HDMI CAPTURE AND ANDROID GAMES ON REMIX OS TEST EDITED WITH GRASS VALLEY EDIUS ON A HP STREAM 11
4This is just a quick short video test, it's designed to show a number of things.
1. Remix OS Android running games on an Intel i7 Haswell Devil's Canyon 4790K PC with 8GB ram and a 120GB SSD. The Remix OS is running dual booted with a Windows 10 install. Although the graphics are using the built in GPU of the i7, and a number of dedicated Android Tablets and phones have GPUs that are better suited to Android. The combined CPU and GPU power of the i7 add up to quite a powerful Android/Remix OS system. I wouldn't recommend building an expensive Intel based machine simply to run Android. But as a free extra OS to an existing system, it's a really cool option, especially if you are already within the Android ecosphere or want a great Android games machine.
2. This test is also to see how well a cheap eBay HDMI capture box performs. This particular capture box has HDMI in and a HDMI through with very low latency, it also has a microphone input that will record a live mic along with the embedded HDMI source audio, although no mic was used in this test. The box will record 720P at 50/60FPS and 1080P at 25/30FPS. Although the recording bitrate is quite low, at about 16Mb/s. It's perfect for captures that don't have too much motion and does an OK job at complex captures such as fast moving games, as can be seen in the video. Any slight failings of the box are blown away by its price, about £35 on eBay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-1080P-Full-HD-Video-Game-HDMI-Capture-Record-Box-For-Wii-PS4-XBOX-DVD-PC-/391627359612?hash=item5b2ecf457c:g:aa8AAOSw5cNYLmC8
3. The test was also to see how Grass Valley's Edius 8 Work Group would run on a low powered laptop. The laptop used for this edit is a HP Stream 11. It's a fairly low spec machine with an Intel N3050 dual core Celeron, 2GB ram, 32GB emmc solid state drive and Windows 10 Home 64Bit. Given that this system is well below the minimum specification for running Edius 8, it's actually quite OK for simple edits. The system can easily edit 1080P straight edits in real time from a number of codecs, including the MP4 files from the HDMI capture box. It can also handle a certain amount of short transitions in real time. Although it's pushed to handle complex transitions and graphic/text overlays and won't maintain real time capability. Dropping Edius 8's playback resolution to half, runs the whole time line in real time, this includes video and audio dissolves, the other 3D and 2D transitions used, intro/outro titles and dissolved titles over the video. The final output/render file for the YouTube upload is using Edius' H.264/AVC with Intel's Quick Sync hardware assisted renderer. The render time is about 1.75 x real time, which isn't to shabby for such a low powered machine. The entire edit and media were off a USB 3 thumb drive as the media and project source. Again, not too shabby for about £150
http://www.trustedreviews.com/hp-stream-11-review
Although Edius 8 may be a little overkill for this type of project. It's a Fantastic NLE that beats every other NLE for ease of use and certain unique functions. Although this use of Edius was more a proof of concept, I've used it for a number of years for TV and feature film work, and use it for all my YouTube videos. Edius 8 is available in the Work Group version and a Pro version that has slightly less functionality. Check out the Grass Valley web site for a free trial download, it's perfect for serious YouTube productions.
https://www.grassvalley.com/products/edius_pro_8