I'm looking to buy one for diy use. They're as cheap as £3.54 on amazo n but will they work with a computer here? They all mention android and/or win xp - 7. I don't use any of those here. What's the likelihood of it func tioning under wine?
NT
Assuming you mean the USB ones, they're basically a small USB webcam-onna-stick. I've only used them under Windows, but they should support the usual USB webcam stuff under Linux - but it might be pot luck that you get a proprietary one.
Theo
Yes, usb I'm looking at. It puzzles me that none of them seem to be UVC, wh ich works with pretty much everything I gather.
NT
Don't forget to lay in a stock of moviprep orange.
I have a very cheap Chinese endoscope which works ok with Linux and VLC OK being subjective for quality/cost in this case
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but you're not telling me which :) I ordered it but don't want to waste a m onth if it won't do the job.
NT
Which what ?
which endoscope
NT
But even if someone received a Lucky Golden Hedgehog Borescope1001 this week, which worked with linux/android, you could order the "same" one next week and get one with different guts that only works with Windows10
Sure, it's a lot more likely than a random one though
Would a golden hedgehog really be lucky?
NT
I bought one ages ago and run Ubuntu. It just appears as a standard web cam and works fine. No need to install software or drivers etc. Mine had some tiny led lights around the camera and works fine.
that's what I'm hoping I'll get. But it's a chancey buy
NT
It can be great fun buying cheap Chinese stuff and then being amazed it works at all.
However if it's likely you have to throw away the first one you buy then it's cheaper and less hassle to pay more up front.
Especially if you want a working item and not something to impress your friends with what can be got for a fiver including postage if you wait a month. :)
Now let me tell you about some multimeter test leads I got on Amazon sent from Texas for ?1.18 including postage.... they actually arrived and they actually work. True story. Although it's a good job I wasn't relying on them.
Wrong sort of plumbing.
I bought some writing paper once too. It worked really well also.
Wrongs probably. Brian
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