# AVerMedia Live Gamer Portable 2

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/products/avermedia-live-gamer-portable-2
- Category board: https://stierproducts.com/categories/capture-cards
- Placement: #14 of 15 in Capture Cards, F tier
- Brand: AVerMedia
- LP on this board: 51
- Last researched: 2026-08-24T13:56:34.645Z
- Method: https://stierproducts.com/methodology
- Reuse: Text, rankings, tier assignments, LP values and verdicts are free to quote and reuse with attribution to stierproducts and a link to the source URL (CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Product photographs are not covered: they belong to their respective owners and are reproduced to illustrate the product being reviewed. Do not redistribute them under this licence.

## Verdict

Original portable model that has shown long-term durability.

## For

- Proven durability
- Firmware stability
- Portable design

## Against

- No built-in microphone input
- No wireless streaming mode
- Dated hardware design
- Unmaintained internal recorder firmware
- Audio sync issues

## Flagged as one to avoid

This product entered 4 of 5 runs as one buyers cross-shop but should not buy, rather than as a pick. It is published here rather than dropped.

## Evidence

Consolidated from 17 cited sources across 14 outlets

| Outlet | Said by | Stance | Link | Link status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GnarlyCharly415 | GnarlyCharly415 | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R-nev-ACY0 | fetched and confirmed |
| EposVox | EposVox | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1ZSCJbhqzw | fetched and confirmed |
| Ramiro's Channel | Ramiro's Channel | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vnIYoJIVWQ | fetched and confirmed |
| EposVox | EposVox | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXRvJQzcLg4 | fetched and confirmed |
| BT Shop | BT Shop | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDJOgUqdPm4 | fetched and confirmed |
| Facebook | Tim Toskas | B | https://www.facebook.com/groups/1717456242366977/posts/2136735107105753/ | fetched and confirmed |
| IGN | Georgie Peru | C | https://www.ign.com/articles/best-capture-card-for-ps5 | fetched and confirmed |
| Verified Reviews | Verified Reviews | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0Da66mQFqg | fetched and confirmed |
| TechRadar | techradar.com | C | https://www.techradar.com/best/best-capture-cards | fetched and confirmed |
| IGN | Georgie Peru | C | https://www.ign.com/articles/best-capture-card-for-nintendo-switch-right-now | fetched and confirmed |
| BWooly1001 | BWooly1001 | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PasybIjQEI | fetched and confirmed |
| EposVox | EposVox | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XMVj0Zx1Yg | fetched and confirmed |
| LaserBolt | LaserBolt | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww2R9wpwtus | fetched and confirmed |
| Stained J (FREQ) | Stained J (FREQ) | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idMiOKBNApo | fetched and confirmed |
| RoXolid Productions | RoXolid Productions | C | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjBNlJielVI | fetched and confirmed |
| Allie-RX | Allie-RX | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9C8xfqC1YA | fetched and confirmed |
| Your Player 2 | Your Player 2 | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNlipNOAgVY | fetched and confirmed |

## Nearest alternatives on this board

| Rank | Product | Tier | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Elgato HD60 X | S | https://stierproducts.com/products/elgato-hd60-x |
| 2 | EVGA XR1 Lite | S | https://stierproducts.com/products/evga-xr1-lite |
| 3 | AVerMedia Live Gamer Ultra S GC553Pro | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/avermedia-live-gamer-ultra-s-gc553pro |
| 4 | Genki ShadowCast | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/genki-shadowcast |
| 9 | AVerMedia Live Gamer 4K | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/avermedia-live-gamer-4k |
| 10 | Elgato Game Capture Neo | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/elgato-game-capture-neo |
| 11 | AVerMedia Live Gamer Ultra 2.1 | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/avermedia-live-gamer-ultra-2-1 |
| 12 | Elgato 4K X | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/elgato-4k-x |
| 13 | EVGA XR1 | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/evga-xr1 |
| 15 | Elgato HD60S | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/elgato-hd60s |

The full board is at https://stierproducts.com/categories/capture-cards.

## What this tier means

- F: Avoid. The evidence points you elsewhere.

## How to read this

- Each category is researched in four independent runs, one per lens (expert consensus, value, reliability, community pulse). Every run ranks a board of candidates that deliberately includes products buyers cross-shop but should avoid. Placements score on a ranked ladder (LP), and tiers are derived from LP, so no tier is ever assigned by hand.
- LP is this product's points on its own category ladder. It is comparable within a category and not across categories.
- Link status reports what our pre-publication link check found when it fetched the cited URL. It says nothing about the quality of the review.
- A citation with no usable link is listed rather than dropped, and is excluded from the counted total above.

## Image

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