Joe <j...@jretrading.com> wrote: > On Wed, 12 Mar 2025 20:43:12 -0600 > Charles Curley <charlescur...@charlescurley.com> wrote: > > > 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. > > > > It's only a webcam, and random webcams usually work. I've recently > bought a Bresser USB 'microscope', basically a webcam with a > narrow-angle lens, and that's fine. > > I don't think it is possible to tell without actually trying it, but > the odds are good. > OK, thanks, so I'll go for something reasonably cheap then as there seems no gain with particular suppliers or models.
-- Chris Green ·
