09-01-2024 01:05 PM
I am using a 2020 Canon M50 and would likely to use this for streaming. Yes, there are options by using the micro HDMI and capture card as streaming, as well as using a mini USB (android USB) to stream. But I am having difficulties using the micro HDMI and don't have funds to buy another cable. I already have a capture card and have a thought if the USB output will be possible to use if I buy a mini USB to HDMI cable and connect it with a capture card?
Does anyone tried doing that? If not, are there any ways to stream using the USB and not the HDMI output? Thanks!
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09-02-2024 04:13 AM
There is no such thing as a USB to HDMI cable. USB and HDMI are completely different things, and you can't connect them with a simple cable.
You can connect an HDMI video source -- like a camera -- to a USB video sink -- like a PC -- using an HDMI capture "card". These things are actually little dongles that have an HDMI input on one side, where you would plug your camera in, and a USB (usually USB C) cable on the other to go to your computer. These are cheap (mine was £20) and can work well.
But it sounds like you are trying to use your camera's USB output as a video source, and then convert that to HDMI? I don't think this is possble, at least not easily.
If you're thinking that your laptop's HDMI port can work as an input, well it can't. All HDMI ports look the same, but each one is EITHER an input OR an output. The one on your laptop is an output. You can't push video into it.
On the whole I'm pretty unclear about what you're trying to achieve here. You said
"I'm asking if the USB to HDMI can still support to streaming even if it is connected to a capture card.... I'm just having trouble using the HDMI port and looking for other options for this."
USB to HDMI and then to a capture card would be wierd -- you would be converting USB to a video signal, and then converting that signal back to USB. I don't know what this would solve. My guess is that for best results, you need to connect the HDMI port to a capture card, and then plug that into your PC. I guess you're already tryting this, and having problems, and I don't know why -- it just worked for me. Make sure your camera's settings actually have the HDMI port enabled. You will need software on the PC (like OBS) to read the video.
BTW USB unfortunately is a terrible mess; you need to be careful with terminology. "Mini USB" is completely obsolete, and I'm sure none of your kit has it. What you have is either Micro USB, or USB C. In order for people to help you, you need to specify which.
09-01-2024 01:08 PM
Negative. The camera USB port doesn’t have video.
09-01-2024 01:21 PM
What do you mean it doesn't have video? It has. I'm asking if the USB to HDMI can still support to streaming even if it is connected to a capture card. I am also using the Webcam Utility so the USB port works, I'm just having trouble using the HDMI port and looking for other options for this.
09-01-2024 02:35 PM - edited 09-01-2024 02:37 PM
Greetings,
I wouldn't have believed it until I saw it for myself. The Digital Terminal Mini-USB type B does output video.
I saw a few youtube videos from people who used the M50's mini USB type B to USB successfully. I saw comments from others who said they used an HDMI / Capture card with a streaming app successfully. I've not don't this myself.
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09-02-2024 12:14 AM
Yep, the USB port is easier to install than the HDMI for me. Although, I have a HDMI cable I'm still having trouble using. I don't know what is the problem.
09-02-2024 04:13 AM
There is no such thing as a USB to HDMI cable. USB and HDMI are completely different things, and you can't connect them with a simple cable.
You can connect an HDMI video source -- like a camera -- to a USB video sink -- like a PC -- using an HDMI capture "card". These things are actually little dongles that have an HDMI input on one side, where you would plug your camera in, and a USB (usually USB C) cable on the other to go to your computer. These are cheap (mine was £20) and can work well.
But it sounds like you are trying to use your camera's USB output as a video source, and then convert that to HDMI? I don't think this is possble, at least not easily.
If you're thinking that your laptop's HDMI port can work as an input, well it can't. All HDMI ports look the same, but each one is EITHER an input OR an output. The one on your laptop is an output. You can't push video into it.
On the whole I'm pretty unclear about what you're trying to achieve here. You said
"I'm asking if the USB to HDMI can still support to streaming even if it is connected to a capture card.... I'm just having trouble using the HDMI port and looking for other options for this."
USB to HDMI and then to a capture card would be wierd -- you would be converting USB to a video signal, and then converting that signal back to USB. I don't know what this would solve. My guess is that for best results, you need to connect the HDMI port to a capture card, and then plug that into your PC. I guess you're already tryting this, and having problems, and I don't know why -- it just worked for me. Make sure your camera's settings actually have the HDMI port enabled. You will need software on the PC (like OBS) to read the video.
BTW USB unfortunately is a terrible mess; you need to be careful with terminology. "Mini USB" is completely obsolete, and I'm sure none of your kit has it. What you have is either Micro USB, or USB C. In order for people to help you, you need to specify which.
09-05-2024 09:08 AM
Thank you! Will be looking into this. Will try to buy a new HDMI cable hopefully it will work this time. I used the USB port recently connecting it with the Webcam Utility, it works but somehow its video is not good. Will be trying this for HDMI again so I can have better streaming results. Thanks again!
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