OBS (macOS) Virtual Camera

Re:OBS (macOS) Virtual Camera by morsch on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @05:21PM (#23408943)

My Sony a6300 is supported, but I can't get it to work. Doesn't even show up on lsusb when I connect in PC remote mode, much less in gphoto2 --auto-detect. I'm stumped. Too bad, that would have been useful.

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Re:OBS (macOS) Virtual Camera by enjoylife on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @06:24PM (#23409612)

The USB mode has to be changed. Set it to “PC Remote” mode. https://helpguide.sony.net/gbmig/44840601/v1/eng/contents/TP...

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Re:OBS (macOS) Virtual Camera by morsch on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @06:32PM (#23409706)

Thanks. That's what I did. When set to PC Remote mode, the camera does not show up is lsusb or gphoto2. The other modes work, but don't support capture.

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Re:OBS (macOS) Virtual Camera by morsch on Saturday June 06, 2020 @08:44AM (#23438790)

On the off chance that somebody stumbles on this: I got it to work in the end. After the initial experiments, I noticed the camera refused to charge from a bog-standard USB charger (with any cable). Removing and reinserting the battery restored charging functionality and, as it turns out, the camera also started being visible in PC remote mode. Serves me right for only using the regular on/off switch.

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Re:OBS (macOS) Virtual Camera by ceocoder on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @06:23PM (#23409598)

You should try another microUSB cable - my first microUSB cable did not work because it was charging-only.

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Re:OBS (macOS) Virtual Camera by morsch on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @06:33PM (#23409719)

Thanks. I tried several, but I suppose they could all be bad. Mass storage mode works, though.

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