HDMI camera live stream INTO MacBook Pro (2018) via USB-C (Thunderbolt 3)

rboko wrote:

Trying to live stream capture the HDMI output of my Nikon DSLR camera. I need to use the zoom lens of the Nikon for live streaming my video to a Zoom meeting. USB-C is supposedly Thunderbolt 3 and Thunderbolt 3 supposedly handles HDMI as INPUT.

I'm connecting the Nikon HDMI port which is working - I sent the video to my HDMI monitor to test. I then plugged the HDMI cable into a HDMI to USB-C adapter on my MB Pro. No external camera is detected on FaceTime or Zoom or iMovie or anything else I tried.

The Nikon camera also has an A/V out via USB. That does not seem to work either, via a USB to USB-C adapter.

I'm hoping to solve this via the right connector because of the Thunderbolt 3 aspect of USB-C. Trying to avoid buying an expensive HDMI to USB-3 video capture box, not knowing if that would even work on the MacBook Pro.

Connect to HDMI from your Mac - Apple Support

I'm having the same problem with a Canon Vixia G50. Did you get any answers?