On Thu, 2021-08-12 at 17:57 +0930, Tim via users wrote: > On Wed, 2021-08-11 at 13:09 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > My USB camera, which is used only for online video chats, has quite > > marked fisheye distortion. Although this could be regarded as a > > feature in some contexts, for me it's just a distraction. Is there > > a > > way of removing this in real time? I mostly use Zoom, but if > > possible > > I'd like to tweak the video somewhere between the driver and the > > application, in other words create a "virtual camera" that works > > the > > way I want, perhaps analogous to how audio pipelines work in Linux. > > Probably the easiest approach is get a better camera, but that's not > always desirable. I got a real cheapie, and it doesn't have that > problem. I've already been through several cameras but this is the first one with acceptable sound. It's only for occasional use so I'm not that keen on spending a lot. In fact I saw an article recently on webcams which concluded that there are no good ones ... > Basically, the problem is a tiny image sensor needs a super wide- > angle > lens to get a wide-enough image on a tiny sensor. You either > increase > the sensor size, or built a better lens. > > I notice people offering a software filter to add reverse distortion > to > the image in obs-studio, it's possible the same algorithms might work > in other software. One of them tweaked a sharpness filter that came > with the program, so you didn't have to figure out how to add an > extra > filter. > > It's damn hard to search for answers for a program called zoom, > seeing > as it uses the same name as a zoom lens. I wish programs wouldn't > pick > such generic, and inappropriate names. There's nothing zoomy about a > chat program. Yep. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
