3 different capture devices not recognised, can anyone please help?

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SteveyD

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I first used OBS successfully about 6 months ago with a cheapo HDMI Video Capture device from Amazon, on my i5 8th gen. Worked fine.
I tried again the other day, and it wasn't coming up as a device when I try to select source: I could only select OBS Virtual Camera.
I decided to buy another, this time a 'VHS to DVD capture' adapter (RCA > USB 2.0). Although recognised by Windows (when plugged into my 2.0 port), it did not show up on OBS.
(N.B. I also tried with NCH VideoPad and NCH Debut, but they too reported no device found).
I therefore returned the RCA capture device and ordered an alternate capture device, similar to the first Amazon one. It's just arrived, and guess what, nothing showing up.
What am I doing wrong? Surely this is too much of a coincidence that 3 capture devices aren't being recognised.
 

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I don't know specifically, but Microsoft is making on-going changes to Win10
and what you have is ultra-low power CPU which is a poor fit for computationally demanding real-time video encoding

Have you made sure that the USB Root hub isn't being overloaded?
And I'm make sure the device is recognized by Windows first, and only AFTER you have a (or all 3 cameras) working in Windows, try with OBS. I suspect your are dealing with an OS device recognition issue, not OBS (either that or the device enumeration changed, and you need to correct the association in OBS, though it may be easier to simply delete/re-add the cameras [but this applies ONLY if cameras known working in OS first]
 
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