When I bought my GCHD a few years back, I was under the impression that my new capture card was fully compatible under Mac OS X (macOS now...) and at the time, I was a n00b and had no idea what OBS was. As time went on, I wanted to upgrade the visua…
When I bought my GCHD a few years back, I was under the impression that my new capture card was fully compatible under Mac OS X (macOS now...) and at the time, I was a n00b and had no idea what OBS was. As time went on, I wanted to upgrade the visual experience to my channel on Twitch, but the software that was included with the device, really wasn't cutting it anymore; especially for not having a built-in browser source plugin (at the time...), unfortunately when I installed OBS on my MBPr 15", it REFUSED to show up as a video capture device in the source menu's dialog prompts.
Fast forward a year or so, and I stumbled upon tolga9009's GitHub repo (https://github.com/tolga9009/elgato-gchd), claiming it had open-source Linux drivers for the capture card that, theoretically, could be ported to Mac OS X. I spent hours trying to compile the source code, sweating like some geeky 90's based Apple infused karate kid, banging away at my solder encrusted, sticky with rosin flux, keyboard. Let's just say I didn't learn the full technique to the Whooping Crane.
After my EMOTIVA UMC-1's 2A buck regulator lit on FIRE, probably caused by my shitty eBay HDMI Splitter/HDCP stripper (yes I know), I had to reroute all of my console's AV hookups to my backup Pioneer S-Video receiver/amp (Which isn't that bad BTW...) and send the feed splits to my S-Video distribution amp.
It took 72 hours to complete, decently. After getting it in a state where I didn't feel like a complete failure, I had to send the AV to my one AND ONLY tried & true, old faithful, Elgato GCHD. But alas, my main squeeze Twitch Stream Server (running *gag* Windows 10 - due to same EXACT REASON AS THIS VIDEO) Hackintosh's PCIe "8x" GPU is having these random full system lockups (not BSODs, FREEZE TOWN; requiring a hot reboot - ouch...) and is just a bane to deal with, especially when it happens RIGHT when people join my channel and the stream is getting good. (Which leads me into my usual paranoia bouts thinkin..
