Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote:
> 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.
>
Well, being impatient, I bought one of these from Amazon:-
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dual-Lens-WOVTE-Inspection-Adjustable-Waterproof/dp/B0DDBMRYB8/
It arrived today, I installed guvcview and it 'just works', brilliant!
Both lens' are recognised, I can set the definition, it's all very
straightforward and easy to use.
Thanks for all the help everyone, it made me fairly sure most cameras
would be likely to work OK. I chose the above one (apart from Amazon
next day delivery) because it is reasonably high definition, it has a
USB-A plug to go straight into my laptop and it has the second lens on
the side which seemed to me a good idea when poking around under the
engine on the boat.
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Chris Green
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