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I wanted to buy a new webcam; basically because I'm finding half my life is spent using one. Ran into the problems mentioned in the article, and put a Logitech

by lwhi 7y ago

I wanted to buy a new webcam; basically because I'm finding half my life is spent using one. Ran into the problems mentioned in the article, and put a Logitech camera onto pre-order. Cancelled that order last night though: possible to use an android phone as a webcam that's most likely better quality than the current generator of USB webcam. I chose this app [1], others are available. [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam&hl=en_GB https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam...

ce4 7y ago
How do you use the IP webcam address in programs like teams, zoom, skype? I resorted to buying a magewell hdmi-2-usb converter. Better quality, I can focus and zoom from further away (no huge nose) and depending on your gear you have automatic background blurring (aperture+sensor size) http://www.magewell.com/products/usb-capture-hdmi-gen-2 http://www.magewell.com/products/usb-capture-hdmi-gen-2
- gegtik 7y ago
  I'm using a combo of OBS, NDI, and OBS-NDI plugin as per scott hanselman's guide. You can download an "NDI" apk for your cell phone since the manufacturer removed the app from the play store, to provide the ability for an android phone to serve as a network display interface (of course it's your risk to download APKs from a random site)
- dirtyid 7y ago
  The couple apps I tried, there's a windows client + generic webcam driver and the android device just shows up in the device list for cam and audio. Works over wifi fine.
- lwhi 7y ago
  It's possible to create a virtual V4L device (https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback). The app I chose, provides a script to set this up. There's also a windows driver, but I haven't used that yet
  - ce4 7y ago
    I tried both webcamoid and https://github.com/CatxFish/obs-virtual-cam https://github.com/CatxFish/obs-virtual-cam on windows but all these are quirky and need administrative rights
  - mmm_grayons 7y ago
    > There's also a windows driver Is the driver signed? If not, you have to enable "test mode" and windows will drop a God-awful watermark in the bottom right of your desktop letting you know "test mode" is on. It's one of the seemingly-small things that bugs me the most about it.
- taborj 7y ago
  See the thread above about DroidCam (also on the Play Store). The Windows client loads a virtual camera driver that connects to the stream. You may be able to use it with other IP cameras, I haven't tried that yet.
  - i15e 7y ago
    Another plus of DroidCam is that it supports streaming the video over USB so no WiFi is necessary.

by lwhi 7y ago

ce4 7y ago

How do you use the IP webcam address in programs like teams, zoom, skype? I resorted to buying a magewell hdmi-2-usb converter. Better quality, I can focus and zoom from further away (no huge nose) and depending on your gear you have automatic background blurring (aperture+sensor size) http://www.magewell.com/products/usb-capture-hdmi-gen-2 http://www.magewell.com/products/usb-capture-hdmi-gen-2

gegtik 7y ago
I'm using a combo of OBS, NDI, and OBS-NDI plugin as per scott hanselman's guide. You can download an "NDI" apk for your cell phone since the manufacturer removed the app from the play store, to provide the ability for an android phone to serve as a network display interface (of course it's your risk to download APKs from a random site)
dirtyid 7y ago
The couple apps I tried, there's a windows client + generic webcam driver and the android device just shows up in the device list for cam and audio. Works over wifi fine.
lwhi 7y ago
It's possible to create a virtual V4L device (https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback). The app I chose, provides a script to set this up. There's also a windows driver, but I haven't used that yet
- ce4 7y ago
  I tried both webcamoid and https://github.com/CatxFish/obs-virtual-cam https://github.com/CatxFish/obs-virtual-cam on windows but all these are quirky and need administrative rights
- mmm_grayons 7y ago
  > There's also a windows driver Is the driver signed? If not, you have to enable "test mode" and windows will drop a God-awful watermark in the bottom right of your desktop letting you know "test mode" is on. It's one of the seemingly-small things that bugs me the most about it.
taborj 7y ago
See the thread above about DroidCam (also on the Play Store). The Windows client loads a virtual camera driver that connects to the stream. You may be able to use it with other IP cameras, I haven't tried that yet.
- i15e 7y ago
  Another plus of DroidCam is that it supports streaming the video over USB so no WiFi is necessary.