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Hi! I have a wireless internet camera from linksys wvc54g. iam able to stream video on internet but i am not able to watch the same on my pocket pc. it opens the website but doesnt show the actual video, i think it requires active x to play files. i tried downloading VCmobile but didnt work..any suggestions
Its the same problem in every pocket pc web browsers... cant seem to get it to work too
try the latest vcmobile...it just works wonders for me.....i have the dlink 5300....and an imate k-jam...
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Have you tried ViewCommander?
Ivi View Commander v3.06 work fine.
I run an IP based webcam on my network at home, with its own built in webserver. It creates a streaming image, and (I believe) uses ActiveX to display in a browser window.
I can call up the page using my MDA Pro, and Pocket IE, but the frame containing the image doesn't load - so I can configure the camera etc etc, but can't see any output.
It would be VERY helpful to be able to view... does anyone know of any way to get it working?
Using webcam.. try windows media encoder
Hi,
Try this, download windows media encoder (free from MS) , then choose to stream your webcam, it will ask you for port no etc (just choose 80 if you can) then you should be able to connect by typing mms://(your ip) (port) into windows media player on exec and voila.. or I have set my server as a media sever and view videos Ive made on my exec.. its pretty cool.. same principal (sort of)... 8)
Thanks for that, however I'm not running a webcam attached to a PC - its an IP Network Camera (has its own WiFi connection direct to my router) which has its own built-in webserver - so its totally standalone.
I *think* it should also deliver as a java page for devices which don't support the ActiveX control, but I can't seem to toggle that either.
I did hope to simply open the URL in Pocket IE or WM10 on the MDA Pro and simply have it work. It doesn't...
Just wanted to bump this thread up - I'm hoping to do this too to keep an eye on an increasingly mobile baby and save us from having to run back and forth to check how far she's gotten this time!
Perhaps you could provide us with some info on the camera..
What type is it?
Re: Using webcam.. try windows media encoder
mcse17 said:
Hi,
Try this, download windows media encoder (free from MS) , then choose to stream your webcam, it will ask you for port no etc (just choose 80 if you can) then you should be able to connect by typing mms://(your ip) (port) into windows media player on exec and voila.. or I have set my server as a media sever and view videos Ive made on my exec.. its pretty cool.. same principal (sort of)... 8)
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Hi
it works but on PC and not on my JJ...
why?
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the camera stream is accessed via javascript and unfortuantly pocket IE does not support javascript. Other browsers do, like thunderhawk, but it does not seem to work correctly on jasjar/mda pro.
I use Axis IP Cameras, and Video servers, and a program on my XDA exec by axis to view my cameras, Its excellent been useing it for ages, i can even control the PTZ cameras i have
You can pick up Axis 2100 cameras on ebay for £80, I have used other types of IP cameras, But if you just wont it to work everytime never crash like a PC with a web cam attched, get some Axis stuf
I dont work for axis or anything but i have learned the hard way, Get axis stuf it works..........
John
My camera is a Gadspot (http://www.vcenter.net) - its the NC-1000, and its mounted at the bottom of my smallish garden in my huge dog kennel, so I can watch my doggies sleeping while I'm at work
I guess my other option is to use some camera software on a PC to capture the stream from the camera and re-distribute it - but I just wanted to be able to connect directly, and was hoping some software on the Universal would be able to display what is essentially quite a simple thing...
applecom said:
I use Axis IP Cameras, and Video servers, and a program on my XDA exec by axis to view my cameras, Its excellent been useing it for ages, i can even control the PTZ cameras i have
You can pick up Axis 2100 cameras on ebay for £80, I have used other types of IP cameras, But if you just wont it to work everytime never crash like a PC with a web cam attched, get some Axis stuf
I dont work for axis or anything but i have learned the hard way, Get axis stuf it works..........
John
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what is PTZ?
what is the name of the sw you use to connect to your camera that runs on PPC? whic resolution is truly useable?
thanks for your answer
Isn't there any possibility to create the actual picture as a *.jpg every one or more seconds and serve that as a Port 80-Server?
Most webcams do that and in the java(script)-code is the adress of that *.jpg!
You have to put the adress in the PIE and if you want to see a new picture you renew the page.
That works on most webcams i know.
CouchPotato said:
Isn't there any possibility to create the actual picture as a *.jpg every one or more seconds and serve that as a Port 80-Server?
Most webcams do that and in the java(script)-code is the adress of that *.jpg!
You have to put the adress in the PIE and if you want to see a new picture you renew the page.
That works on most webcams i know.
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Any ideas what the .jpg image would be called?
timetex said:
My camera is a Gadspot (http://www.vcenter.net) - its the NC-1000...
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I think you can do that with the Exec!
Technical Description of NC-1000
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>Motion Detection Supports Upload Images to FTP & EMAIL
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> Remote Record and Snapshot Control on Web
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-Compression: JPEG Image, MJPEG Video
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System Requirements
-Operation system: Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP, Linux, Mac
-Browser: Microsoft IE5.x, 6.x or above, or Netscape
Navigator 5.x or above
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You can get snapshots this way for shure!
I found it
Thanks couchpotato.
http://<camera.address>/Jpeg/CamImg.jpg
(which gives a single image)
http://<camera.address>/GetData.cgi
(which supposedly gives me a stream... but doesn't)
But at least the single image bit works for now. If I could find a way to get the page in IE to autorefresh (like Opera on the PC can be triggered to autoreload a page every x seconds / minutes) then this would certainly do the trick
I went thru half of it.. working ok..
web cam
Re: I went thru half of it.. working ok..
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web cam
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What does this software do? FTP output of the pocket PC to an FTP site?
Doh...
Of course that's what it does.
It works OK
http://www.timetex.plus.com/webcamimage.jpg
(that's using the small cam on the front, rather than the main 1.3mp cam)
However, its not releasing from the stored shot and going back to the preview, so it needs manual intervention to keep sending the images up...
I'll see if I can tweak it
Have a look at www.axis.com, software and then ACE (axis camera explorer) download the PPC version ( works fine on Exec) there is a demo camera to look at.
I use it everyday here to view our cameras and video server, And i can control the PTZ pan / tilt /zoom as well
John
Re: Using webcam.. try windows media encoder
asci said:
mcse17 said:
Hi,
Try this, download windows media encoder (free from MS) , then choose to stream your webcam, it will ask you for port no etc (just choose 80 if you can) then you should be able to connect by typing mms://(your ip) (port) into windows media player on exec and voila.. or I have set my server as a media sever and view videos Ive made on my exec.. its pretty cool.. same principal (sort of)... 8)
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Hi
it works but on PC and not on my JJ...
why?
:wink:
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WHEN YOU GOTO MEDIA PLAYER ON PPC THEN GOTO OPEN URL - THEN TYPE MMS://YOUR IP ... THIS SHOULD WORK NO PROBLEM.. IVE BEEN USING IT FOR A WHILE NOW..
I have port 1010 open on my machine, running Windows Media encoder and running a webcam stream from my machine.
My IP address is paired with www.dyndns.org, but I still can't get access to the stream from WME10 on my Exec using the following:
mms://www.URLname.com:1010
When I open the URL, I get:
"Cannot find the file. The file might have been removed, renamed or deleted. If the file is stored on a server or a removable storage card, the server might not be available."
Anyone got any ideas what I might be doing wrong?
Hello all,
I have a small computer store and I have connected 2 TrendNet IP cameras to my network to monitor my store and record all activity with their sowftware. Also them being an IP cams any computer in network can open their IP addresses and watch what is happening in the store over Internet Explorer or other browsers on a PC ...
Is there some program for my HTC Touch HD to monitor those cams? Or am i missing something I need to install to be able to see through Internet Explorer or Opera on my HTC Phone. In my previous phone (HTC TyTn) i could only see still image from camera, but not video. Blackstone won't even show still image.
Both cameras support MS ActiveX and one camera can also show video through java, video is coded in MPEG4 format.
Thanks in advance...
I would like to know a solution to this as well. I have the Panasonic netcams and have the same problem. My wife has the iphone and can view movement on the cams full screen via safari.
interesting....
razor_amd said:
Hello all,
I have a small computer store and I have connected 2 TrendNet IP cameras to my network to monitor my store and record all activity with their sowftware. Also them being an IP cams any computer in network can open their IP addresses and watch what is happening in the store over Internet Explorer or other browsers on a PC ...
Is there some program for my HTC Touch HD to monitor those cams? Or am i missing something I need to install to be able to see through Internet Explorer or Opera on my HTC Phone. In my previous phone (HTC TyTn) i could only see still image from camera, but not video. Blackstone won't even show still image.
Both cameras support MS ActiveX and one camera can also show video through java, video is coded in MPEG4 format.
Thanks in advance...
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Can i ask you, which camera you have.... it wouldnt be an ELRO camera would it???
i am having probs getting my camera to send an image to my webpage, once at webpage next step is what your trying to do....
any help would be greatly welcomed....
cheers mark
have you tried "my orb" http://www.orb.com/
Try to find out direct url to the mpeg4-stream, then just open windows media player, go library, menu -> open URL
If u manage to play the mpeg4-stream with ur computer, click over the video windows -> properties, there u should see the url from where windows media player is playing the stream. The url could be something "rtsp://..." or "mms://..."
Monitoring IP Cams (just released sw)
IP Camera viewing
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Try this.. Hope it helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=513988
L4z3r
could you not use the remote desktop client on the HD to view them?
Orb works great here already a vieuw years now. it's free,and you can also listen to music from your pc throug internet on your hd and/or watch movie's stored on you computerand watch them throug internet on your hd.
regards stef
Webcamxp:
webcamXP Mobile HD v2.1.3
This new version has been particulary optimized for HTC Touch HD.
Try Yawcam
I had a little dabble with streaming a web cam to the internet and the best program I came across was a free program called YAWCAM (Yet Another Webcam Software!).
http://www.yawcam.com/
I haven't used it recently, but it is simple to use and I successfully streamed images of our home to my Orange SPV E650 (this too was an HTC smart phone, but rebranded for Orange in the UK).
I reckon on the HD the results should be pretty good. A the time I was using it for monitoring our newly installed cat flap (CATCAM!) to make sure both of our cats were actually using it (one still refuses to ) .
I think if you used this in conjunction with remote desktop, VNC or the like, you should then be able to control the camera too.
Hope this helps...
I own a couple of places... and use the AVTECH DVR's
16 cameras on each site..and it comes with an app.. eagleyes. It is for WM5/WM6..and have it running with no probs on all devices..from QVGA - WVGA.
only thing you may get is a weird name for each connection. otherwise..I can happily sit anywhere and still look at my public/staff
mmdirk said:
I would like to know a solution to this as well. I have the Panasonic netcams and have the same problem. My wife has the iphone and can view movement on the cams full screen via safari.
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Like L4z3r said, I would check out this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=513988
There is no need for a computer to be on and attached if the camera supports JPEG or MJPEG. It allows you to have one free IP camera so you can also test to make sure it works for you.
mmdirk, the app supports PTZ on Panasonic (for cameras that have PTZ capabilities), you can actually control the camera with the touch of a finger. Hope this works for you.
WebcamXP Mobile HD does the job
Hi, I'm using Webcam Mobile HD (see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=492081) with my IP camera Y-Cam Knight and it works like a treat. Best via 3G or WiFi but 1 pic every 10sec even via GPRS. The software also has full-screen and landscape modes to make use of the large display. Highly recommended!
Hey,
Never really thought of this until now.
Basically, I have a router with 3 PC's and a TV connected to it. I can open Windows Media Player on the computers, enable streaming, and the TV can watch videos, play music and view pictures from the PC's.
Now I was wondering if the HD2 is capable of allowing the TV (or PC's) to connect to it so they can view/play the pictures/videos/music off it...
Its a long shot, and I dont have a clue how the app "Streaming Media" works. But as the HD2 has Windows Media...
Thanks
There is a post that answers this recently added. You need a program which handles DNLA which was pulled off of a Samsung and it works very well.
VLC Stream & Convert
hxxp://traveldevel.com
This software has been out for a little over 2 months and for some reason it hasnt become wildly popular. I figured id start a thread for it since the software can be quirky when setting it up. It sounds like it was a side project for the author.. it is an amazing side project. My phone has become the end all be all multimedia device. I can access my music with Subsonic and all of my Movies with this app. The only thing you need on your PC is VLC.
My EVO is 100% Stock so I do know it works with everything on the stock EVO.
Some quick tips with the EVO.
1. By default the app is set to use port 554 under the "Stream to phone (rtsp)". Change that to port 5554.
2. Wifi has to be on for the video streaming to work for some reason. You do not have to be connected to wifi, just the antenna has to be on.
3. IF you are confused by VLC and want aa quick way to set it up properly in windows (especially with the newer versions of vlc) the VLC setup tool by Hobbyist Software works great. It is a one time setup.
I've had this app for a while now and love it.
Actually, thanks to this post I figured out finally how to stream video over 3g. Didn't know the wireless had to be turned on.. weird.
Awesome being able to have my entire media collection on the go, don't have to worry about converting files or switching out what is on my sd card.
I tried setting this up before but couldn't get it to work. I believe VLC is setup correctly and I put in my computers IP (trying to do it over 3G). It never displays my files, it also doesn't give an error message or anything either. Just sits there. Any idea?
When you go to localhost:8080 in your pc browser what do you see?
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When you go to localhost:8080 in your pc browser what do you see?
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I see the VLC web interface. But when I put in my IP address (trying to do it over 3g and not wifi) it doesn't connect.
I made a little write up for another forum, steal anything you'd like for the OP:
Fans of Air Video on the iPhone/Pad/Touch know that there are no plans for a much requested Android port because if its reliance on Apple's AirPlay protocol.
Well for Android users there's now an equivalent alternative using VLC.
What this does:
Let you transcode and play on the fly any media file you can play with the desktop version of VLC from your desktop and stream live to your Android device over WiFi and/or a mobile network (3G/4G). VLC will stream the video via the RTSP protocol which supports live seeking of streamed content.
Orb Live also does this, but the Orb client is not free and the video quality sucks ass. The video quality using VLC transcoding is quite excellent.
Installing the RTSP Server
Quick Setup:
1.) Grab a copy of VLC, the latest version of this writing is v1.1.4 has garbled audio issues when transcoding videos with AAC, so grab the older version (1.1.3) from here:
http://www.oldapps.com/VLC_Player.php?old_vlc=53?download
2.) Start VLC and go to
A.) Tools->Preferences
B.) On the bottom left click on the "All" radio button to show all settings.
C.) On the treeview to the left exapnd the Interface tree node and select the "Main interfaces" tree item.
D.) On the right side check the "HTTP remote control interface" option and press the Save button.
Leave VLC running it will act as a streaming RTSP server with a web based file browser running by default on port 8080.
For a more advanced setup, or if you need to setup using alternate ports refer to the info here:
http://traveldevel.com/vlc-stream-convert/setup
Installing Client
Grab VLC Stream and Convert from the Market (the free version works fine and will do pretty much everything we want):
http://www.appbrain.com/app/vlc-stream-convert/com.gmail.traveldevel.android.vlc.app
Exposing VLC to the Internet for 3G/Mobile streaming
Quick Setup;
1.) On my Windows 7 firewall settings I allowed the VLC.exe public and private network access.
2.) On the router I port forwarded the default ports used by VLC for the web based file browser and RTSP server (ports 8080 and 5554 respectively). The default RTSP port may be 554, check and/or change VLC Stream & Convert to verify.
More detailed setup:
http://traveldevel.com/vlc-stream-convert/streaming-over-3g
Streaming over 3G on Froyo (Android 2.2) Workaround
Apparantly there's an issue with Froyo (experienced with my Evo 4G running stock Froyo) which locks down the ability to stream via RTSP over 3G. The work-around is to turn on the WiFi radio, even if you stream off 3G.
More info on the issue here:
http://community.htc.com/na/htc-forums/android/f/94/p/5287/23683.aspx
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-evo-4g/26814-htc-streaming-media-player-problems.html
Tweaking for your device:
For optimized viewing on Sprint 3G's network on my EVO 4G, I use thse settings.
1.) In the VLC Stream & Convert application type the "menu" button and tap "Settings".
2.) Under the "Stream to phone (rtsp) under the "H.264" AVC settings I set
- Video Bitrate to 512
- Width to 480
- Canvas aspect ratio : 15:9 (800:480)
- Under x264 settings I set Reference frames to 3.
3.) Under the "Playback" section set:
-Portrait video width to 480
-Landscape video width to 800
Playing Media:
http://traveldevel.com/vlc-stream-convert/usage
Thanks Talyn.... cant wait to get home and try this.
i been using my ipod touch (wifi tether) with air video to stream from home while at work but id like to not have to carry both devices everyday.
will try this later for sure
Followed the above instructions.
I can remotely control VLC, but I can't seem to get the video to run. I configured the port to 5554 and 554 (with the appropriate router changes). I also configured these ports in Windows Firewall.
I get an error stating: "Too Many Errors"
Don't know if this matters, but it is running on a Windows Home Server machine.
sw99 said:
Followed the above instructions.
I can remotely control VLC, but I can't seem to get the video to run. I configured the port to 5554 and 554 (with the appropriate router changes). I also configured these ports in Windows Firewall.
I get an error stating: "Too Many Errors"
Don't know if this matters, but it is running on a Windows Home Server machine.
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As a troubleshooting step can you stream within your local network? Meaning don't try to connect via 3g, use the local ip address of the home server and connect within your local home network wifi. That will tell us if the issue is router/Sprint network related configuration issue.
One more thing that should be pointed out.
You are giving the entire Internet access to your files. Developer suggests that you limit your router access to your IP address, but I found that Sprint changes your IP address on a regular basis.
Wish VLC would implement some sort of security on their end.
I had to use port 554 but video playback is choppy for some reason over wifi or 3g.
^^ yeah, the security thing sucks. One solution would be to relay it via VPN but that would add a bunch of overhead. It wouldn't be too hard to write your own file browser interface with an RTSP relay, but alas who has the time....
hkkmr said:
I had to use port 554 but video playback is choppy for some reason over wifi or 3g.
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What are the specs of the computer you're running VLC on? Might be due to it not being powerful to encode certain videos on the fly.
I have it running on a pretty beefy machine. Core i7 920 overlclocked to 3.9ghz, and I can trans code 1080p MKVs with no choppiness.
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What are the specs of the computer you're running VLC on? Might be due to it not being powerful to encode certain videos on the fly.
I have it running on a pretty beefy machine. Core i7 920 overlclocked to 3.9ghz, and I can trans code 1080p MKVs with no choppiness.
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It's older pc, Core 2 Duo 8400.
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It's older pc, Core 2 Duo 8400.
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That's still a pretty darn good processor. What's your CPU usage at when streaming videos?
Working good for me on Wifi on the local network but not when I try to connect externally. I have all the appropriate ports forwarded and it acts like it's playing.. But I get no video. No errors.. Just no video.
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Working good for me on Wifi on the local network but not when I try to connect externally. I have all the appropriate ports forwarded and it acts like it's playing.. But I get no video. No errors.. Just no video.
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What bitrate / horizontal width set to? How fast is your 3G connection? I usually have to wait about 10 or seconds before the video starts playing over 3G. Until then it's just black.
It's working fine for me now that I'm outside of my local network. It just wasn't working when I was on my local network and trying to connect with an external IP. Dunno why
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
thenags said:
It's working fine for me now that I'm outside of my local network. It just wasn't working when I was on my local network and trying to connect with an external IP. Dunno why
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
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Ah, probably due to loopback being off on your router. Quite common.
Bumping to say I just tested this with the HDMI cable and it works fine! There's some serious nerd cred to be able stream and trascode videos on the fly over the Internet and into someone's big screen TV via your phone.