Cameras Drive Me Batty

ErinTheScribe

New Member
Here's my issue.

I have two webcams on my computer. One is a Nexigo HD Webcam, the other is an FHD Camera. For any other application, including Windows Camera, both work absolutely fine.

With OBS, only the Nexigo will work, not the FHD. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling OBS, uninstalling/reinstalling the camera itself, switching ports, etc. Nothing seems to work. I originally thought it might be just a bad cable, but it works everywhere else (I also use Restream) except for in OBS.

The thing is, OBS will DETECT the camera. "Yup, sure is a camera there!" but when I select it, I get only a black screen.

The camera works in Zoom, Google Meet, and my game streams. Just not in OBS. I stream a show on YT where sometimes I have co-hosts, sometimes I don't. I use window capture and Google meet for the shows with the co-hosts. The Nexigo is almost two years old and I don't want to have to go out, if it craps out, to buy yet another webcam merely because the FHD doesn't work in OBS.

This is the FHD camera I'm talking about. I've done just about whatever I can think of, and am definitely open to suggestions.
 

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ErinTheScribe

New Member
Hopefully you don't have the cameras connected to a usb hub.
I do, but here's the problem. I dug out an older camera to test it, so there are three. I've hooked each one up individually. Two of the cameras DO work with the hub and OBS. Only the FHD camera does not. And as I said, OBS detects the camera, it just won't show it.

All three cameras work with Zoom and Google Meet.
 

Harold

Active Member
Connect them all directly to the computer instead of through the hub. Connecting cameras to a usb hub will cause usb routing issues that prevent multiple cameras from working at the same time.
 
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