1080p60

Max Capture

0 Drivers

UVC / UAC Plug & Play

3 OS

Mac · Windows · Linux

3-Year

AJA Warranty

0.3 lb

Bus-Powered · No PSU

If you've ever fumbled with driver installs at the wrong moment — right before a live stream, on a client shoot, or in a borrowed edit suite — you already understand exactly why the AJA U-TAP HDMI exists. It's a professional-grade USB 3.0 HDMI capture device that fits in a shirt pocket, draws power straight from your laptop, and is recognized immediately by macOS, Windows, and Linux as a native UVC/UAC device. No third-party drivers. No reboots. No surprises.

Smaller than a smartphone and weighing under a third of a pound, the U-TAP HDMI handles capture up to 1080p60 with YCbCr 4:2:2 10-bit and RGB/YCbCr 4:4:4 workflows (raster and frame-rate dependent). It works across a massive range of professional software — from OBS and Zoom to Wirecast, vMix, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, and beyond — because it hands the host application a standard UVC feed. You spend zero time troubleshooting and all your time producing.

AJA U-TAP HDMI is part of the broader AJA Mobile I/O family. If your source is SDI rather than HDMI, explore the companion U-TAP SDI model.

AJA U-TAP HDMI USB 3.0 HDMI capture device — professional bus-powered plug-and-play video capture for Mac Windows Linux

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Zero-Driver Setup

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

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HD Capture to 1080p60

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

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10/12-Bit Color Depth

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

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Bus-Powered via USB

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

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Truly Pocketable

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.

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Silent, Fanless Design

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

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Embedded 2-Channel Audio

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

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Scaled USB Output

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

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3-Year AJA Warranty

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

AJA U-TAP HDMI held in hand showing compact pocketable size for field production

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.

AJA U-TAP HDMI rugged and reliable build quality for broadcast field production

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.

Works With the Software Already on Your System

Because the U-TAP HDMI presents itself as a standard UVC camera and UAC audio device, it's compatible out of the box with virtually every professional application that accepts a video input.

OBS Studio Wirecast vMix Zoom Microsoft Teams Adobe Premiere Pro DaVinci Resolve Final Cut Pro AJA Control Room Ecamm Live StreamYard Skype

Who Reaches for the U-TAP HDMI

Live Event Producers

Feed a camera, PTZ, or switcher output directly into a streaming laptop without building a full rack.

Broadcast Engineers

Clean, reliable HDMI capture for monitoring, logging, or secondary stream encode — no driver conflicts.

Houses of Worship

Grab the program feed from an existing HDMI mixer output and push to YouTube, Facebook, or Vimeo Live — silently.

Corporate AV Teams

Capture conference room presentations, hybrid meetings, and town halls with zero IT friction.

Video Content Creators

Clean HDMI out from a DSLR, mirrorless, or cinema camera into OBS or Premiere for studio-quality source footage.

Post-Production Facilities

Ingest HDMI monitor outputs, tape decks, or secondary sources into NLE workstations without an additional PCIe card.

Supported Video Formats

Format Type	Resolution	Frame Rates	Color Sampling
HDMI HD	1920×1080p	23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94, 60	YCbCr 4:2:2 10-bit YCbCr 4:4:4 8/10/12-bit* RGB 4:4:4 8/10/12-bit*
HDMI HD Interlace	1920×1080i	50, 59.94, 60
HDMI HD 720	1280×720p	50, 59.94, 60
HDMI SD PAL	625i / 625p	25 / 50
HDMI SD NTSC	525i / 525p	29.97 / 59.94
Computer HDMI	640×480p – 1920×1080p	Up to 60 Hz
Scaled USB Output	176×144p – 1920×1080p	7.5, 15, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94, 60

*Raster and frame-rate dependent. Host system performance governs available formats.

Full Technical Specifications

Specification	Detail
Video Input	HDMI v1.4a — 24, 30, or 36 bits/pixel, RGB or YUV
Audio Input	2-channel, 24-bit HDMI embedded audio at 48 kHz
Capture Video	16 bits/pixel YUV (truncated as required)
Capture Audio	2-channel, 16-bit at 48 kHz
Device Interface	USB 3.0 (USB 3.2, Gen 1) — UVC/UAC compliant
Host Interfaces	USB 3.0 (5 Gbps), USB 3.1 (10 Gbps), USB 3.2 (20 Gbps), USB 2.0 (reduced performance)
OS Support	macOS, Windows, Linux Ubuntu / Rocky Linux
Power	5V USB bus-powered — 3.5W max
Dimensions (W×D×H)	3.3 × 2.4 × 1.0 in (83.82 × 60.96 × 25.4 mm)
Weight	0.3 lb (0.2 kg)
Operating Temperature	0 to 40°C (32 to 104°F)
Storage Temperature	-40 to 60°C (-40 to 140°F)
Humidity	10–90% noncondensing
Warranty	3-year AJA limited warranty

Ready to Simplify Your Capture Workflow?

The AJA U-TAP HDMI is in stock at Coremicro. Order by phone or online — our AV specialists are available to help you confirm compatibility with your specific camera, switcher, or NLE setup.

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