Bob Walker wrote:Is this (a) working as designed, or (b) a function of computing power (cpu specs? memory? video card?) or (c) something else?
A. Yes
B. Software
C. Nope...the output over USB comes as H.264 and is either being used by one application or the other.
Bob Walker wrote:Will the forthcoming UltraStudio Mini Recorder be another possible solution?
Potentially. If the computer has enough horse power you could use the Mini Recorder with Media Express to capture the Uncompressed/MJPEG file and use Live stream to stream your encode.
Bob Walker wrote:Second Q: Running capture tests (we have SD cameras), in Capture Setup there is a setting slider for quality. Testing at various settings (100%, 50%, 20% and 10%) resulted in different file sizes* but no difference in quality of the images.
At SD resolutions you are unlikely to as the resolution is smaller. Encoding at Higher bitrates is only going to take up more space on the hard drive. To test this actually, play it full screen. Then do a similar test with HD resolutions at the different quality settings. You should see a more pronounced difference.