Disclaimer: I do not own the Elgato digitiser.

Lossy verses Lossless workflow

It is worth reiterating that that the Elgato software captures straight into MP4, a lossy format. For the best quality capture, it is recommended that a lossless process be used, such as using AmaRecTV, guide on this website here. The lossless workflow is significantly more complicated than using the Elgato software but will yield better results.

Increasing Video Capture Bitrate

One of the criticisms of the Elgato digitiser is poor quality video. Apparently, the default capture bitrate when using the Elgato company video capture software is 750kb/sec. which by normal standards is very low. The default bitrate can be increased using the following procedure: 1) Quit the Video Capture software if it's running, via the tray icon. 2) Start File Explorer and enter the following path in the address bar: %appdata%\Elgato\VideoCapture 3) Edit the Settings.xml file with Windows Notepad or other text editing software. 4) Replace <VideoBitrateScale>.75</VideoBitrateScale> with a higher value, up to 3.5 maximum. 5) Save the Settings.xml file. 6) Relaunch the Video Capture software.