~/log/computers/avermedia-game-capture-hd2
Game Capture HD II, new firmware
AVerMedia Game Capture HD II (C285, TI DM368)
open creator post ↗ chiptron.eu
- ai
- claude code
- evidence
- report
- reviewed
The box’s YouTube streaming, cloud and app are all gone, and its firmware refused 640×480 input. Vladimir Smitka got root over the serial port and had Claude Code write new firmware: H.264 over RTSP into OBS, recording, a web UI, any resolution, and 60 fps at 640×480 instead of 3.6.
- ai
- Claude Code with Opus and Fable models did the firmware analysis and wrote the recording app, servers, web UI and build. The hardware work was manual. The write-up lists the AI's mistakes too, including once inventing evidence.
- caveats
- Code is not published, by choice. One unit, bricked and recovered several times. 1080p needed codec memory freed. Each flash takes about 15 minutes.
- evidence
- Creator post + Reddit and HN threads.
The builder describes their result. Not reproduced by anyone else. Not tested by unshittify. Added by unshittify. Wrong or out of date? Send a correction.