Blackmagic Devices and Other HDMI Encoders See also the Intro to Using Canon DSLRs with Ecamm Live for more detail on using your Canon DSLR with Ecamm Live. If the camera provides HDMI out, use the HDMI Encoder method below. No other brands of DSLRs or mirrorless cameras are supported via USB. Some Nikon DSLRs may be recognized by Ecamm Live, but the video quality will not be high. Your camera will now be an option in Ecamm Live’s Camera menu. Connect your Canon DSLR to your Mac’s USB port. You can use your Canon DSLR camera with Ecamm Live without any extra hardware or software. The most popular USB webcams are made by Logitech.
USB WebcamsĮcamm Live works great with USB webcams. Cameras and Other Input SourcesĮcamm Live supports a wide variety of cameras and input sources.
When only one video source is detected by Ecamm Live, this video switcher is hidden. If you have more than one camera source available (for example, a built-in webcam and an external video camera attached to your Mac via USB) then Ecamm Live will display a video source switcher at the bottom of the Main Window. With this selected, video from a camera is displayed in the Main Window. The leftmost icon in the Source bar accesses Camera mode. Splitscreen (Selecting Multiple Sources).
