On Thursday, 4 November 2021 17:58:04 AEDT Yuchen Pei via luv-main wrote: > Perhaps take a look at <https://h-node.org/webcams/catalogue/en>.
Thanks, that's a good resource. On Thursday, 4 November 2021 18:00:42 AEDT Paul van den Bergen via luv-main wrote: > Recently purchased a webcam and had a similar discussion - but with a focus > on affordability versus utility. > > Don't buy the cheapest webcams - they are truly crap. But you also don't > need to spend huge amounts either. I purchased a Logitech C505 HD, and > there are a bunch of good logitech midrange webcams. > > I would go look at a few device reviews to get a feel for the current > options in the $100-200 range. I think that $100-$200 for a webcam is unreasonably expensive given that high end phones (which have lots of things in addition to such a camera) cost less than $1000. > I have had cheap SoC mass produced webcams in the past that use barely > functional windows only drivers with no problem on linux (with Cheese), but > the discovery process for some devices can be very ... involved... > especially USB microscopes - essentially webcams with a lens. > > My gut feeling is a well known company like Logitech is much more likely to > be supported on Linux than anything on say Aliexpress. YMMV. I generally don't look at things on Aliexpress. I've found ebay to be pretty good for online stores of new stuff and Aliexpress seems to be more aimed at wholesale. https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/j-burrows-1080p-webcam-with-autofocus-jbcm200bk A private message recommended the above, 1080p for $49. https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/logitech-c270-plug-and-play-full-hd-fhd-720p-webcam-with-video-calling-00097855070753/ Another private message recommended the above, 720p for $49. https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/207347086-Group-HD For Zoom 720p is for a "Pro" account and Zoom support has to enable it, also the client must be in full screen mode (something I generally don't do). 1080p is for a "Business, Education, or Enterprise account" and probably not supported by the Linux client. https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/support/faq.html For BBB 720p is the maximum supported. https://community.jitsi.org/t/1080-jitsi-server-available-to-test-with/18796 For Jitsi 1080p has been supported for a while but not by default and until very recently not for mobile devices. It seems likely that most places that host Jitsi won't have 1080p support enabled. With Australian bandwidth issues it's probably not a good idea to enable 1080p as that may require encouraging people to turn off video when they aren't talking (bandwidth being of the order of the users squared multiplied by the video stream size). Also would I be correct in assuming that a 1080p camera running at 720p would give a lower quality result than a native 720p camera? So I guess 720p would be the ideal resolution for only using current videoconferencing technology but 1080p might be better at some future time. Also 1080p would be good for recording videos to upload later. https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/reitter-full-hd-1080p-webcam-with-microphone-usb-streaming-camera-for-mac-pc-laptops-a-91tdms1qlhfau/ Kogan has the above 1080p webcam for $19 which lists "Linux with UVC（2.6.26 or above" in the driver section. Presumably that means any Linux kernel above 2.6. https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/maysarah-720p-rotatable-usb-camera-live-broadcast-camera-teaching-webcam-with-noise-reduction-built-in-microphone-37whcublwxvsu/ The above is $20, but 720p. Linux support. https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/fashionstore-480p720p1080p-usb-webcam-video-web-camera-wmicrophone720p-fh1102702/ The above is $22 for 720p and $27 for 1080p. With Linux support. It seems that Kogan is now running a scheme like Amazon where other companies are selling through them, that's OK, Kogan will enforce the warranty which means if it says Linux (or "Linx") and ends up only working on Windows I can send it back. Officeworks has nothing below $39. If my first purchase from Kogan turns out to be not adequate but not sufficiently bad for a warranty claim then I could buy another and still not pay the Officeworks price. The best price I could see on ebay for a product that specifically mentions Linux was $19.50 for 1080p, so Kogan is cheaper. Is there anything obviously wrong with the 1080p one from Kogan for$19? -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
