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Next to this you are able to see a visual indication of the audio levels and activity of the source being captured from the capture card as well as a mute button to disable the Audio Preview without affecting the recording. Next is a mute button for your microphone used for Live Commentary and a visual indicator of the volume of your microphone activity. You can change the screenshot location by going into Settings > Recording. The screenshot is stored on your Desktop directory by default. Its quality is not determined by the resolution or format options you chose in recording settings, only that of the input. This will capture a lossless PNG image of your source. You can slide the Current Time Indicator to skip backward in time to look at what just happened and then press the record button to capture all events since the Current Time Indicator.Į. This timeline represents the current duration of Flashback Recording. Above this space is the Flashback Recording Timeline. If this button is a constant dark red and the timer is not counting up, then the recording is not active.ĭ. When recording, the recording button will pulse to a bright red. The timer will show you the current duration of your recording or the current time you’ve selected when using Flashback Recording. In the bottom center of the window, you will find a timer and a red recording button. These are used for naming and applying metadata to the final recorded file and sorting the recordings in the library.Ĭ. The gear cog icon will open the Settings menu.ī.On the bottom left of the software, you can click on the i button to change the title of your recording, the game, and the tags of the file. On the top right, you can see the drive letter you are recording to and the reported free space on that volume. If capturing as well, it will display the resolution, framerate, and bitrate of the recording.

When a signal is being detected, it will show the details of the signal such as Resolution, Framerate, and SDR or HDR. See the Interface - Library section located below.Ī. The Library tab is for viewing and managing your recordings. Capture is where you’ll see a live preview from your capture device as well as be able to start and stop recording and flashback functionality. Similar to the Game Capture HD software, 4K Capture Utility has two main tabs: Capture and Library. See: Elgato Game Capture HD 3.6 Software Interface (Windows) for more information. To use the onboard H.264 encoder, you will need to continue using Game Capture HD.įor Game Capture HD or Game Capture HD60 devices, you will need to use the older Game Capture HD software. Recording on this device will use CPU or GPU resources. Note: Use of Game Capture HD60 Pro's onboard H.264 encoder is not currently supported in 4K Capture Utility. The 4K Capture Utility currently can be used with: This guide was written with 4K Capture Utility 1.7.6.

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The older Game Capture HD software is limited to 1080p (1920x1080), which requires the source to also run at 1080p as it can’t process scaling from a 4K input source.

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The 4K Capture Utility was introduced to allow users to capture full 4K (3840x2160) resolution video at up to 60fps in HDR (High Dynamic Range).

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This guide goes over how to use Elgato 4K Capture Utility.