Re: Does anyone use a USB 'endoscope' on Debian, which ones should work OK?
On Wed, 12 Mar 2025 20:43:12 -0600
Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Mar 2025 14:26:32 +0000
> Chris Green <cl@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.
--
Joe
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