Roxio Makes it Easier to Capture Your Game Video

There’s no shortage of videos on YouTube of gamers showing off their prowess. In fact, it’s damn near impossible to wade through heaps of crappy cell phone videos of players getting triple kills in CoD Black Ops or someone trying to be funny by using Minecraft as Machinima. So I’m not really sure I want to help promote a product that makes it that much easier to capture and upload video from your console or PC. Still, I know what it’s like trying to get a decent capture from either device without spending several hundred dollars.

That’s where Roxio comes in. Coming to store shelves starting March 24th are two products that take the work and the cost out of the picture. Simply titled: The Roxio Game Capture represents either a software package (for PC capture) or a hardware bundle (for consoles) that allow for hi resolution video and screenshot captures. The console version includes a breakout box that takes the input from the component cables of your Xbox 360 or PS3, sends them to your computer via USB 2.0 and feeds it back out to your TV all simultaneously. Roxio promises 480p captures and compatibility with AVI, WMV, DivX and MP4 file formats.

The software makes for easy clip editing and includes tools to add titles, transitions, commentary, background music and more. Facebook, WeGame and YouTube support is built in, so uploading new captures is quick and painless. Hopefull this means we’ll see more Red Vs. Blue quality machinima and less “XRAGE xKoOlAiDs – Black Ops Game Clip”. Seriously, no one cares that you scored a couple of headshots. Yet, you feel the need to post 8 videos of the same thing.

The Roxio PC Game Capture software is priced at $49.99 and the Roxio Game Capture hardware/software combo is priced at $99.99.

UPDATE: After several questions from users, we contacted Roxio about compatibility with the Nintendo Wii. The box does indeed capture the signal from the console, with the caveat that its aspect ratio will be defined by the game. Native aspects from the other consoles all tend to be in the widescreen range, but many of the Wii’s titles have a 4:3 ratio and will be captured as such. So yes, you can capture from the Wii.