Question / Help Flickering Webcam (C920)

username_here

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Hello everyone,

Ever since I've gotten my Logitech C920, it's had extremely annoying issues with flickering within OBS. I have xSplit and it doesn't do it in xSplit. The camera also looks "better" in xSplit, more lively and whatnot. Now, I admittedly don't know much about this stuff so this is just my guess... but I think I could need a better MJPEG codec.

If that's not the issue, does anyone know any fixes for this? Search has kinda come up empty.

I looked at a really old OBS post that talked about this ( https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/getting-the-most-out-of-your-webcam.1036/ ) and I dowloaded that codec and it seemed to make a difference... but it still does it every now and then. Plus it's only 32 bit. I'd like to have 64 as well. Does anyone know where I could get a better codec or is there a well known one that is good? I assumed xSplit is using something proprietary.

This problem has persisted through a windows reinstall and i actually returned my first c920 because of it because I thought it was defective. I'm just unsure why it's apparently just me having this issue... I feel like I must be doing something stupid for it to be doing this.

I don't have any other bandwidth-consuming USB peripherals other than a mic. I've tried different ports.

My Specs are
i7-860
GTX760
Windows 10 Latest update as of this post
Not really sure what else is relevant.

I can record 1080p60 so I don't think it is related to a lack of power. I've also tried plugging the webcam into a laptop with an i7-6700HQ / GTX960M with the same results. I'm puzzled.
 

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dannytranlx

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I am having the same issue and tried the same attempts (usb ports, using default or ffdshow codecs). I'm really lost right now, I don't understand what is wrong. My CPU doesn't seem through the roof (i7-6700K); the rest of the stream is fine only the C920 is an issue.

I had another webcam before, it did the same thing; I thought he was broken and got another one. Same issue. I believe I've installed the Anniversary Update from Windows, I've seen a few issues with webcam from that update, but no fixes. Could try updating to Creators Update.
 
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