jaclaz Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Ok, so I bought one of those el-cheapo (and no-name) USB endoscopes/snake cameras. It comes with a (crappy enough) software for Android with no particularly useful functions. I quickly checked what was around for Windows (Windows XP) and found a number of equally crappy camera viewers and a few with some more functionalities. The thingy is a "normal" USB 2.0 camera, just like every other "webcam", with a limited resolution of 640*480 and 30 Fps, with a view angle of 67-70° and all in all is not as bad as I would have expected for around 10 €, and given its 7 mm diameter it is quite handy. It has already largely repaid itself by allowing me to recover some screws and nuts (don't ask) from inside a washer (meaning a washing machine) and to inspect a drain that I could not clean thoroughfully (also don't ask, but there was a cap from a shampoo that allowed the drain weasel to go through so it seemed clean while it stil prevented almost completely the water to flow away) Among the software I found mention of note is Securcam 2:http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Video-Recording/SecureCam.shtml which has some features (#3 is fine, but the #1, #2 and #4 in a separate "settings" window not so much): 1) possibility to flip the image horizontally and vertically 2) possibility to rotate the image (by 90,180,270 degrees) 3) possibility to superimpose date/time 4) the possibility to automatically take snapshots (as .jpg) at a given interval (besides making videos) and a couple ones from here: http://www.oasisscientific.com/downloads.html oasis.exe that has: 5) a digital zoom of 25%, 50%, 75% 6) possibility of setting manually the exposition (that is set automatically by default) and that is the only regulation with this particular camera (here also the setting is on a separate dialog/popup window) smart_camera.exe that looks a tadbit nicer (but is a mass of bloat at 1.9 Mb when compared to the 640 Kb of SecureCam2 and 721 Kb of oasis.exe) has #4 and #6. Now the question is, what other little (possibly portable) program for using the camera exist with all the above features (possibly with a more ergonomic way to change settings while using the camera)? jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted September 22, 2017 Author Share Posted September 22, 2017 BUMP! (#1) jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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