Now you can connect many DSLR and mirrorless cameras directly to your Mac without a capture card. Well, if you’re using any software other than Ecamm Live, you most likely will need a capture card to connect your camera to use for your live stream broadcasts.Įcamm Live recently released an exciting new feature. It translates the input so that you can grab the better video quality from your DSLR or mirrorless camera. And it pulls it in so that when you just plug in your camera, it just pops up. So the capture card services to translate the mirrorless or DSLR camera into a USB camera so that the software can easily see it. So the capture card sits between the two and passes the feed through (the middle man). What I mean by that is your DSLR or mirrorless camera doesn’t have USB built-in to allow it to speak to the software, but the software needs to see USB in order to connect to the camera. So what is a capture card, exactly?Ī capture card is basically is a communication device between your camera and the software on your computer.
Today you’re going to learn what capture card is, when you need to use one (and when you do not need to use one), and then we’ll talk about which ones to buy if you do need one. What are they? When do you need one? If you’re using a DSLR, or a mirrorless camera to increase the professionalism of your live stream broadcasts, then you’re going to need to know this information.
