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Re:Why can’t you buy a good webcam? by alchemism on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @03:36PM (#25510920)
There are numerous Android/IOS apps which make your phone either a webcam or network camera.

Some examples are EpoCam, Camo, NDI Camera, etc.

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Re:Why can’t you buy a good webcam? by throwaway09223 on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @03:38PM (#25510959)
Yes, this is good advice thank you.

The real problem I'm trying to solve is being able to use my phone while running a zoom, though!

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Re:Why can’t you buy a good webcam? by Ancapistani on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @04:07PM (#25511258)
Do you have a retired phone in a drawer somewhere?

I recently started taking Zoom calls in my office on my desktop, and didn’t have a webcam at all. I found EpocCam and used it on my iPhone X, but quickly pulled out my wife’s retired Galaxy S7 to use for this purpose.

At this point you can get a used S7 on eBay for ~$60. That’s cheaper than a webcam with similar image quality, and you can use the phone for other projects if that’s your thing.

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Re:Why can’t you buy a good webcam? by throwaway09223 on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @02:06PM (#25520886)
I got out my pixel1 for exactly this reason. It began to boot, then hung, and now will not boot at all.

I might try to pick up a spare phone for cheap somewhere as you suggest.

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