AJA U-TAP USB 3.0 Powered HDMI Capture Device

UVC and UAC compliant on Mac, Windows, and Linux Ubuntu / Rocky — plug in, open your software, go.

Handles the full HD/SD HDMI raster set including 1080i, 720p, 525i, and 625i at broadcast-standard frame rates.

YCbCr 4:2:2 10-bit and RGB/YCbCr 4:4:4 8/10/12-bit support for demanding color-critical workflows.

5V / 3.5W max — powered entirely from the host USB port. No wall adapter needed in the field or on set.

3.3 × 2.4 × 1.0 inches, 0.3 lb. Smaller than a smartphone — rides in a camera bag, jacket pocket, or laptop bag effortlessly.

No moving parts means no fan noise bleeding into your recording. Critical for interview sets, houses of worship, and conference capture.

Captures HDMI embedded audio at 48 kHz / 16-bit via UAC. No separate audio interface required for most streaming and capture workflows.

Automatic video scaling and aspect-ratio conformity — the device delivers exactly what your host application requests, from 1080p down to 176×144.

Backed by AJA's three-year warranty and their renowned Grass Valley, CA-based technical support team.

Smaller Than a Smartphone. More Capable Than It Looks.

That's not marketing fluff — the U-TAP HDMI genuinely fits in a shirt pocket. When you're running a one-person-crew live stream from a conference room, the last thing you need is another brick of hardware eating desk space and demanding a wall outlet. The U-TAP handles capture and pulls its power from the same USB 3.0 cable. One cable. One device. Done.

The HDMI 1.4a input accepts everything from a PTZ camera or DSLR clean HDMI output all the way through switcher program outputs — and the automatic scaling engine delivers exactly the raster your software expects, frame-rate matched and aspect-ratio correct. You set up OBS or Wirecast once and the U-TAP just works every time you plug it in.

Built for the Field. Trusted by Broadcast Engineers.

AJA has been building professional video hardware from Grass Valley, California since 1993. The U-TAP is exactly what you'd expect from that pedigree: rugged, silent, and dependable. No fans to fail. No proprietary driver ecosystem to maintain. Just AJA's characteristic hardware build quality shrunk into a form factor that goes wherever your laptop goes.

The enclosure is built to survive the abuse of daily location work — thrown in a bag, run through airports, plugged and unplugged dozens of times. And if you ever do hit a snag, AJA's technical support team is available at no charge, covered under a three-year warranty that's among the most generous in the capture device segment.