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chrisseaton on May 17, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Using a "proper" camera as a webcam

Isn’t the video interface over USB standard? You don’t need drivers do you? Just plug and play.

dividedbyzero on May 17, 2022 [–]

At least my Fuji X-T4 insists on its own driver that makes use of live view video the camera sends via some proprietary protocol and exposes that as a virtual webcam. It doesn't do USB webcam sadly.

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