Thursday, September 17, 2020

Re: USB Camera

On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 03:46:25PM +0200, Jan Stary wrote:
> Can people please recommend an USB camera
> that is known to work well with OpenBSD?

I have a Logitech C310 USB webcam that works well for my purposes.
It's 720p. Note I haven't used the mic, as I have a separate USB mic.

> Are they generally better
> than the built-in laptop cameras?

Probably. Depends of course on your laptop. You may want to look for
some sample recordings online to get a sense if the image quality would
suite your needs.
>
> I might be forced to lecture online this upcomming semester,
> and tried the builtin mic and camera of a macbook.
> Not horrible when close-capturing myself as a talking head in front
> of a whiteboard, but both the audio and video could be improved.
> I get good sound through a MobilePre uaudio(4),
> but am at a loss wrt uvideo(4) cameras.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jan
>

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