Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Etaoin Shrdlu was thinking very hard :
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Etaoin Shrdlu has brought this to us :
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
I've just had a cheap USB endoscope/snake camera delivered. WinXP's
control panel has 'Scanners and Cameras', which allows me to see a
tiny
view of what the camera sees, but there has to be a better way. Your
suggestions please, for some free viewing software?


Mine came with specially-written software on a mini-disk. Is yours
still in the bottom of the jiffy-bag? I nearly threw away a raid card
driver for that reason only a few days ago. The software (which is
best described as 'functional') is called rscap 2.10 , and as I try it
just now, Google return a few downloads for this.

Its just a bare camera, with a coiled up lead, no software, no
instructions, but some sort of 90 mirror attachment and a lens cleaning
cloth.

Thanks, I'll take a look at rscap.


Mirror attachment? Sounds like you got the deluxe version. Mine had
nothing but the disk, but it was enough to show me my piston crowns.

The mirror is intended to allow it to look sideways, but it makes it
very blurred. Its as if it is steamed up. Might have a go at cleaning it
later.

None of the suggestions would produce an image at all, which seems odd,
what I did find which worked was a package called VimicroCam. Rather
heavyweight package at 5.3Mb, but at least you can fill the screen with
the image.

All I wanted to do, was inspect the hidden valley gutter between my
garage and workshop for obstructions. It over flowed when the snow
melted from the roofs recently.


I was quite pleased when I discovered I could see how much crud was in
the gutters by sticking a webcam on a stick. Much easier than wrestling
the ladder out of the garage.