Re: Does anyone use a USB 'endoscope' on Debian, which ones should work OK?
Joe <joe@jretrading.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
OK, thanks, so I'll go for something reasonably cheap then as there
seems no gain with particular suppliers or models.
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Chris Green
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