Only one camera recognized

Jodrum

New Member
I can’t connect multiple cameras to OBS. It only shows the first one I connect. The cameras work (I tested each individually). I updated my drivers. I tried using USB ports on my laptop and on my USB hub and still the same problem. I’m not getting any type of error message.
 
totally doable to have many USB webcams connected to a single computer.
HOWEVER
Can your computer have more? multiple of your particular webcam? that depends

see numerous prior threads on this
- USB Root Hub overload
- cheap USB webcam with piss-poor drivers

in your case, if I read that CPU correctly, your CPU is simply too old and slow to process multiple video inputs. real-time video rendering is computationally demanding. Offloading that rendering to a dedicated chip (usually, GPU offload) helps (most of the time).
And laptops more subject to thermal throttling than desktop, typically.
 
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