[dharma1]

I wish Resolve could record multiple video/audio input sources at once - like a video DAW.

4K HDMI -> USB capture devices are so cheap these days. Yes you can record on the cameras, transfer and sync but it’s friction

[flutas]

> 4K HDMI -> USB capture devices are so cheap these days.

FWIW: Most of these cheaper devices will actually be ~720p max upscaled.

https://www.naut.ca/blog/2020/07/09/cheap-hdmi-capture-card-...

[rasz]

The new ~$5-10 USB 3.0 ones using MacroSilicon MS2130 do real pixel perfect fullhd@60Hz. Here in use as the cheapest and simplest (no need for custom drivers for EZUSB3 dongle) way of transferring data from FPGA board to PC at 180 MB/s https://github.com/steve-m/hsdaoh https://hackaday.com/2024/06/01/use-that-one-port-for-high-s...

[sho]

Yeah, the cheapest good-ish solution is the ~$100 elgato camlink 4K, which will give you 4K 30fps in. It works well enough. Skip the really cheap crap, as you say.

[geerlingguy]

Right now the best solution is using hardware like the Atomos Sumo, if you want multiple sources and full quality. I wish there were an easy breakout for 2-4 HDMI or SDI inputs straight through to a multi cam timeline on my Mac.

[sho]

Yeah, I got back into video recently and it's pretty surprising that the "multiple video in" isn't a solved problem in 2024! Even recording "clean" video by itself is unexpectedly tricky. The only choice, on a mac at least, appears to be to record directly from the USB device using quicktime.

Seems like a definitely opportunity for someone, although it also looks like Apple are thinking of moving into the space so maybe not.

[Mashimo]

> Even recording "clean" video by itself is unexpectedly tricky.

VLC, OBS, ffmpeg (and webcam app on windows) should all be able to do it.

[sho]

I ran into so many obscure, incomprehensible issues with OBS I just gave up. I'm sure the other two can also be coerced into doing what you need but Quicktime just works. Maybe things are different on PC.