LG HD

Essentially, while using Xsplit you DO NOT get the benefit of the hardware encoding.

Let me elaborate. When using the LGHD as a video source into Xsplit, you can do either one of two things. You can either have it as a video soruce, OR you can have it use it's h.264 encoder. You cannot do both at the same time. The only program with this capability is the software that comes with it, when you are streaming to twitch or recording a video.

The reason for this is that the official software doesn't need to use it as a microsoft capture source or whatever it is (Like webcams) and uses a completely different method, where the video stream is compressed before it ever gets displayed to the PC or uploaded to twitch.
On the other hand, Xsplit needs to see it as a microsoft capture source to be able to capture video to use in a scene or whatever, and when the card is in this mode, it cannot be used as an H.264 encoder.


The proof etc is on this page.

http://www.xsplit.com/blog.php?post_id=336

Reading that page gives a clear overview, most importantly, this quote at the bottom;
"Default prompt text:  AVerMedia H.264 Encoder does not support encoding while AVerMedia Capture HD C985 capture source is used in any scenes. Would you like to switch to the default x264 codec? "

So yeah, unless you have two of those cards, or you're capturing your video from some other source/card, you cannot use the built in encoder. You can either use it as a video source, or you can use it as an encoder.
Obviously on the video you clearly say that it's both capturing and encoding, but it isn't. (From about 7:10 when you go on about the CPU overhead, this is where it's misleading)

It's still a great card, especially if you just want to stream to twitch through their software. It's nigh on perfect in that regard. However, it is pretty substantial when essentially the whole "thing" about the card (the H.264 Encoder) is rendered useless by Xsplit even though the literature /sort of/ says it works.


Sorry if I rambled a bit, It's 4am here and I'm a wee bit tired =p
The reason I tried to figure this out is because I've been seriously considering one of these for a long time now, and seeing your video made me decide to go and check out to make sure that Xsplit had added that functionality (Since it wasn't present in version 1.0) And, Lo and behold, they had - Just not perfectly.