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PSA: If you use a Magewell USB Capture HDMI+ (or possibly any other USB 3.0 capture card) and the frame rate is really bad even though it's plugged into a USB 3.0 port, make sure it's plugged directly into your motherboard instead of the front panel ones.

#CaptureCards #Magewell

Magewell Director Mini is an All-in-One Live Production @MagewellCN #NAB2024 #magewell #videoproduction #podcast

https://geekazine.com/event/nab-event/magewell-director-mini-is-an-all-in-one-live-production/

My #SteamDeck (display) setup involves:

- The official Steam Deck docking station with HDMI 2.0 capable of outputting 1440p 120Hz. It's plugged in to power and docks my Deck through the on-device USB-C.

- A #Magewell USB Capture HDMI 4K Plus #CaptureCard capable of passing through 1440p 144Hz. It's connected to my primary PC via USB 3.2 Gen 2, and to the Steam Deck via the HDMI port on the Dock.

- An #LG27GL850 Monitor (HDMI) capable of 1440p 120~144Hz (with Adaptive Sync off). It's connected to the Capture Card via HDMI for passthrough.

I expect my Deck, while docked, to be able to output to my monitor at 1440p 120Hz with my present setup. This is true in desktop mode - the display settings on #KDEPlasma shows that my refresh rate is set to 120Hz, and my monitor OSD shows that it is outputting 120Hz. In #gaming mode however on #SteamOS, the new unified frame rate limit slider and the #Gamescope/#MangoHUD OSD shows a limit of 100Hz, my monitor too shows that it's outputting only 100Hz.

This bothers, borderline triggers me so much :') Especially since #games played on the Deck seem to target/limit to 60Hz (or rather, half the max refresh rate), and half of 100Hz in this case is 50Hz... which seems like a crime. I don't think this was the case prior to SteamOS 3.5 or the latest firmware update that came for the Dock at the same time, but I'm not sure that's even true. Does anybody know what could possibly be causing this and if there's a solution?

It fucking bothers me that I paid RM2.4k (~520 USD) for a #Magewell capture card for its official compatibility on #Linux, and it's completely unusable in the sense that the capture session always crashes (complete freeze) on #OBS after a random amount of time (sometimes over an hour, sometimes minutes) - then I'd need to restart OBS for the capture to resume/work again (until it crashes/freezes again later).

In comparison, I have a RM150 (~32 USD) USB capture card that also captures up to 4K, and does so perfectly on my Linux machine using OBS. What the fuck am I paying for again?

Might try and get a `.deb` package working/published to the AUR for the first time. #Magewell's USB Capture Utility isn't available on the AUR yet. Never done this before so fingers crossed I don't fuck things up too bad 🤠

I poked a #Magewell 11100 Pro HDMI Quad with the #Linux stick and fixed the shouty fan.

https://linuxgamecast.com/2021/05/magewell-11100-pro-on-linux-fan-hack/