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Review on Microphone Computer Streaming Recording Conferencing Computer Accessories & Peripherals for Audio & Video Accessories by Chris Horton

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Very good product!

The other question I had was how well it would run on Linux. My main system is the current version of Kubuntu Linux. After connecting, it was recognized immediately. My favorite video recording app in Kubuntu is guvcview. It was loaded with default options. After testing different settings I found this to be a decent camera. It had H.264, MJPEG, and YUYV recording options. With YUYV, it could only compete at 5 fps at full 1920x1080 resolution. Both MJPEG and H.264 allow up to 30 fps. In practice, I consistently achieved around 25 fps instead of 30. It was harder to open in the Cheese webcam software. It originally had an error that not enough memory could be allocated. This was fixed by adding a quirk to the configuration file for the uvcvideo driver. The quirk required was to limit the frame rate, which made the camera work properly in Cheese. I also tested it with various video chat programs on Linux and Windows and it worked fairly flawlessly on both systems. The hardware has a fairly long and very durable cable. That's a good thing, because cables often break either from stress or cats like it. Also hardware it is equipped with a manual focus knob. That's good, because unlike some other cameras, this one doesn't constantly try to refocus. This makes it easier to keep an area in focus. I also tested it with various video chat programs on Linux and Windows and it worked fairly flawlessly on both systems. The hardware has a fairly long and very durable cable. That's a good thing, because the cables often break either from stress or cats like it. Also hardware it is equipped with a manual focus knob. That's good, because unlike some other cameras, this one doesn't constantly try to refocus. This makes it easier to keep an area in focus. I also tested it with various video chat programs on Linux and Windows and it worked fairly flawlessly on both systems. The hardware has a fairly long and very durable cable. That's a good thing, because the cables often break either from stress or cats like it. Also hardware it is equipped with a manual focus knob. That's good, because unlike some other cameras, this one doesn't constantly try to refocus. This makes it easier to keep an area in focus. That's good, because unlike some other cameras, this one doesn't constantly try to refocus. This makes it easier to keep an area in focus. That's good, because unlike some other cameras, this one doesn't constantly try to refocus. This makes it easier to keep an area in focus. This makes it easier to keep an area in focus. That's good, because unlike some other cameras, this one doesn't constantly try to refocus. This makes it easier to keep an area in focus. This makes it easier to keep an area in focus. That's good, because unlike some other cameras, this one doesn't constantly try to refocus. This makes it easier to keep an area in focus.

Pros
  • Decent performance
Cons
  • Other