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s90 as webcam

Started Dec 29, 2010 | Discussions
htnoam1 New Member • Posts: 14
s90 as webcam
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Hi
is there any way on using my canon S90 as a webcam?

thanks.

Charlie Tramp Regular Member • Posts: 281
Re: s90 as webcam
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I don't believe it's that easy (although it could be if there were drivers out there). In the past, there were 2 methods used:

1. Live screen capture, by having the cameraview loaded, and another app to capture that region of the screen.

2. Use the video out feature into a video card that supports a videoIn signal; and that video card may have support for input-to-streaming data.

There's an inherent problem - your camera runs on batteries - and to get the AC adapter, you might as well buy a cheap webcam, which WILL be properly supported (and probably less expensive to boot ! ).

RamHanuman New Member • Posts: 1
Re: s90 as webcam
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Did you get to use the s90 as webcam?
I am trying to find how to...

ah001 Junior Member • Posts: 48
Re: s90 as webcam

Hello, this is exactly what I am looking for...did you find a solution?  I thought Linux might be a safer option to find a solution, and only software I could find that can be interfaced with OBS studio, is gphoto2. However, s80, s95 is support, but s90 is not.

So, if you found a way to make it a webcam, please share.

Thanks!!

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