Raspberry Pi + External HDD for game capture?

[souperzombie]

Would this be an OK way of capturing video footage onto a computer? I can't move my current pc to capture video, and I'd like to know if this cheap solution would work. I'd be capturing audio and video with an Elgato Game Capture HD60 through a Raspberry Pi PC onto a Seagate 5TB USB External HDD.
As for Microphone audio I'd be recording either with a simple usb audio adapter or directly through usb depending on what microphone I get, and i'd be recording it with audacity. Then I'd either be transferring the footage onto my main computer either via my home's ethernet (if that's even possible) or by just moving the external drive. I'd just like to know if this setup would work as intended.
Thanks.

 

[souperzombie]

Here's a basic image of what the setup I have in mind is probably going to be like.

 

[Alabalcho]

You have two (serious) problems:
- Elgato is USB device. I doubt there are (1) Linux drivers for it, that there are (2) ARM Linux Drivers, that there are (3) RPi Linux drivers for it.
- Even if there are RPi Linux Drivers for Elgato: Video vapture generates huge amount of data. RPi would not be able to cope with it, moreover by connecting everything (capture and disk and network) thru USB
- Even if the above two are OK - what software you would use for that?

 

[souperzombie]

You have two (serious) problems:
- Elgato is USB device. I doubt there are (1) Linux drivers for it, that there are (2) ARM Linux Drivers, that there are (3) RPi Linux drivers for it.
- Even if there are RPi Linux Drivers for Elgato: Video vapture generates huge amount of data. RPi would not be able to cope with it, moreover by connecting everything (capture and disk and network) thru USB
- Even if the above two are OK - what software you would use for that?

I wouldn't be using the OS Raspberry Pi comes with. I'd be installing my spare copy of Windows 7 on it.
I don't understand your 3rd answer. What do you mean? If you mean capture software, I'd be using whatever the capture card comes with.

 

[Alabalcho]

I wouldn't be using the OS Raspberry Pi comes with. I'd be installing my spare copy of Windows 7 on it.
I don't understand your 3rd answer. What do you mean? If you mean capture software, I'd be using whatever the capture card comes with.

You cannot install Windows 7 on Raspberry, Windows runs on x86 architecture (Intel/AMD), RPi is ARM.

This answers your second question as well.

Before you jump with "I can install WIndows 10 on RPi" - yes, you can, but it won't run Elgato capture 😉

 

[souperzombie]

I wouldn't be using the OS Raspberry Pi comes with. I'd be installing my spare copy of Windows 7 on it.
I don't understand your 3rd answer. What do you mean? If you mean capture software, I'd be using whatever the capture card comes with.

You cannot install Windows 7 on Raspberry, Windows runs on x86 architecture (Intel/AMD), RPi is ARM.

This answers your second question as well.

Before you jump with "I can install WIndows 10 on RPi" - yes, you can, but it won't run Elgato capture 😉

The store page on the HD60 states that the HD60 S is compatible with Windows 10. Would that make it usable?
If not then I'd probably just go ahead and empty my wallet and build this simple setup or something similar.

 

[Alabalcho]

Did you read my last sentence? I hate to quote myself...

Before you jump with "I can install WIndows 10 on RPi" - yes, you can, but it won't run Elgato capture  

RPi is ARM processor, even if it can run (special, limited) version of Windows 10.

Again - even if that was possible, RPi I/O subsystem would be too slow for any reasonable real-time video capture. Imagine plugging your Elgato in a 15-year old computer...

 

[souperzombie]

Did you read my last sentence? I hate to quote myself...

Before you jump with "I can install WIndows 10 on RPi" - yes, you can, but it won't run Elgato capture  

RPi is ARM processor, even if it can run (special, limited) version of Windows 10.

Again - even if that was possible, RPi I/O subsystem would be too slow for any reasonable real-time video capture. Imagine plugging your Elgato in a 15-year old computer...

Well either way, I decided it would be best to ditch the Raspberry Pi idea altogether and splash out on an actual build, like I discussed here. The Pi might be useful for other things but I'll lay off it for now.