Waxxyface
06-19-2011, 01:36 PM
Hello
I did a similar guide for the Hauppauge HD PVR but I haven't owned one of these for a long time so I thought I'd do an updated broadcasting guide with my current set up. I will go into some amount of detail to cater to those who aren't quite as tech savvy so you may find a bunch of the steps in this guide are not relevent to you - feel free to skip forward to the parts you are interested in such as the xsplit settings. At present I use a Black Magic Intensity Pro and Xsplit to broadcast my xbox 360 gameplay to Justin.tv / Twitchtv.
This is a copy and paste from the original article on my website (http://www.craicer.com/2010/06/broadcasting-to-justin-tvtwitchtv-with-xsplit-a-black-magic-intensity-pro/). It may be a bit easier to follow if you view it from there - There's an image limit on the JTV forums so I had to split it into various posts.
1; getting everything together
1a; Black Magic Intensity Pro
The Black Magic Intensity Pro is pretty much the best capture card available. It allows you to stream to Justin.tv in 720p without the use of an intermediary screen capture programme and it costs around the same as the HD PVR. Black Magic Design have a list of authorised resellers on their website (http://www.blackmagic-design.com/resellers/) but you'll also find sellers on places like AMAZON US (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=black+magic+intensity+pro&x=0&y=0) or AMAZON UK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=black+magic+intensity+pro&x=0&y=0) so it is widely available. Before you do buy it read the system requirements to ensure its compatible with your PC.
Before you install the Intensity Pro you should set your xbox display output setting to 720p as the Intensity Pro does not seem to support anything higher. You can do this by going to the "My Xbox" bit on your dashboard and going all the way across to "System Settings". When you're in there select "Console Settings", "Display", "HDTV Settings" and finally "720p".
http://www.craicer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/720ppppp.png
After you've got the hardware installed on your computer you need to get the cables connected up - this part is pretty much self explanatory as everything is labeled. The cables going from the xbox will go into those marked as "input" and for "output" you will need one of these (http://www.craicer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cableee.jpg) and one of these (http://www.craicer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cableeeees.jpg) - one end going into the "output" section of the breakout cable and one end going into your tv.
For those who use a turtle beach headset (if you don't just skip forward); I also use a turtle beach x1 headset which has a cable like this (http://www.craicer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/tbbb.png) to intercept the sound. You just plug the red and white turtle beach cables into the corresponding colours for "input" on the breakout cable. Then put the red and white cables from the xbox into the back of them.
Next you'll need to install the drivers and the Blackmagic Media Express software. I am currently using the 3.9.4 drivers - others recommend using 3.6.3 but it might be easier following this if you are using the same version as me. Black Magic Design have all the drivers archived on their website so if you do struggle with the driver version I have recommended you can uninstall and move to 3.6.3. You can find the drivers I use for the purposes of this tutorial right here (http://www.blackmagic-design.com/support/detail/register/download/?fid=11190&pid=3989&os=win). If you want to search manually just go here (http://www.blackmagic-design.com/support/), fill in all the details and select "archived drivers" on the next page. There will be two files in the RAR archive - you should install them both and restart if prompted.
If the hardware and software installation has gone smoothly you should see this in device manager
http://www.craicer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/drivers.png
If not, something may have gone wrong and you might want to to take a step back. If you see this continue on.
Now that we've got the installation out of the way it's time to see if we can make the video and audio from our xbox 360 display on our computer screen - if we can do this we're well on our way to broadcasting. Before we open any software we need to tweak a few settings on the intensity pro. To do this, on your pc, select "Start", "Control Panel" and on the list of all items in the control panel you should now have a new icon called "Blackmagic Control Panel". Open this, and assuming your setup is the same as mine, change the settings to the following;
http://www.craicer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/bmcp.png
After that click "Apply", "OK" and open up "Blackmagic Media Express". You may see a black screen when you first open it, thats normal so don't panic.
http://www.craicer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/mediaexpress1.png
I did a similar guide for the Hauppauge HD PVR but I haven't owned one of these for a long time so I thought I'd do an updated broadcasting guide with my current set up. I will go into some amount of detail to cater to those who aren't quite as tech savvy so you may find a bunch of the steps in this guide are not relevent to you - feel free to skip forward to the parts you are interested in such as the xsplit settings. At present I use a Black Magic Intensity Pro and Xsplit to broadcast my xbox 360 gameplay to Justin.tv / Twitchtv.
This is a copy and paste from the original article on my website (http://www.craicer.com/2010/06/broadcasting-to-justin-tvtwitchtv-with-xsplit-a-black-magic-intensity-pro/). It may be a bit easier to follow if you view it from there - There's an image limit on the JTV forums so I had to split it into various posts.
1; getting everything together
1a; Black Magic Intensity Pro
The Black Magic Intensity Pro is pretty much the best capture card available. It allows you to stream to Justin.tv in 720p without the use of an intermediary screen capture programme and it costs around the same as the HD PVR. Black Magic Design have a list of authorised resellers on their website (http://www.blackmagic-design.com/resellers/) but you'll also find sellers on places like AMAZON US (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=black+magic+intensity+pro&x=0&y=0) or AMAZON UK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=black+magic+intensity+pro&x=0&y=0) so it is widely available. Before you do buy it read the system requirements to ensure its compatible with your PC.
Before you install the Intensity Pro you should set your xbox display output setting to 720p as the Intensity Pro does not seem to support anything higher. You can do this by going to the "My Xbox" bit on your dashboard and going all the way across to "System Settings". When you're in there select "Console Settings", "Display", "HDTV Settings" and finally "720p".
http://www.craicer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/720ppppp.png
After you've got the hardware installed on your computer you need to get the cables connected up - this part is pretty much self explanatory as everything is labeled. The cables going from the xbox will go into those marked as "input" and for "output" you will need one of these (http://www.craicer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cableee.jpg) and one of these (http://www.craicer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cableeeees.jpg) - one end going into the "output" section of the breakout cable and one end going into your tv.
For those who use a turtle beach headset (if you don't just skip forward); I also use a turtle beach x1 headset which has a cable like this (http://www.craicer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/tbbb.png) to intercept the sound. You just plug the red and white turtle beach cables into the corresponding colours for "input" on the breakout cable. Then put the red and white cables from the xbox into the back of them.
Next you'll need to install the drivers and the Blackmagic Media Express software. I am currently using the 3.9.4 drivers - others recommend using 3.6.3 but it might be easier following this if you are using the same version as me. Black Magic Design have all the drivers archived on their website so if you do struggle with the driver version I have recommended you can uninstall and move to 3.6.3. You can find the drivers I use for the purposes of this tutorial right here (http://www.blackmagic-design.com/support/detail/register/download/?fid=11190&pid=3989&os=win). If you want to search manually just go here (http://www.blackmagic-design.com/support/), fill in all the details and select "archived drivers" on the next page. There will be two files in the RAR archive - you should install them both and restart if prompted.
If the hardware and software installation has gone smoothly you should see this in device manager
http://www.craicer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/drivers.png
If not, something may have gone wrong and you might want to to take a step back. If you see this continue on.
Now that we've got the installation out of the way it's time to see if we can make the video and audio from our xbox 360 display on our computer screen - if we can do this we're well on our way to broadcasting. Before we open any software we need to tweak a few settings on the intensity pro. To do this, on your pc, select "Start", "Control Panel" and on the list of all items in the control panel you should now have a new icon called "Blackmagic Control Panel". Open this, and assuming your setup is the same as mine, change the settings to the following;
http://www.craicer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/bmcp.png
After that click "Apply", "OK" and open up "Blackmagic Media Express". You may see a black screen when you first open it, thats normal so don't panic.
http://www.craicer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/mediaexpress1.png