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From: Clive Arthur <clive@nowaytoday.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: webcam viewer?
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 23:21:18 +0000
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On 29/03/2024 22:19, john larkin wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Mar 2024 23:39:24 +0200, Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 3/29/2024 22:00, john larkin wrote:
>>> On Fri, 29 Mar 2024 12:15:40 +0100, Robert Roland <fake@ddress.no>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:33:54 -0700, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Can anyone recommend a good
>>>>> webcam viewer?
>>>>>
>>>>> I just got a decent, affordable termal imager with close-up lens. The
>>>>> user interface and instructions are of course obtuse. I managed to get
>>>>> it to save snaps to its SD card, and can open them, but I'd like to
>>>>> run it in webcam mode too.
>>>>
>>>> If it is a webcam, it will have a built-in web server with an IP
>>>> address.
>>>>
>>>> I think you have a USB cam, not a web cam.
>>>>
>>>> I use AMCAP to view USB cameras, such as borescopes, microscopes etc.
>>>
>>> Yes, it is usb cam. It's a Uni-T Pro thermal imager. It can be set to
>>> work as a live cam (which I can't get to work) or as a USB memory
>>> device that saves images to an SD card. That mode barely works and is
>>> very weird.
>>>
>>> Decent thermal imaging, nice snap-on close-up lens, ghastly embedded
>>> software.
>>>
>>
>> On windows 10 Yawcam works OK for me. Don't know about 11, you say it
>> won't show up in the file explorer directory tree so it is uncharted
>> territory for me.
> 
> WebcamViewer finds it and tries to open it and says it's broken.
> 
> It does appear as a USB memory stick. To save an image file, pull the
> trigger twice, unplug the USB cable, and plug it back in.
> 
> File explorer "refresh" doesn't work.
> 
> Why is software continuously getting worse?

I use 'Digital Viewer' for a USB microscope, but have found it works 
with any USB camera I've tried.

https://plugable.com/pages/microscope-drivers

It's not very complicated, so may work.

-- 
Cheers
Clive