Ugreen HDMI to USB capture card

<-- Splitting a set top box HDMI output To convert my HDMI output to USB, I am using a Ugreen HDMI to USB capture card. This little device will allow me to connect the output from the Sky Stream box to my laptop. The Ugreen version I have is the 4k to 1080p@60 FPS on a USB-C with a USB-A converter. This device on its own does not bypass HDCP; that is the job of the EZCOO splitter which sits between the Ugreen capture card and the Sky Stream box. Once connected up, I installed OBS Studio to take it for a test run. In OBS, I turned on the preview and was greeted by a feed with the word “UGREEN” in yellow. Good, I have a signal. It took a few attempts to get the actual video stream from the set top box to come through. I restarted the box, then the splitter. I removed and reconnected the UBS connector, and even rebooted my laptop. Nothing seemed to work until I switched the EZCOO to “copy”, and then everything sprang into life. This only happened the first time. Because I do not leave my…