Canon wants us to pay for using our own camera as a webcam
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Re: Canon wants us to pay for using our own camera as a webcam
#2Yikes. Searching around a bit, it seems people frequently use an Elgato capture card or similar to interface with OBS
Re: Canon wants us to pay for using our own camera as a webcam
#35$ to unblock such a feature is already infuriating. But when you read the article, it explains it’s 5$ PER MONTH.
Re: Canon wants us to pay for using our own camera as a webcam
#4> However, Canon is a hardware company, not a software company,
That probably makes it pretty easy to reverse engineer their software to bypass the restrictions.
Re: Canon wants us to pay for using our own camera as a webcam
#5Canon truly is the HP of cameras.
Good thing there's Sony and Nikon.
Re: Canon wants us to pay for using our own camera as a webcam
#6I wonder when we'll reach a tipping point for the subscription hell that the world is moving towards. On the other hand, with the amount of consolidation and difficulty competing (especially with Lina Khan out) I'm not sure if that will ever happen.
Re: Canon wants us to pay for using our own camera as a webcam
#7And this is probably because Canon corporate won't justify a budget for developing this software unless they expect separate revenue for it, even though it's clearly just value-add to the (already very expensive) hardware.
Re: Canon wants us to pay for using our own camera as a webcam
#8I guess someone higher up said “well, someone who has forked out over $6k won’t even blink for an additional $5”
Re: Canon wants us to pay for using our own camera as a webcam
#9I'm not sure since I don't have any Canon gear, but it's very likely that the app just uses the PTP protocol, which is an old but stil common standard. The main ioen source implementation is libgphoto2 and there's an OBS Studio plugin to use it as a camera source, after which you can use its built-in virtual webcam mode to use it as a webcam.
Re: Canon wants us to pay for using our own camera as a webcam
#10And this is probably because Canon corporate won't justify a budget for developing this software unless they expect separate revenue for it, even though it's clearly just value-add to the (already very expensive) hardware.
Bit of a weird argument considering you can use other brand cameras as webcams without any third party software. At least, all my Sony cameras can just be plugged in using USB and it works immediately. No drivers required.