I just tried a Logitech Brio camera with direct USB-C 3.0 cable connect to my 2019 Macbook Pro and it worked well. It shows up in the system information panel as a camera device and Facetime, Zoom, OpenCV can all detect and open it.
hi, Craig,
I’m working on the update of plugin, it will support live streaming to Youtube , Facebook, any RTMP and RTSP server. And audio will also work fine with youtube. Will release the updated plugin soon, hope next few days will send to Ricoh the update.
Also it will solve majority of heating issues too… or at least triple streaming length in warm room temperature.
This is the plugin that I will update soon:
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You managed to fix the audio problem?
There was a long discussion of the problem here:
Wireless Live Streaming Plug-in Audio Problems
The Wireless Live Streaming plug-in from RICOH still has this audio problem, right?
Yes, Craig. It will produce good audio, I’m still doing some optimizations, but for sure will be able to stream to youtube, facebook with RTMP too fine. Also h265 streaming to any RTPS server will work and I improved streaming length/heat issue, actually it should be able to stream more than an hour from a warm room. In RTSP even longer, for hours without any cooler.
Only issue is now that FPS is slightly below 20, around ~16/17FPS when streaming to these platforms with in camera stitching.
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Amazing progress. Congratulations!
Thanks, Craig! Will let you know once it’s sent to Ricoh to update the plugin.
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OK. In the meantime, @jcasman and I will report the problem streaming over a USB cable with MacOS Monterey to RICOH.
Thanks and please let me know when a fix for this arises.
- i have added this to an agenda for a meeting @jcasman and I are having with a RICOH manager tomorrow (Tue 12/7)
- I checked on the news site for theta360.com and there doesn’t seem to be a new firmware. Likely, any fix will be posted there and made available
- I’m going to try and test MacOS Monterey with different webcams
Well Craig. I can let you know now that all other cameras that I have works with Monterey and that includes Logitech Brio, Logitech 920, Sony A7111, Canon D80, I also have a Mevo wireless camera and a Panasonic video camera and they all work fine, yet my Theta V and Theta Z1 are the only ones that do not. I have 2 MacBooks 2017 and 2019 running Monterey and I have tried the Theta V and Z1 on both and I only get audio and no video source on YouTube Vimeo Live QuickTime Player and Wirecast. I don’t use social media so have not tried them there. From my understanding I believe they both urgently need a firmware update. As both cameras are non functional at the minute. I bought these cameras for the spherical live view as I specialise in live streaming Dj and it gives a good effect.I really do appreciate your help and time in trying to help resolve this and I look forward to a fix ASAP 
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Thank you for the detailed testing report. I have copied your post into the meeting agenda and have linked to this discussion. Hopefully, @jcasman was able to test the live streaming as well as it will help to explain the problem during our video conference.
@LongmanLuke the sound in the Wireless Live streaming plug-in may have been improved as well.
Notice of RICOH THETA plug-in upgrade - トピックス(米国)
After more testing, I think that there may be a new incompatibility between the Z1/V and the MacOS Monterey, including 12.0 and the next version macOS 12.1 (in beta). To me, it does not seem like there is an easy fix that would happen soon.
If I needed streaming on macOS, I would consider a downgrade to Big Sur temporarily. Is this feasible?
This is the official announcement from RICOH.
Problem – Not recognized as a camera under live streaming mode on macOS 12 - トピックス(米国)
The following problem has occurred when using a RICOH THETA on Mac.
macOS 12 RICOH THETA Z1 51GB RICOH THETA Z1 RICOH THETA V
– It isn’t recognized as a camera when connected by live streaming mode.We are currently investigating defects.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this time.
The problem still occurs with MacOS 12.1
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Hello everybody - my first post here - I have got 4k live-streaming going pretty well, but only 5fps, on a 2014 Mac mini downgraded to Big Sur. I decided to spring for a new M1 Mac Mini o stream faster. After getting the M1 Mini home I learned that you cannot downgrade an M1 Mac to Big Sur.
Has the Theta V / OBS problem on Monterey been fixed? I am about to return the new M1 Mini, and would love to avoid that (if the Theta V works on OBS on Monterey now).
As far as I know, the THETA V cannot stream on MacOS Monterey as of February 8, 2022.
thanks Craig for all you do for the ecosystem, I can see your effort in the web site content.
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Update. I think it works with macOS 12.3
I tried it with the X after seeing the RICOH announcement yesterday. It worked. If there are further problems, please post again.
I tested with both Theta Z1 and X on macOS 12.3, both worked well
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Thank you for reporting back on your findings! This helps.
After I verify that it works with the V, we can try and mark this problem/question as solved. 
@jcasman we still need to plug a THETA V in at some point to verify the original poster’s question and mark this as solved. At the moment, we’re assuming it works with the V, but have not plugged it in.