Hey! I'm having serious issues with laggy camera output in Snap Cam.
Here's a link to a quick video explaining all the issues I'm having, my hardware, my setup and everything I've tried to fix the issue as well - https://youtu.be/V_P92NpmxDc
If anyone has any ideas on what I can do to fix this, it'd be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
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Same thing happening to me, did you ever find a solution?
No, there's no fix. It's either a Snapcam issue or an Elgato issue.
Either way, Snapcam's support only copy paste generic responses, I've tried multiple times to get in touch with someone who knows what they're doing, but the general support have no idea what they're doing unfortunately, I think they're mostly there to help people get their passwords back.
I doubt this is an issue that will get fixed.
Don't think it's an Elgato issue since I've ran it through my Canon EOS M50 directly to my computer. I think it has to do with Snap Camera because it randomly starts to work sometimes. But so far it's been more broken than usual. Will update you if I ever get a solution. Thanks for the response.
As far as I'm aware, it's 100% an Elgato issue.
Confirmed this by using an Elgato HD60 Pro and Sony A5100. I reinstalled my operating system to test if the issue persisted and it did.
I also verified it was the Elgato by testing with a Logitech C920, it worked absolutely perfectly with Snapcam on both installations of Windows.
The Sony A5100 was tested at 60, 59.94, 50, 30 & 29.97 at both 1080p and 720p.
The Logitech C920 was tested at 720p 30fps. ( I couldn't get the 1080p mode to work, I believe it was a driver issue and didn't want to reinstall the logitech software on my new OS to verify )
If you find a fix, please let me know. I spent days testing and trying to fix the issue, but I can't find anything other than the Elgato as the issue. If you have a spare webcam, please try it out and let me know if that fixes your issue for you, just so I can be sure.
Oh and I've never had a single instance where Snapcam wasn't a 15fps stuttering mess.
So I finally fixed this issues on my end. After following each YouTube video and snapcam recommendations, I combined a few issues to get my snapcam working in 1080p. Here is the order I used to fix the snapcam.
1. Updated drivers for C920. (Was already updated)
2. Used every USB port on PC until I purchased a USB hub that is powered.
3. Downloaded Logitech gaming software and removed every auto setting.
4. Set power mode to “performance”
5. Finally, over clocked CPU and set power setting in BIOs to “performance”.
After number 5, snapcam started working properly. Hope this helps.