If you have a laptop with multiple GPUs (often Intel & Nvidia) then it's important the most performant option is used for Swing Catalyst: Solutions If the computer tries to conserve power by entered an 'idle' power state it may affect the USB 3.0 or 2.0 performance, which again may result in dropped frames. If you have other USB devices connected they may 'steal' bandwidth. USB 3.0 has a much higher bandwidth capability than USB 2.0, hence why it's possible to use more than one camera on a laptop with USB 3.0, however the limitations are more or less the same. The problem of dropping frames can be related to several issues, but is rooted in the fact that a USB camera is usually limited by the amount of available bandwidth on the USB bus. The camera 'advanced settings' window lists a large number of dropped frames.A captured video clip has many frames that are duplicated.The camera live preview appears 'choppy'.This support article will tell you how to diagnose and fix 'dropped frames' on USB 3.0 and 2.0 cameras. How to fix 'dropped frames' with USB 3.0 / 2.0 cameras.
