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The logitech C920 can put out incredible video, if you have access to every setting. For some reason logitech puts the training wheels on and doesn't let you ad
by post_break 4y ago
The logitech C920 can put out incredible video, if you have access to every setting. For some reason logitech puts the training wheels on and doesn't let you adjust every single setting like gain. There was an incredible app called "webcam settings" for mac that let you refine that webcam like putting a dslr into manual mode. I was able to get it so dialed in you thought it was a top of the line webcam. That software unfortunately is gone but sometimes it's not the hardware, it's the software. That said I refuse to pay monthly or yearly for software to use my phone as a webcam.
- __turbobrew__ 4y agoOn linux you can use v4l2-ctl to fine tune the webcam settings (focus, gain, white balance, etc). The C920 has really poor firmware, none of the auto settings work well. Auto focus is particularly bad. I wrote a quick script which hard locks all of the settings of my C920 to the optimal values for my office conditions. The low light performance of the C920 hardware is quite bad, but if you have adequate lighting and manually configure the setting you can get a pretty good setup.
- rahimnathwani 4y ago"I wrote a quick script which hard locks all of the settings of my C920 to the optimal values for my office conditions." Yeah I have the same. I have saved settings from guvcview which are loaded after boot and after resume from suspend.
- graupel 4y agohttps://github.com/Itaybre/CameraController https://github.com/Itaybre/CameraController this replaced "Webcam Settings" for me, and it's a brilliant program to pair with the C920 and make it look great!
- post_break 4y agoOh man I'm gonna try this tomorrow at work. This looks promising. Thank you.