On Wed, 12 Mar 2025 14:26:32 +0000 Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote:
> I want to buy one of the cheap (£2.50 to £15) USB endoscope cameras so > I can poke around and see things under the engine of my little canal > boat. > > A little bit of research suggests that most will probably work if they > claim to work with a 'PC' as that implies they use UVC to communicate > with a computer and there's UVC support in Debian (guvcview et al.) > > Can anyone confirm that I have this right? Does anyone here actually > use one of these cameras with Debian? Actual recommendations of > specific suppliers/cameras would be very welcome, eBay, Amazon, > AliExpress, I'm not fussy! :-) In 2022 I ordered an endoscope from Newegg which failed to work with either Debian or Windows. I returned it without incident. It does not seem to be available from Newegg at the moment. Sorry I can't give you a more detailed description of it. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
