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Hi, Does anyone know what other webcams work with the portsdown/Lime Mini? The price of the C920 has gone over £100 and I think that is too much. If anyone has experience of other webcams , I would like to know. The pi camera is very good but the hdmi cable adaptor PCB's are out of stock at tindie.

Hi Jim,

Amazon have the C920 for £45 if that helps?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-Calli ... ooghydr-21

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Malcolm G0UHY

Hi Jim

Only the C920 webcam is currently supported, as each webcam needs bespoke code writing for it, and the C920 is the only (decent) webcam that I have.

I'm quite happy to provide support for other new widely-available webcams on the condition that I am loaned one for the duration of the time that support is required. The problem is that even if I modify the code to introduce support for a new webcam, the next Linux update (these happen on a daily basis) has the potential to break that support.

C920s used to cost about £75, but Amazon did a few offers on them for £25. The sharp increase in home working has led to a shortage in the market.

Although more expensive than Tindie, Pimoroni have the HDMI cable adapters in stock: https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/pi-c ... -extension

Dave, G8GKQ

Thanks Dave, I ordered some PCB's from Pimoroni so Pi cam it is then!

FYI,

I use a C270, it works, although via OBS to IPTS input it looks better.
But it works!

Henk, PA3GUO

*** Logitech C310 works fine.*** Its worked right from early days of webcam integration and after every update.

I also have the C920 and cant tell the difference