Answers.Body: <p>In the end, I found out that you can buy a dongle (in my case an INOGENI 4K USB) that will connect the camera to the computer via USB (amazingly, USB 3 is fast enough) or, in the case of BlackMagic Mini Recorder (which does 1080p only), thunderbolt.</p>
  
  <p>The next challenge is, of course, to encode 4K fast enough on a laptop.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Blackmagic Design's Decklink cards are a starting place for desktop computers: <a href="https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/decklink" rel="nofollow">https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/decklink</a></p>
  
  <p>For laptops there's both Intensity: <a href="https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/intensity" rel="nofollow">https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/intensity</a></p>
  
  <p>And UltraStudio: <a href="https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/ultrastudiousb3" rel="nofollow">https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/ultrastudiousb3</a></p>
  
  <p>Other companies also make such products (and even Blackmagic Design offer yet more options), but the above provides a range of answers to your question.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I have a camera which outputs uncompressed HDMI. I understand that I can buy an external recorder (e.g., Atomos) to record the video, but is it possible to use an ordinary laptop (or desktop) computer instead?</p>
  
Tags: <video><video-recording><hdmi>
Title: PC instead of external recorder
UserDisplayName: Dmitri Nesteruk
ThreadText: # PC instead of external recorder
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-09-28)
  
  I have a camera which outputs uncompressed HDMI. I understand that I can buy an external recorder (e.g., Atomos) to record the video, but is it possible to use an ordinary laptop (or desktop) computer instead?
  
  **Tags:** video, video-recording, hdmi
  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2016-04-04. Score: 0 | Accepted answer
  
  In the end, I found out that you can buy a dongle (in my case an INOGENI 4K USB) that will connect the camera to the computer via USB (amazingly, USB 3 is fast enough) or, in the case of BlackMagic Mini Recorder (which does 1080p only), thunderbolt.
  
  The next challenge is, of course, to encode 4K fast enough on a laptop.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-09-28. Score: 2
  
  Blackmagic Design's Decklink cards are a starting place for desktop computers: <https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/decklink>
  
  For laptops there's both Intensity: <https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/intensity>
  
  And UltraStudio: <https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/ultrastudiousb3>
  
  Other companies also make such products (and even Blackmagic Design offer yet more options), but the above provides a range of answers to your question.
  
  
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