Connect 2 camera's with same name not possible?

[GerjanS]

Hi,
I just bought 2 Sony ZV-1 camera's to make livestreams from 2 different angles (for meditation and yoga classes and now I have only 1 angle while I switch positions, see for example).

I can connect webcams next to 1 ZV-1 camera, but it won't find both ZV-1 Camera's.
It's only finding 1.
Maybe this is because both devices have the same name?

If so, will it be a solution to use a capture card for 1 of the ZV-1 Camera's?
So connect 1 directly with USB and the other wit a capture card?

Looking forward to your help.

Thank you!

Gerjan

 

[dgatwood]

USB is always tricky. In theory, if they consistently are attached to specific ports, they should be uniquely identifiable, but it depends a bit on whether they're actually ending up on separate USB busses. But Apple's AV frameworks have never been great at that, unfortunately, so your mileage may vary.