Android TV Box - USB Camera and microphone - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi. Apologies if this is not the right place for this but I'm desperate!! Well, not that desperate but you know what I mean.
I have a really good USB cam meant for connecting to an LG TV but I want to use it on my Android box. I have an older s802 box on which it works fully with Messenger but that's not my main, always connected TV box. That one is a not so old Rockchip and on that the mic works well in Messenger but the cam doesn't, saying that another app might be using the cam but I think that's because it doesn't see the cam at all. If I use a UVC app the cam comes up fine! Then I have another Rockchip box (MX10) where the cam works fine in Messenger but the mic doesn't!
I'm looking for advice on where the problem might lie. It doesn't look like Messenger has a problem, and given the cam works on one Rockchip box and the mic on the other I don't think its that either. The thing that is different in each case is the version of Android. Is it possible to install drivers on these things?
Any advice, suggestions?
Thank you.
David

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