLC Player.
Basically, from the top menu, select Media > Open Capture Device...(or CTRL+C) and set the parameters based on your USB capture dongle such as:
Press Play.
If the video is not displaying wide-screen, go to VLC top menu, and select Video > Aspect Ratio and select 16:9. Or change the setting in Advanced options...
The playback quality is going to depend on your PC hardware/USB dongle, so may have to make some changes to VLC settings for best results.
Basically, from the top menu, select Media > Open Capture Device...(or CTRL+C) and set the parameters based on your USB capture dongle such as:
Press Play.
If the video is not displaying wide-screen, go to VLC top menu, and select Video > Aspect Ratio and select 16:9. Or change the setting in Advanced options...
The playback quality is going to depend on your PC hardware/USB dongle, so may have to make some changes to VLC settings for best results.
