Capturing Large Amounts of Video

I work for a web series where we record 4 hours of video a day, edit many clips out of the 4 hour show, and post these various short clips on YouTube.
They have always been on PC, and I am starting to convert them to Macs.
They bought a Mac Pro, and an Elgato Video Capture device. The Elgato is nice because it allows me to capture the show while working on other projects and editing on Final Cut Pro. The problem is, the Elgato saves the files as MPEG-4 which makes editing them in FCP absolutely unbearable as it has to render ever 5 minutes.
What do you guys recommend I do?
I need to be able to capture 4 hours each day, while editing other projects at the same time on FCP. And the video files I capture need to be editing files that won't need to be rendered after every little change.
Someone recommenced the:
AJA Kona 3
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/417388-REG/AJAKONA_3_Kona_3_12_10_Bit_HDSD.html
and I would love this but it is out of their price range. Any other, more affordable options?
Thank you very much for your time.
Andrew

Is there any way I could still edit on FCP while capturing video with those cards?
No...because FCP is in use capturing the footage. No NLE allows for that.
Would it be capturing via Log and Capture in FCP, or a third party software?
FCP.
Could I capture it via iMovie while editing video in FCP?
iMovie doesn't recognize these cards...and it captures in completely different ways than FCP, so no.
Shane

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