
The customization options are fairly powerful, letting you add your own graphics, text, webcam feeds, web pages, or even animations. You can create custom scenes and overlays, or use one of 10 included in the software. It lets you follow your current recording/streaming status, audio levels, overlays, and capture settings at a glance. The software places the video feed prominently in the upper-left corner of the window, with the direct recording and streaming controls arranged below and various capture settings sitting to the right. Video capture is based around a single screen for recording, streaming, managing overlays, and adding audio commentary. You can record video locally or stream to Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, restream.io, Ustream, Dailymotion, or any rtmp-based streaming video service.

SoftwareĮlgato offers its own Game Capture HD software for use with the HD60 S as a free download, and it's quite capable for both recording and streaming gameplay. If you want to provide audio commentary over whatever you're capturing, you can plug a microphone or headset into the 3.5mm port. An HDMI cable and a USB-C-to-USB-A cable are included so you can patch the HD60 S into your current game setup without needing to pick up any additional cables. Plug the HDMI input into your game console, plug the HDMI output into your TV, and plug the USB-C port into your PC. Setting up the HD60 S goes through the same process as nearly any other PC-tethered capture device. That's all you get for any physical interaction with the HD60 S itself the glossy strip lights up to indicate it's properly connected and recording, but besides plugging all of the necessary cables in, everything is managed through your connected PC.

An HDMI input, a USB-C port, and a 3.5mm audio input sit on one end of the device, and an HDMI output sits on the other end. The curved, matte black plastic shell measures 0.7 by 3.0 by 4.4 inches (HWD), with a glossy black stripe running down the length. The HD60 S is a tiny, rectangular pod, about the size of a wallet and nearly identical to its USB 2.0 predecessor, the HD60. If you have serious interest in recording or streaming your gameplay and sharing it online to any sort of audience, this kind of device is vital. Capture devices like the HD60 S can stream to any service or server as long as you have the address, and let you set up elaborate custom layouts and overlays. PS4 and Xbox streams are also limited, both in what services you can stream to and how you can configure your screen.
