R10 Used to work with webcamutility pro one day it stopped working

[nlagos757]

So, I used to use an EOS t7 for video on obs, I switched to an R10 about a little less than a year back everything went smoothly, I had no issues connecting my R10 to my pc and using it as a webcam on OBS, after a couple months of not using it I decided I wanted to try streaming again when I was disappointed to find out that my R10 was no longer working with Obs, neither is my T7 on a fresh install. This was using the same cable and USB port that had worked with my R10 recently. Can anyone please help me?

[Nick2020 · Accepted solution]

Hi nlagos757,

Check to make sure that Wi-Fi is disabled on the camera. Then do additional tests where you disconnect other accessories from the computer and try different USB ports on the computer.

If problems persist, I suggest that you email us at eosdigitalsupport@cits.canon.com, and then we can look at your account details and check some other things.

[Stephen]

Hello!
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[nlagos757]

I am using windows 11, my camera is showing a Battery symbol with a computer under it which is new to me since I have never seen this before. In OBS it just says Webcam utility ( No X or error shown). Sometimes I can see the display on my camera but in OBS it just shows a black screen whenever the battery/computer symbol is not on my camera screen. My Pc specs are an Intel i5-12600k, Rtx 3060 ti, and 32gb of 2666mhz ddr4 ram. It actually used to work on the old webcam utility (despite not offering support for the R10??) and the utility pro, I have not changed any communication settings since the last time I connected my R10 to OBS same goes for the T7 I used for testing purposes. I have no other scenes/sources that are using the output and I have made sure that EOS utility is closed in task manager.

[Nick2020 · Accepted solution]

Hi nlagos757,

Check to make sure that Wi-Fi is disabled on the camera. Then do additional tests where you disconnect other accessories from the computer and try different USB ports on the computer.

If problems persist, I suggest that you email us at eosdigitalsupport@cits.canon.com, and then we can look at your account details and check some other things.

[nlagos757 · Accepted solution]

I appreciate your help, In my 5+ years of learning about software and tech and my probably 20+ attempts at fixing this issue it was the simplest fix ever...I removed the camera from device manager and plugged it in again and boom I got a video output instantly. It seems that windows was recognizing it as a storage device only for some odd reason and having windows recognize it again made it realize that it was a camera. I guess it goes to show if you know a lot about something you overlook the simple solutions.