# External camera not working
**URL:** https://forum.8thwall.com/t/external-camera-not-working/2207
**Category:** Technical Support
**Created:** [July 26, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.8thwall.com/t/external-camera-not-working/2207 "2024-07-26T06:19:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@WhizCo\_in](https://forum.8thwall.com/u/WhizCo_in)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.8thwall.com/t/external-camera-not-working/2207/1 "2024-07-26T06:19:45Z")
My web AR camera does not open with an external camera when I connect it. How can I fix this?
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### Author:  [@GeorgeButler](https://forum.8thwall.com/u/GeorgeButler)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.8thwall.com/t/external-camera-not-working/2207/2 "2024-07-26T16:02:31Z")
You might have a virtual webcam from OBS or something similar. [You can check if there’s multiple cameras here.](https://webrtc.github.io/samples/src/content/devices/input-output/)
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### Author:  [@Tavius\_Koktavy](https://forum.8thwall.com/u/Tavius_Koktavy)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.8thwall.com/t/external-camera-not-working/2207/3 "2024-11-22T22:14:46Z")
Hey I have a similar question, my primary webcam is in use when the page loads and I want 8th Wall to select the secondary camera. By index, by name, etc.
I thought I could use a component to register a pipeline module, and I can get as far as accessing the camera feed within `onBeforeRun`, but it seems that `xrextras-loading` is overeager and I only ever see the “Reload the page and enable camera access” error due to the primary camera being in use.
Any insights here?