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My EOS Utility live shoot / live view has really bad FPS. Help?

NCKGRV
Apprentice

Hey everyone,

 

I have a canon EOS 650D and I am running the latest EOS Utility, Firmware is up to date and also using genuin canon USB cable (not that it matters right?).

 

Anyway I want to use teh live shoot feauture on my PC but the framerate is really low like stop motion.

 

My PC has decent specs:

 

- I7 6700

- GTX1080 graphics card

- MSI Z170A MB

 

I have tried running it on my Laptop as well after Canon uspport asked me to check whether it is PC specific problem, same story.

 

My intention is to use my camera as a webcam to stream etc.

 

If you have any idea let me know please.

 

Many thanks,

 

NCKGRV

 

 

UPDATE:

 

I have now tried using differnet software and the problem remains. That lets me believe that there is a problem with the connection between camera and PC? The transfer rate maybe? 

 

Thanks for any help.

 

 

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Rindaub
Apprentice
I agree with you @NCKGRV. This Camera is nit meant to be used as a Webcam. However I have a really low-end canon 100D.

Its smooth when I stream using my main computer.
Dell Precision T5500 (2009)
Xeon X5660 (dual cpu) 12 cores 24 Threads 3.2ghz
GTX 980 4GB
48GB Ram

Its Laggy and choppy when I use my laptop.
MSI GL63 (2018)
i7 8750H (6 cores 12 Thread) @ 4.1Ghz
GTX 1050 4G
16GB Ram

I expected the laptop to perform better. but the 11 year old workstation has the smooth output.

i tried checking the settings to make sure they are the same and updating windows and drivers. but still same results. The laptop is laggy.
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