Multiple Camlinks Issue

[kkearney]

I'm using a Mac Studio and trying to run two cam links through the USB 2.0's on the back of the computer while also running another audio interface. I can't get the second cam link to work. Is there a workaround for this or a better approach to try?

 

[XLCOLDJ]

Each camlink needs to be on a different USB bus to avoid problems with throughput.

 

[kkearney]

Each camlink needs to be on a different USB bus to avoid problems with throughput.

Would getting a dock help solve this or is there any way to split the USB ports into different busses?

 

[XLCOLDJ]

Do you have any free ports besides the other USB-A? You could connect a USB 3.1 type C-to-USB-A hub to it and plug the 2nd Camlink in there. You can't really change the BUS that a USB ports is connected to--it's determined by the manufacturer--but you have more than one bus to choose from if you have both thunderbolt and USB ports on your machine.

 

[kkearney]

Thanks for your help so far!

So if I picked up this:

OWC 11-Port Thunderbolt Dock with Thunderbolt cable

Add three Thunderbolt and four USB ports, Ethernet, audio, and card reader functionality to all M1/M2 Macs, Thunderbolt-equipped Macs, and Thunderbolt 4 PCs.

eshop.macsales.com

And then ran one capture card through that and another through the USB on the back side it should work, right? Even with running an audio interface through one of those as well.

 

[XLCOLDJ]

That should work as long as everything else can keep up. How many displays are you using, and how are they attached? What resolution are you using on the camlinks?

 

[XLCOLDJ]

You got to the point where you saw both devices--but they weren't behaving properly, right?