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Webcam Shortage

Elitrium
By Elitrium
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I'm a huge long term lurker but wanted to share a solution I found to my webcam woes for anyone else in a similar position for work or otherwise and who have an iPhone.

 

I needed a webcam for work and with very sparse availability both online and at local retailers- I came across a solution with OBS using an iPhone app called Camera for OBS Studio and a plugin in OBS VirtualCam. It has two options, one over WiFi using a plugin called NewTek NDI which in my opinion was absolute rubbish for latency unless you set a high frame buffer. And USB being the second option with an OBS plugin from the app developer.

 

I definitely recommend giving it a go. It was a bit pricey at $15.99... quite possibly the most I have ever spent for an iPhone app but given the current situation with webcams, better than nothing.

 

I wanted to share but also see if guys maybe have found free alternatives or better options?

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Droidcam for android, free and worked pretty well when I used it for live streaming.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

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i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 11 and Fedora Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

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IP Webcam Pro for android here, also along with OBS and virtualcam. 

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