SETTING UP THE ELGATO 4KX ON PS5 + OBS

Welcome back to another video! In this video I explain how to set up your elgato capture card to capture video and sound from the PS5 into OBS or your other streaming software!
I struggled getting the elgato 4kx set up and was not as plug and play as I was expecting. I hope this video helps others out there!
If you have any other tips please comment them below.
Thanks for watching! If this video helped you please like, comment, and subscribe to help others out there!
Links:
Amazon USB Cable a.co/d/gChWfgf
Link for utility download www.elgato.com/us/en/s/downloads
Elgato home page www.elgato.com/us/en/p/game-c...
Link regarding turning off hdcp help.elgato.com/hc/en-us/arti...
Music:
Above The Clouds by | e s c p | www.escp.space
escp-music.bandcamp.com

[@xkl_gg]

The bit about choosing the custom audio source was really helpful and fixed my setup, thanks!

[@curtis311]

Glad it helped!

[@VintageValiant]

Went through so many videos and this ones the only one that helped. THANK YOU.

[@curtis311]

Very glad to hear that!

[@muaddib6452]

Definitely the best video about setting up Elgato with OBS. Thank you very much and keep up the good work!

[@curtis311]

Thank you for the kind words! Glad the video helped!

[@xPlatinumGhost]

This helped even though I wanted to just stream my console games, thanks.

[@curtis311]

Glad to hear that. Had no clue how this would affect streams!

[@kiwi19866]

Ill give this a go im trying to connect hd60x with series X xbox and LG C3 OLED TV but your steps have helped alot thanks 🙏

[@curtis311]

Glad to hear that!

[@shaycwe]

The only guide that helped someone who has the IQ of a peanut (me). Thank you.

[@Itsyourboyzo]

I downloaded the Mac version of the video capture device but it’s not opening not sure what I gotta do to change that? I’m using a MacBook Air.

[@famouspr7]

I just bought this. Thanks for the video

[@curtis311]

You’re welcome! I hope this helped you.

[@alvinx9191]

Great video explanation there! A quick question, will my TV audio play together at the same time with my wired headset connected to PC with the settings "Monitor and Output"? If so.. how can i mute my tv audio and make sure every sound + stream alerts + game audio will play through my wired headset? Can't wait for my product to arrive to set all of this up!

[@curtis311]

I think all audio will only come through your wired headset and no sound will come out of the TV. My monitors have built in speakers and they produced no sound with the ps5 plugged in through the elgato.

[@vincevino]

i have a 4k monitor and the elgato 60x. i’ve tried everything from at least 20 different videos and no matter what i do it won’t record games. it works for the homescreen but as soon as i open any game it goes black. i’ve bought dozens of cords thinking that was the problem but it didn’t work. i’ve turned hdcp on and off and tried both same with hdr and it didn’t work. i tried turning my resolution down and pretty much everything else but my elgato will not work

[@3Defem]

I got 1440p monitor and when i set 4K resolution in OBS it starts lagging and delayed audio. Why is that?

[@clacky78]

Helpful video 👍. Wish i had seen this before nearly sending it back after 2 hours scratching my head not knowing hdcp had to be off.. you would think they would add that instruction in the box 🤷🏼‍♂️. It wasn't that easy to find that needed to be done. Haven't tried tinkering with settings yet but have noticed 1st recording looks very washed out with HDR on.. do you leave it off or edit colour in something after?

[@curtis311]

I leave hdr off bcuz I also have the same issue of washed out colors. Haven’t figured that one out yet

[@clacky78]

@@curtis311 thanks, yer I have seen you can correct it in davinci resolve by changing one of the colour settings to a Sony one but I need to try it and compare how it looks to simply leaving HDR off

[@curtis311]

@@clacky78 try changing the color space on the da Vinci delivery page. Change it to BT2020. I can’t remember the name of the exact setting but if you do a custom export it is down towards the bottom of the settings.

[@clacky78]

@@curtis311 thanks will give it a try 👍

[@ERP_Klim]

I can't get it to properly record in 4K 120! I either get laggy file with a bitrate of only 7mbit, with minecraft cubes, or it locks at 60, even if game is at 120. I got 4090 and 14900k, so I don't see any issue in my hardware. Any chance you could help?

[@curtis311]

On the actual elgato device does your status light shine blue? And are you using the proper usbc speed cable + usb port?

[@ERP_Klim]

@@curtis311 Obviously. I can record 4K 60 and passthrough 120hz 4K on my monitor. I even used thunderbolt 4 and cable.

[@curtis311]

@@ERP_Klim Probably something in your OBS settings under your recording capture + export settings. Other than that idk. Your system is way powerful enough. Have you tried capturing gameplay just using your 4090? Is the result the same?

[@ERP_Klim]

@@curtis311 Found the fix. In OBS in recording settings: Recoding Format: MKV, Video Encoder: NVENC HEVC, Rate Control: CQB, CQ Level: 15, Preset: P1, Multipass Mode: Single. Others are left at default. Thanks anyway! Hope my comment will help others as well.

[@ThatBoyDrypto]

Will this also capture the sound of my friends that I’m playing with on the ps5?

[@curtis311]

I haven’t test that out but I’m sure it’s possible

[@dnyce1095]

Are you screen capturing your monitor for the stream or are you capturing the Elgato window?

[@curtis311]

Capturing the Elgato

[@guac1611]

Can you link the USB C to USB A cable?

[@curtis311]

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[@jamesmyles9888]

I got everything to work but why my ps elite headphones dont work when plugged into my 4kx and chat link pro while streaming everyone can here my gameplay audio but not my voice?

[@curtis311]

I honestly don’t know. Try going into the advanced audio settings in obs and mess with either the chat link pro or 4kx “audio monitoring” settings. By default it is set to “monitor off”. Do it while you live stream to see if your watchers can start hearing you.

[@jamesmyles9888]

@curtis311 so on input microphone audio do I select elgato 4kx

[@curtis311]

@@jamesmyles9888 yes. Did you add your elgato as an audio source?

[@jamesmyles9888]

@curtis311 yes on tik tok live studio I did but didn't know to set obs up first

[@StrongAzzGamer]

I’ve followed this step by step and the only thing I can’t get to work is the Elgato 4kX audio isn’t picking up the game.

[@gokhanymz9428]

Same here, any solutions?

[@StrongAzzGamer]

@@gokhanymz9428 so I had to go into the properties settings on my labtop and go into the Elgato settings and properties settings on that and turn the enhancement settings off on it for the sound to work. I know this sounds crazy but I legit was checking on everything in the properties settings and finally one little setting worked when I turned it off.

[@Instakill_JR]

Sadly I still have no game sound

[@ADA_Universe]

I don’t know what I’m doing wrong but my ps5 is not on popping up on my MacBook screen

[@itsjohny1954]

Make sure you got HDCP off on your console.