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Unfortunately, doesn't work for Macs. Not that Mac camera is bad, but this would have been usable as a better way to position the camera on to the external moni

by harikb 6y ago

Unfortunately, doesn't work for Macs. Not that Mac camera is bad, but this would have been usable as a better way to position the camera on to the external monitor using an old Android phone

falcolas 6y ago
I can’t recall the name of the software off hand, but you can use your iPhone as an external camera for your Mac. EDIT Looks like there’s a couple of options, for example EpocCam.
- darkteflon 6y ago
  Doesn’t work with FaceTime, unfortunately.
- apancik 6y ago
  I've been using this method with pretty good result: https://github.com/apancik/iphone-as-a-webcam https://github.com/apancik/iphone-as-a-webcam
  - vestrigi 6y ago
    Thank you very much, this is exactly the satisfactory solution I haven't found when I was looking for it before! I expected that the iPhones screen recording was only available in Quicktime and not for third-party apps like OBS. Going to try it out soon with an old iPhone 5, I hope it supports streaming video from the camera in the browser.
- darrenf 6y ago
  For paid software with which I have no affiliation beyond being a happy customer, there’s Reincubate Camo: https://reincubate.com/camo/ https://reincubate.com/camo/
spijdar 6y ago
While I'm not sure I'd call it "bad", the webcams on even the 2019 MBPs (last I've personally tried) were kind of overwhelmingly mediocre. The front and rear cameras on basically all the android phones I've used in 6 years are all much, much clearer than the mac's built in webcam.
- PurpleFoxy 6y ago
  I was kinda shocked to see how poor the MacBook camera was considering how good the front facing camera is on the iPhone. Then I realised that on the MacBook it only ever gets used for video calls which will get compressed to 200x150px while the iPhone front facing camera is mostly for selfies
  - johnwalkr 6y ago
    The M1 macs apparently use the same or similar camera used since 2011, albeit with better image processing, which is kind of disappointing.
  - saagarjha 6y ago
    MacBook lids are really thin.
Foivos 6y ago
Since apple is so proud of their ecosystem, I still can not understand, why I can not use an iPhone as a web cam for a Mac without third party software. Especially after one year of work from home.
- retox 6y ago
  I've seen a handful of streamers use phones (admittedly premium Android phones, not iPhones) and they tend to overhead after an hour or two indoors.
  - deleted 6y ago
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- chrisweekly 6y ago
  Agreed -- but I also have to say, setting up OBS to use your iPhone as a virtual camera is pretty trivial.

by harikb 6y ago

Unfortunately, doesn't work for Macs. Not that Mac camera is bad, but this would have been usable as a better way to position the camera on to the external monitor using an old Android phone

falcolas 6y ago

I can’t recall the name of the software off hand, but you can use your iPhone as an external camera for your Mac. EDIT Looks like there’s a couple of options, for example EpocCam.

darkteflon 6y ago
Doesn’t work with FaceTime, unfortunately.
apancik 6y ago
I've been using this method with pretty good result: https://github.com/apancik/iphone-as-a-webcam https://github.com/apancik/iphone-as-a-webcam
- vestrigi 6y ago
  Thank you very much, this is exactly the satisfactory solution I haven't found when I was looking for it before! I expected that the iPhones screen recording was only available in Quicktime and not for third-party apps like OBS. Going to try it out soon with an old iPhone 5, I hope it supports streaming video from the camera in the browser.
darrenf 6y ago
For paid software with which I have no affiliation beyond being a happy customer, there’s Reincubate Camo: https://reincubate.com/camo/ https://reincubate.com/camo/

spijdar 6y ago

While I'm not sure I'd call it "bad", the webcams on even the 2019 MBPs (last I've personally tried) were kind of overwhelmingly mediocre. The front and rear cameras on basically all the android phones I've used in 6 years are all much, much clearer than the mac's built in webcam.

PurpleFoxy 6y ago
I was kinda shocked to see how poor the MacBook camera was considering how good the front facing camera is on the iPhone. Then I realised that on the MacBook it only ever gets used for video calls which will get compressed to 200x150px while the iPhone front facing camera is mostly for selfies
- johnwalkr 6y ago
  The M1 macs apparently use the same or similar camera used since 2011, albeit with better image processing, which is kind of disappointing.
- saagarjha 6y ago
  MacBook lids are really thin.

Foivos 6y ago

Since apple is so proud of their ecosystem, I still can not understand, why I can not use an iPhone as a web cam for a Mac without third party software. Especially after one year of work from home.

retox 6y ago
I've seen a handful of streamers use phones (admittedly premium Android phones, not iPhones) and they tend to overhead after an hour or two indoors.
- deleted 6y ago
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chrisweekly 6y ago
Agreed -- but I also have to say, setting up OBS to use your iPhone as a virtual camera is pretty trivial.