Fixing Swapryn Cam not working in Discord and Zoom

If Swapryn Cam fails to start in Discord — often with error 2014 — or Zoom shows “Cannot start the camera” when you select Swapryn Cam, and the Windows Camera app reports the camera is “being used by another application” even though nothing else has it open, this is a known conflict in versions before 0.1.2. It’s fixed in the current release; updating resolves it completely.

The fix: update to 0.1.2

The fix requires a clean reinstall, not just an update over the old version — the old driver needs to be fully removed first.

1. Open your current Swapryn app and uninstall the existing Swapryn Cam driver from inside it.
2. Uninstall the Swapryn application itself.
3. Restart your computer.
4. Download and install the latest version from swapryn.com.
5. Reopen Discord or Zoom and select Swapryn Cam as your camera.

If you can’t update right away: route through OBS

If you need Swapryn Cam working in Discord immediately and can’t update yet, OBS Studio (free) can route the feed in as a workaround:

1. Install OBS Studio, including the Virtual Camera feature.
2. In OBS, go to Sources → + → Video Capture Device, and choose Swapryn Cam.
3. Confirm the source appears in your OBS scene.
4. Click Start Virtual Camera in OBS.
5. In Discord’s video settings, select OBS Virtual Camera instead of Swapryn Cam directly.

This routes Swapryn Cam’s output through OBS’s own virtual camera, which sidesteps the conflict. It’s a workaround, not a fix — updating to 0.1.2 removes the need for this extra step entirely.

Common questions

What does Discord error 2014 mean? It means Discord tried to start the selected camera device and failed. In versions before 0.1.2, this happened specifically with Swapryn Cam due to a driver conflict — it isn’t related to your webcam, your Discord settings, or anything else running on your PC.

Why does the Windows Camera app say the camera is in use by another application, when nothing else is open? This is the same underlying driver conflict, not an actual second application holding the camera. It’s a symptom of the same pre-0.1.2 issue and resolves after the clean reinstall described above.

Does this affect Zoom too, or just Discord? Both. On Zoom, the same underlying driver conflict shows up as “Cannot start the camera” when you select Swapryn Cam. It’s the same pre-0.1.2 issue as the Discord error, and the same fix applies: a clean reinstall of 0.1.2.

Will this come back after I update? No. Version 0.1.2 includes a permanent fix for this driver conflict — once you’ve done the clean uninstall-and-reinstall, Swapryn Cam starts normally in Discord and Zoom without the OBS workaround.