07-14-2020, 07:10 PM
I have a Pansonic DMC-GX85 camera. Bought just over a year ago and use it all the time both for family shots/video, and also as a second camera for my professional video shoots from time to time. It is a fantastic camera, great image quality.
Recently, I wanted to try using it as a webcam, or at least test to see if that would be possible. I had previously bought an HDMI to USB capture card (this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0779Z...le?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ). That capture card works successfully with a 1080p cheapo camcorder and a really nice 4k pro video camera (outputting a 1080 image). I thought it would work fine with the Panasonic camera as well. I didn't have the right HDMI cable to connect to the Panasonic, so I bought a 2 pack from amazon.
Lo and behold I can't get the Panasonic to send video to the computer. There's at a minimum 3 things at play here--the camera has an issue outputting video (tried at both 4k and 1080 res), both identical cables are flawed in the same way, the capture card doesn't like something about what it's receiving, or the computers I'm trying don't like what the capture card is sending. Because I can use 2 other cameras work with the capture card on these computers, I'm ruling out the computers at least for now. And I'm not convinced there's anything wrong with the capture card, though anything is possible. So, that leads me to either HDMI cables or camera.
Short of buying another HDMI cable (which I could do), am I missing anything here that I should be testing? I'd just like to know who the "problem child" is, so I can resolve the issue.
Recently, I wanted to try using it as a webcam, or at least test to see if that would be possible. I had previously bought an HDMI to USB capture card (this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0779Z...le?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ). That capture card works successfully with a 1080p cheapo camcorder and a really nice 4k pro video camera (outputting a 1080 image). I thought it would work fine with the Panasonic camera as well. I didn't have the right HDMI cable to connect to the Panasonic, so I bought a 2 pack from amazon.
Lo and behold I can't get the Panasonic to send video to the computer. There's at a minimum 3 things at play here--the camera has an issue outputting video (tried at both 4k and 1080 res), both identical cables are flawed in the same way, the capture card doesn't like something about what it's receiving, or the computers I'm trying don't like what the capture card is sending. Because I can use 2 other cameras work with the capture card on these computers, I'm ruling out the computers at least for now. And I'm not convinced there's anything wrong with the capture card, though anything is possible. So, that leads me to either HDMI cables or camera.
Short of buying another HDMI cable (which I could do), am I missing anything here that I should be testing? I'd just like to know who the "problem child" is, so I can resolve the issue.