AVerMedia Game Capture HD II Remote
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Setup
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1. Unzip all files to the same location
2. Put your device's IP address in the ip.txt file
3. Run gchd2remote.py. Depending on your setup you might not be able to
double click it and instead will need to run "python gchd2remote.py" in
a terminal

Troubleshooting
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1. Make sure you have python, python-tkinter, and python-requests
installed
2. Check that your device's IP address is the only thing in ip.txt
3. gchd2remote.py, ip.txt, and remote_254x800.png all need to be in the
same folder

Credits
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The person who saw an AVerMedia Game Capture HD II at a thrift store
for $5 and bought it for me despite having no idea what it was.

Lars Kiesow, for reverse engineering the API exposed by the device.
https://github.com/lkiesow/avermedia-game-capture-hd-ii-reverse-engineering

f4mi, for inspiring this project with her video in which she frees a
few different devices from their app-based prisons. She used local LLMs
for this task, which I'm not super thrilled about even though her
overall stance on generative AI is very anti-corporate. The tool she
used the slop machine to make does not implement the IR remote, which
is the main thing I was interested in. She shows a second tool in the
video but doesn't seem to have released it (yet?). It also seems to not
have full IR remote implementation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1kfuCkWo24
https://github.com/f4mi/gamebuddy-tui

Vincent Burel of VB-Audio, for making TimeCalc, specifically the Small
Casio Version. I adore its UI design. I call it "whimsyware".
https://vb-audio.com/OldFreeware/index.htm

Newegg, for the image of the remote. I don't know if Newegg took this
picture or if it was provided by AVerMedia.
https://www.newegg.com/avermedia-c285-video-capture-editing/p/N82E16815100169

Me, I guess? I'm clover, I made this.
https://stringlapse.com/files/gchd2remote

License
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This software was created by clover sage in 2026. It is released under
no particular license because I'm very tired of the FOSS community and
just want to enjoy using the computer.

Generative AI Use Disclaimer
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No generative AI of any sort was used in the creation of this software.
