Canon has developed and released a beta version of what they call the EOS Webcam Utility. It allows a selection of Canon cameras to function as a webcam with a PC using a USB connection. One video I watched they demonstrated it's use with OBS.

Has anyone tried this out yet with vMix? I don't have a Canon camera to test with myself but thought others here might be interested in trying.

I can confirm that it doesn't work with vMix yet. The camera mirror claps open, but no image is visible. It does work with OBS though.

(Tested with a Canon 70D)

That's about what I expected based on all the other info I was hearing. None the less, this is an amazing leap forward. Hopefully Canon will be able to improve the performance and get it to work with vMix in the near future.

My Canon 70D also does not work as webcam in vMix. Shows a black box((

Hi All,

We did some testing with the 80D today.
Unfortunately the Canon EOS Webcam Utility has two significant limitations.

1. It only supports a maximum of 1024x576 (basically Standard Definition) and a fluctuating frame rate of around 24/25fps max.
This is likely due to using USB 2.0 and the limited camera preview circuitry on the camera. Therefore we do not expect this to be able to be increased.

2. The driver appears to "accept" any format given to it but will not show video for all of them except one.
This causes problems with vMix as it needs correct responses from the driver about formats it rejects in order to work properly.
The good news is Canon can easily fix this to get it supported in apps like vMix in a future update.

We can work around the limitations of 2 and work on a custom plugin for it if there is a lot of interest, but the limited resolution
and frame rate does limit the potential somewhat so would be interested in hearing your thoughts?

In summary, a cheap USB 3.0 Capture device would give a much better experience.

Regards,

Martin
vMix

Thanks Martin for the test and report.

Don't know about the situation down under, but in many parts of the world cheap/expensive USB 3 capture devices are sold out. Expected deliveries unknown, maybe a week probably a month (or more if not pre-ordered).

I reviewed Sparkocam back in 2013.

https://www.mgraves.org/...ocam-my-canon-rebel-xsi/

It's basically the same thing that the free Canon Utility does today. The resolution and frame rate are limited to something akin to SD.

I was looking to buy a Canon EOS 90D to use with the canon beta software in vMix. From the look of the posts, I will only be able to get SD out of the camera into vMix due to the low transfer rate of the USB.

Before I ditch this idea, has anyone managed to get HD working using this beta software?

Hey Martin, thanks for the update. The problem is with some Canon DSLRs not providing clean HDMI Out. I have a 5D Mark IV and it's great, plug in an HDMI cable into a MiraBox USB 3.0 capture device and vMix is happy as a horse in a hay field. But our church bought a Canon 77D and I had NO idea that the HDMI out wouldn't work natively, that Canon instead was producing a cheesy app in order to presumably save production/manufacturing costs. So the Capture Device is only a solution for limited Canons. I hope they fix it on their end to make it work with vMix. I have no desire to ever work with buggy OBS again, that can't seem to recognize a simple USB mic 100% of the time. ;)

Hi - I'm very new to vMix (and streaming in general really) and am currently in the 60 day trial phase.

I must say that I much prefer vMix to OBS in terms of look-and-feel and functionality, however the only camera that I have available for me to use is a Canon EOS-RP - which works well in OBS with the EOS Webcam utility, but not at all in vMix.

I realise reading through this thread that I'm only getting a resolution of 1024x576. That prompted me to borrow a friend's Logitech Brio and I do feel that the quality and flexibility of the Canon lens more than makes up for the lesser resolution.
For example I can open up the aperture and throw the background into soft focus with the subject still remaining quite sharp. At least sharp enough for a 720p stream. That's nigh-on impossible to achieve with a webcam.

I'm looking into getting a capture card and I'm looking into that but I wasn't really looking to add more kit or spend more money than I have to.

The option I'm using as a workaround is to feed the camera to OBS and output it as a virtual cam and feed it into vMix. But that keeps OBS in the chain.

If I may ask a couple of quick questions with regard to the quoted reply above:

1 - "The good news is Canon can easily fix this to get it supported in apps like vMix in a future update." - has anyone from vMix approached Canon and proposed the 'fix'?
2 - I haven't seen any other responses in the thread to the possible offer of creating a custom plugin to allow EOS Webcam utility to be used in vMix, so I would guess that probably hasn't made it into development?
However there's been over 2,600 views of this thread - which would seem to indicate that there's some interest...

I for one would appreciate a plugin so that I can take OBS out of the mix.

Thanks for your time and many thanks for a great software application.