Thanks for all the suggestions. So in the end, I got this generic one: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0899RJQ95/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
This was mostly because of cost. It can do 1080P, but (and this is a big
but) it has issues depending on the mode it's used in. It can only do
1080P30FPS in M-JPEG mode, without audio. If you use YUYV the framerate
is poor unless you use VGA mode. I have not tried the built in mic. So
unless like me you don't plan to use the mic, I wouldn't recommend this.
It is very cheap though.
Here's the output from v4l2-ctl --list-formats-ext:
ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT
Type: Video Capture
[0]: 'MJPG' (Motion-JPEG, compressed)
Size: Discrete 1920x1080
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 1440x1080
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 1280x1024
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 1280x720
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 640x480
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 320x240
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
[1]: 'YUYV' (YUYV 4:2:2)
Size: Discrete 1920x1080
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 1440x1080
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 1280x1024
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 1280x720
Interval: Discrete 0.100s (10.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 640x480
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 320x240
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Interval: Discrete 0.200s (5.000 fps)
Hamish
On 09/01/2021 22:05, John Horne wrote:
> On Fri, 2021-01-08 at 15:27 +0000, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> So as I mentioned I'm going to be buying a webcam as my existing
>> solution isn't working.
>>
>> I imagine some of you probably use dedicated USB webcams, so perhaps you
>> could tell me which ones you're using?
>>
>> I'll do research anyway, but it seems webcams are one of those things
>> where Linux support is still poor, so any recommendations are welcome :)
>>
> Hi,
>
> I bought my webcam during the first lockdown as I needed it for meetings. At
> the time a lot of Logitech webcams were either unavailable or very expensive -
> I didn't need anything fancy, just something that worked and gave a reasonable
> image and audio.
>
> I bought a papalook webcam from Amazon
> (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07HF56LX8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)
>
> It works fine out of the box with Fedora 32 and 33 with Zoom. For use with
> Microsoft Teams (used by my employers) required one minor config change to get
> the audio to work (had to add my local account to the 'pulse' group I think).
>
> Using online tests of the webcam indicated that it gave a good image, and the
> audio was okay (it was clear enough). My colleagues confirmed that both of
> these were fine from their end.
>
> Overall I'm very happy with the webcam.
>
> If you're a little bit security paranoid like me, I also bought some webcam
> lens covers too
> (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B075VYMPHW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)
> These are trivial to fit and work fine.
>
>
>
> John.
>
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