{"id":1802,"date":"2026-06-04T02:25:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuff.tamius.net\/sacred-texts\/?p=1802"},"modified":"2026-06-04T02:25:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:25:42","slug":"charr-cosplay-the-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuff.tamius.net\/sacred-texts\/2026\/06\/04\/charr-cosplay-the-cameras\/","title":{"rendered":"Charr cosplay: the cameras"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The morning started well enough. After designing the ear animatronics until 3 in the morning the previous night, I woke up to a bunch of e-mails and SMSes that announced my aliexpress order will be delivered. Unfortunately, that was my secondary\/plan B camera instead of the main one. Fortunately, that’s still enough to do some quick testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The “plan B” camera module.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So I connect the camera to my computer with the USB cable, pull up OBS and configure the camera. Obviously, I immediately max it out to see if Xinnie express listing was lying, because 3000-something by 2000-something at 15 fps over USB 2.0 connection seemed a bit like a stretch. And it seems that, sure enough, camera is capable of doing that. Neat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HOWEVER.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn’t buy this camera for it’s too much <\/code> by too much<\/code> at 15 fps. I bought it for small<\/code> by small<\/code> at 30, or \u2014 in case main camera doesn’t show up \u2014 2k301<\/a><\/sup>2560×1440 is not 2K. 1920×1080 is 2k, and whoever decided to call 1440p “2k” deserves to be continuously tased for a week, and then shot (repeatedly) if they’re still alive. Last but not least, someone needs to blow up a nuke in the center of a certain O-shaped building in Cupertino so that this kind of thing never ever happens again. <\/span> because 30fps is the bare minimum for seeing outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Advertised framerates. “Plan B” in blue, “intended use” in orange.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And that’s kinda where we run into problems. Because see, <\/em>OBS still only gives me 15 fps at 800×600:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Where’s the 30fps option?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But fine. This camera will only be used to look at the ground. 15fps is serviceable <\/em>for this purpose. We’ll survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, I’m not gonna be carrying my PC while in the costume. I’m gonna be running the cameras from Steam Deck. Initially, I didn’t intend to use OBS for that. Instead, the options were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n