c/pop_os · by classic@fedia.io · 1y

Is there a way to crop the field of vision / frame of the webcam?

I'm on a Legion Lenovo Slim 5. The webcam shows too much area around me during video calls (the browser based teleconferencing tool that I use doesn't have settings to adjust this).

I tried the cameractrls app, but it doesn't offer any way to crop or zoom in. Any other suggestions?

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jj122@lemmings.world · 6 pts · 1y (3 replies)

2 things you can try.

Electrical tape on the camera. Simple but not elegant.
Use OBS and create a virtual camera that's fed by your camera. You can crop/adjust that how you like.

classic@fedia.io · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Thank you. Does OBS refer to this: https://obsproject.com/ ?

jj122@lemmings.world · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Thats it. It's a little difficult to get setup but I used that to get my Canon T2i setup as a webcam. You'll also want to set it up to auto launch at login/startup. That are a ton of tutorials and videos on it since most streamers use it.

classic@fedia.io · 1 pts · 1y

Awesome, thank you. I'll give that a go

dtrain@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Download Cameractris from the pop store and use the zoom function.