Question / Help I need to put a webcam at 12 meters for OBS. Any solution ?

[carlmmii]

Plug a powered usb2.0 hub into the active extender, plug the webcam into the hub (preferably as the only device).

 

[Crankee_Oldgit]

Sell the problematic camera and bluetooth a spare mobile phone camera as your 4th image ?

 

[Dihelson Mendonca]

Sell the problematic camera and bluetooth a spare mobile phone camera as your 4th image ?

I thought about using a cell phone instead of a webcam as the fourth camera. It´s even wireless, but there´s a bigger lag. I´ll have to do some tests. Thanks for the tips.

 

[MaximillionFriday]

Man I wish this post wasn't so long ago...

I do have the monoprice active - and can attest to its ability to deliver results with that distance.. I just purchasd two more..

My setup is a living room setup with 7 webcams (5 C922's, a C920, and a Brio). 3 of these C922's are on their own 32ft USB2.0 active extender (blue rigger), all operating at max capacity (720p/60fps). The brio (usb3.0 webcam) is also on an active usb3.0 extender to a hub, also running without issue.

Active extenders absolutely do work. Power delivery is usually the main problem, as there has to be enough power delivered to the cable itself to handle the hub functionality, as well as driving what's connected to it. As long as they're being run straight to your computer, and your computer is outputting the required power to the port, it should run without issue.

I am also successfully using the monoprice active cables for this distance..