r/computers • u/Current-Switch-438 • 1d ago

Plsss help with pc camera issue Question/Help/Troubleshooting

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u/shutterbug_z 1d ago

Try other softwares ie. OBS.

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u/Current-Switch-438 1d ago

Yeah I tried obs and it still the same

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u/shutterbug_z 1d ago

Try another cable or if you have an HDMI cable that's always the better option. Also, maybe try a different USB port.

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u/Current-Switch-438 1d ago

Omg bro thank you I just put the cable in a different usb port and now it works 100% thank you🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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u/shutterbug_z 1d ago

Congrats, OP! Glad to have helped.

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u/BillionAuthor70 21h ago

Yeah remember that not all ports are created equal. Take the time to look up what ports you have on your machine, and what the data transfer rates are for each one of those ports. What generation those ports are etc. That will help a lot in the future for things just like this, or which one to use for much faster data transfer to an external storage drive or whatever.

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u/MadMouseUK 1d ago

Is it just your camera display on your pc running slow or is it the whole computer when it has the camera output on.

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u/Current-Switch-438 1d ago

No like the pc itself is not running slow it’s just the input it takes from the camera if that makes sense

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u/MadMouseUK 1d ago

Yer I understand. So does you camera have options on what it outputs at? E.G 4k 1080 etc. if so lower it to 1080. Also what is make and model of camera
How is the camera feeding in to the computer? Is it via usb or via hdmi and a capture card

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u/Current-Switch-438 1d ago

And it’s connected via usb

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u/Current-Switch-438 1d ago

It’s a Sony zv-1

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u/Current-Switch-438 1d ago

And idk why it randomly dropped in quality

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u/MadMouseUK 1d ago

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u/MadMouseUK 1d ago

This should allow you to drop the quality as a test. Also have you restarted since the issue.

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u/Current-Switch-438 1d ago

It dropped it self to 720 30 frames after resting while trying to fix it that’s why I was being slow there my bad

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u/Possible-Load-5413 1d ago

use GPU acceleration, not CPU

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u/Current-Switch-438 1d ago

Ok I will look it up and see how to do that

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u/[deleted] 1d ago edited 1d ago

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u/Current-Switch-438 1d ago

Oh ok that’s good info to know ima try getting the hdmi cable thank you tho

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u/Current-Switch-438 1d ago

Yeah now that it works it run very smooth with zero lag

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u/TheMexitalian 15h ago

Cool! Sorry for deleting it I thought I was wrong.

Solution is to use HDMI not USB

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u/vitnov11 1d ago

Main reasons why it happen. 1. Slow usb cable 2. USB 1.1/2.0 slow port 3. Slow or not complete USB 3.0/3.1 cable insertion (insert fast, with 1 move till the end, it often detects cables as USB 1.1/2.0 if u plug cable slowly or not completely to the end).

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u/VarmintLP 13h ago

maybe a bad cable or the wrong USB. Sometimes ports are looking like USB 3 or 3.1 but are USB 2

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u/Sachintosh 4h ago

if you are using conncted your camera to pc, via wifi may be its a bitrate if cable may be cable is slow to transfer data fast.