PS4 Will support External Capture Card Recording via HDMI!

[Blu3n0va]

Yeah so I made a thread about this a while ago and now Sony has finally announced it!
It wont be availible directly at launch but it will come and thats the point!

Edit 1: Here is an article about it
http://www.thetechgame.com/News/sid=5346/ps4-to-support-gameplay-capture-from-hdmi.html

Edit 2: Okay so some people are confused and I will clear some things up.
At first Sony showed us the "Share" Function, wich allows player to record 15 minutes of gameplay totally free, no extra hardware or anything, its all built into the ps4 itself It is unclear what quality it will be but atleast 720@30fps since thats what xbox one will do, but honestly I think Sony will make it a bit better just to take an advantage
So this feature will record gameplay in the background, 15 minutes, and you will be able to uplead them to various social medias and sites.. and you will also be able to live stream your gameplays
So this feature xis very good if you want to record like a Call Of Duty match, or quickscopes, nice kills and maybe a fifa 14 match online or fifa goals
BUT !
If you want to make like a montage of funny moments and comment while you play then you need an External Capture Card
What these Capture Cards do is that you basicly connect your Console ---> Capture Card ----> TV and also a USB cable to a pc
With Capture cards you can record Full HD Gameplays with Voice Commentary that is perfectly synced with the Gameplay
And on the xbox360 you could Record with HDMI Cables and that gives the best quality, but on the ps3 you could not do that since Sony put a HDMI Protection on their HDMI port, this meant that you had to Use the AV-Cables and we all know that the quality is not near as good as with HDMI so now that Sony took this protection away that means that now we have two ways to record...
1. Free with the Share Function that is built in to the system
2. With External Capture Cards that you need to buy
So sony makes it so easy now for us to decide what to choose, Thanks Sony!

 

[amazingone]

How much can you record? What will this cost? What does it look like, a memory card or what? I'm all ears on this one.

 

[CaptainWoodzy]

Yeah, I'm definitely interested. I also kind of expected this from Sony, they've been doing awesome in the customer appreciation department as of late, so I'm not TOO surprised they are giving this awesome feature.

 

[unwittyoneliner]

That's pretty cool. Hopefully, it's not too expensive. It seems like Sony has somewhat eased up with their pricing as of late to get a hold of consumers that could potentially deviate to other competitors. The $400 PS4, cheaper memory card prices, cheaper Vita, etc.

 

[BlackSolaris]

How much can you record? What will this cost? What does it look like, a memory card or what? I'm all ears on this one.

It means you can use a capturing device to record footage through the HDMI port, which is what the other consoles did, but this is good news because some people were afraid that Sony would block the devices because they already have a "share" option.

 

[Blu3n0va]

Updated my post with details

 

[The Nightmonkey]

So Sony is being transparent about gamers recording video their game footage and it being uploaded on Youtube, facebook etc.

 

[bknight]

So Sony is being transparent about gamers recording video their game footage and it being uploaded on Youtube, facebook etc.

Let's wait and see, but I'm betting that they'll have tons of restrictions towards this, well at least they're allowing us to share screenshots at will, but I really hope they can extend this feature to video footage aswell.

 

[corporatenoun]

I find it fantastic that Sony is empowering the customers with streaming capabilities. First is their partnering with Twitch, now external capture card support. They are really propping up the streaming community with their features.

 

[amazingone]

OK. I understand now. I actually watched some GTA V footage on twitch last night and I came away impressed with the streams on their site. There are minimal advertisements and it is lag free.

 

[James]

Thats great news! I feel like gaming companies have really neglected to see how much the Twitch/Youtube scene has helped promote their games so its really nice to see Sony taking a step in the right direction! Hopefully any other consoles that come out "Cough Xbox cough" are smart enough to also have this feature.

 

[stoudman]

Awesome. This will allow people to circumvent Microsoft's deal with Twitch.tv and still stream their PS4 games to Twitch! Some of us gamers like to have an audience and play online on sites like these, so this is great news. I know it's not something that everyone understands or appreciates, but the twitchers of the world who previously might have been concerned about having to purchase an Xbox One can now rest assured that they won't have to do so. I actually have a friend who uses his PS3 for this right now, so I'm sure he'll be glad to hear about this.

 

[seip719]

Awesome. This will allow people to circumvent Microsoft's deal with Twitch.tv and still stream their PS4 games to Twitch! Some of us gamers like to have an audience and play online on sites like these, so this is great news. I know it's not something that everyone understands or appreciates, but the twitchers of the world who previously might have been concerned about having to purchase an Xbox One can now rest assured that they won't have to do so. I actually have a friend who uses his PS3 for this right now, so I'm sure he'll be glad to hear about this.

The PS4 also has that Twitch.tv deal so HDMI capture will more so be for people that want to capture and edit using their computers before uploading.

 

[stoudman]

The PS4 also has that Twitch.tv deal so HDMI capture will more so be for people that want to capture and edit using their computers before uploading.

Are you sure? I was pretty sure that Sony announced they would be working with UStream, not Twitch.tv. These are two incredibly different websites, so I hope you're not getting mixed up. Of course, I could be the one mixed up, but I'm pretty sure their deal wasn't with Twitch.tv, it was with UStream.