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video cam !?

hi, i got an execute few days ago and your site was (and is) very helpfull.
I get a question: is there a way to use the video cam (the one for video call) as a webcam for skype or others. THX

pcp1 said:
hi, i got an execute few days ago and your site was (and is) very helpfull.
I get a question: is there a way to use the video cam (the one for video call) as a webcam for skype or others. THX
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I las tchecked this a few months ago, and was really disappointed the cam was useless for anything other than video calling on 3G, that no-one I know uses.

Actually there's a new app from Ateksoft that lets you use any of the two cameras of the universal as a webcam.
Tested it myself with msn, works perfect
More info here:
http://www.ateksoft.com/webcamplus.html

akpe said:
Actually there's a new app from Ateksoft that lets you use any of the two cameras of the universal as a webcam.
Tested it myself with msn, works perfect
More info here:
http://www.ateksoft.com/webcamplus.html
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I get the impression they're talking about MSN messenger on the PC though, not the more useful pocket pc version....

thanks for the link. Works perfect to transform the universal in webcam for my desktop.
in fact what i'm tryng to do is to use the universal as webcam without pc.
like a video call on wifi.

pcp1 said:
thanks for the link. Works perfect to transform the universal in webcam for my desktop.
in fact what i'm tryng to do is to use the universal as webcam without pc.
like a video call on wifi.
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Exactly what I was thinking.

use yr PDA as webcam for your PC?

http://www.warelex.com/products/webcam/Buy/
any one had tried similar software? I tried the one above, but halfway through.
i can get the image to PC via PDA, but i couldn't get it working with MSN/SKYPE... :-(

i can confirm that currently i am using 'Webcamer Plus' from www.ateksoft.com
it works as a charm! thx for the 3M pixel camera!!! all my friends are telling me i am using the best webcam they ever seen!

royalmail said:
i can confirm that currently i am using 'Webcamer Plus' from www.ateksoft.com
it works as a charm! thx for the 3M pixel camera!!! all my friends are telling me i am using the best webcam they ever seen!
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awsome software....just tried it and it works great....tho its nearly impossible to get the athena to sit right.

I saw this ATEKSOFT software and thought it was very clever however from this point on I am advising people not to buy it. Although the software looks slick the customer service offered by the company is appalling. What is more, if you post complaints on their forum about the quality of after service they get deleted. Not what I would look for from someone who wants my money.
Nice idea - very badly executed.

You can do it for free
Download mymobiler: http://www.mymobiler.com
Download VH screen capture driver: http://www.hmelyoff.com/index.php?section=8
Start mymobiler and activate your mobile camera
Grab the part of the screen you want with VH screen capture
Now you have a webcam stream which you can use in any program like skype, msn etc..
Look at this video as example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wveANUBUIJM
Instead of using the microsoft remote tool use mymobiler. It is much faster.
PS: You need active sync to communicate with mymobiler

This is why I love this forum. I've learned something new today - I never would have thought of using the camera as a webcam, or about My Mobiler. I love My Mobiler, very cool app; note, it says you can connece via WiFi, too, not just Activesync. Interesting feature, when you activate "Mouse Curser To", and it essentially turns your mobile into a 2nd (or 3rd) display device for your desktop, with mouse and all.
One problem though, when I activate my camera I get normal video/pictures on the Athena, but only the foreground graphics (camera settings) on the desktop. The video is just a black screen. Any ideas?

Mobiler don't capture the camera
techntrek said:
This is why I love this forum. I've learned something new today - I never would have thought of using the camera as a webcam, or about My Mobiler. I love My Mobiler, very cool app; note, it says you can connece via WiFi, too, not just Activesync. Interesting feature, when you activate "Mouse Curser To", and it essentially turns your mobile into a 2nd (or 3rd) display device for your desktop, with mouse and all.
One problem though, when I activate my camera I get normal video/pictures on the Athena, but only the foreground graphics (camera settings) on the desktop. The video is just a black screen. Any ideas?
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Hello.
I have the same problem.
My Mobiler shows only the foreground graphics.
Is there a way to shows what the camera shows in the athena screen?
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Regards.

Funny, I'm getting the same problem with my new touchII. It still works with both an Artemis and a Pharos on 6.1 Rom's.
Maybe something to do with the camera software or that it is a 6.5 ROM?
Can anyone confirm this?

how to run the shift's camera?

Here's one stupid question.
Altrough the camera seems to be ok in terms of hardware drivers i can't seem to find any utility to start it neither in control pannel or anywhere else. I cannot use it in yahoo messenger or similar services. Can someone enlight me about that camera?

camera does work , but only in MSN messenger
I played with the camera too...
The only program that recognizes the camera, and uses it OK , is MSN (live) messenger.
X-Lite (Voip Software with camera option) usually detects any camera I got.
However, on the Shift, no joy !
Also, another program called WinTLV (Superb windows time lapse recording software)
does not see the camera.
Drivers...drivers...drivers.... c'mon HTC .. supply us with new ones

Py Software Active Webcam

killer_t, what are you trying to tell us?

Camera Works
The camera i test it with many programs and is working in skype msn and other programs automatically but i dont know how to start it alone i mean not through other programs

mw65719 said:
killer_t, what are you trying to tell us?
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With the program Active Webcam from Py Software can use the build-in Shift camera.. You can do video and photo

yep the Active Web Cam program works. I've tested it yesterday without any problems. However the program can't facilitate the usage of the camera with other programs.

I want to run the camera alone to take photo, do you guys know any good software out there with good and clean interface which does this job?

I use Dorgem v2.1.0 it's a small and freeware software.
http://dorgem.souceforge.net

gdlc said:
I use Dorgem v2.1.0 it's a small and freeware software.
http://dorgem.souceforge.net
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it doesn't seems to have a preview windows, does anyone else know anything better then this?

It has. Click on the preview button

Nice little camera app. Thanks.

Yu can use this one too
http://www.nchsoftware.com/capture/index.html

I had the same problem of the camera showing as installed but not recognised by MSN, Skype, etc. So I just deleted the driver (from Device manager). Windows then rediscovered it and then it worked fine!

I have been using "cheese" on ubuntu. it has preview and can be used to capture video or still pictures.

thaihugo said:
Yu can use this one too
http://www.nchsoftware.com/capture/index.html
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This one is more than capable. The one posted earlier on page 1 (can't remember what it's called) has been discontinued.
But the one quoted above is perfect just for using the camera for point and shoot, video or stills.
Thanks.
Edit>>Struggles a bit with video (low frame rate, a bit like video calling quality, or like video phone you see on the news!) but I haven't really had a good luck around the settings yet too see if it can be manually improved.

I have installed the Debut Video Capture Software on my Shift, but when I run it it defaults to 'screen' which replicates my screen image but when I click 'Device' the selection remains at screen. I can't see any options to enable my camera device.
Anyone know what to do next?
(The dorgem one worked fine so my Shift hardware is not in question.)

Camera software
I tried a program called "AMCap" that I had. (You will have to Google for it, I can't remember where I got my).
It seems to catch the video & audio and lets me take stills and such.

Xperia X1 Useful Apps

My short list of applications and tools that I find useful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YatW7rYwk8

thanks for the video, quite nice!
Could you post up the names of the apps and URLs here too?
Another question:
Do you use any special version of TomTom 7 or does every Version work with the WVGA resolution ?
thanks a lot

Beejive Im - http://www.beejive.com/
Lexisgoo Pocket Dictionary - http://www.ppclink.com/index.php?ppclink=product&do=view&id=22
Shozu - http://www.shozu.com/portal/index.do
Skype - http://www.skype.com
TomTom = http://www.tomtom.com/
Tube 2 - http://www.visualit.co.uk/pocketpc/Tube2.htm
Orb - http://www.orb.com/

What was the last one, the one you said was a service, that streams from your PC?
And i assume Skype doesnt have any problems with WVGA?

Orb was the last one ... and skype has no problem in widescreen

thanks for the writeup
what about tomtom 7, do i need a special WVGA version or is it just normal TomTom 7 ?

This is the version of tomtom I got TT Nav 7.450.9028 QVGA Black

BuddyLee said:
Beejive Im - http://www.beejive.com/
Lexisgoo Pocket Dictionary - http://www.ppclink.com/index.php?ppclink=product&do=view&id=22
Shozu - http://www.shozu.com/portal/index.do
Skype - http://www.skype.com
TomTom = http://www.tomtom.com/
Tube 2 - http://www.visualit.co.uk/pocketpc/Tube2.htm
Orb - http://www.orb.com/
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Thanks Orb is great I can check on the wife from my x1 streaming the webcam lol

j-s-w said:
Thanks Orb is great I can check on the wife from my x1 streaming the webcam lol
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Brother no joke I do that from time to time to check in on the misses.

Wait, you use your Xperia as the Webcam or you use the Xperia to view the webcam? I'm confused, can you explain the setup?

He has a webcam at home and watches it from the road with his x1.

you can use it as both ... but I use it to view my home webcam with orb

fpbiii said:
Wait, you use your Xperia as the Webcam or you use the Xperia to view the webcam? I'm confused, can you explain the setup?
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I use the X1 to view my webcam thats on my pc via Orb, link posted above by buddylee
You can access all your media on your pc including tvcard and webcam

my essentials, or at least the ones that get stuck on the phone first are
flexmail -commercial app
totalcommander
netfront browser -commercial app
memory map uk
gps cycle computer
fdc soft taskmanager
mobipocket
sktools - commercial app
advanced config
.net 3.5
.netcfg
normally conduits pocket player but the tf3d audio player is great

Hey, where did you get that ShoZu app? I can't seem to find it anywhere! ShoZu itself doesn't have it (yet) for the Xperia...
Help?

@fards
How good is Conduits???
Sound???
Cheers

Friendly Ghost said:
Hey, where did you get that ShoZu app? I can't seem to find it anywhere! ShoZu itself doesn't have it (yet) for the Xperia...
Help?
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http://www.shozu.com/portal/selfprovisioning.do?operation=startWizard#manu_25
I used the one for the HTC Touch Cruise.

SE-Naz said:
@fards
How good is Conduits???
Sound???
Cheers
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I really like it and you can use wm skins, of which there are some corkers. The reason I used it on my old athena though was that I could get all the buttons of the HTC remote working with it.
as the remote doesn't fit the x1 and tf3d works so well I haven't bothered with it.
Sound is fine from it, there's quite a lot of equalizer and boost options.

Is there an app that would allow me to syncronize files? For example I would create a folder on my computer and assigned it o sync with my WM phone, so older files (same file, different date) would get deleted either on my phone or computer and the new ones loaded. The point of doing this is, that I would have to drag my computer everywhere with me. X1 would suffice for small editing of office files and such. I know any serious work would still have to be done on my computer.

BuddyLee said:
http://www.shozu.com/portal/selfprovisioning.do?operation=startWizard#manu_25
I used the one for the HTC Touch Cruise.
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Thanks a bunch!

Webcam on the HD

Would it be possible to use either the front facing or rear camera as a webcam in a program such as live messenger or skype on the touch hd?

elmarko99 said:
Would it be possible to use either the front facing or rear camera as a webcam in a program such as live messenger or skype on the touch hd?
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Yes, check out
http://www.ateksoft.com/webcamplus.html
and
http://www.warelex.com/products/webcam/
You could search the forum too...

While it is interesting to be able to use the HD as a webcam on the PC. It would be more interesting to be able to use Skype webcam directly from the HD (in house).
This one claims to do video calls via IP directly from VideoPhones without going through your provider. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like it supports Skype. http://www.octro.com/

Yes, check out
http://www.ateksoft.com/webcamplus.html
and
http://www.warelex.com/products/webcam/
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Have you checked it out yourself???
Forget it! Part of the first is the well known "Cool Camera" prog 1.15. And Cool Camera doesn't work on the HD.
Also your second advice isn't running on the HD.

Matterhorn said:
While it is interesting to be able to use the HD as a webcam on the PC. It would be more interesting to be able to use Skype webcam directly from the HD (in house).
This one claims to do video calls via IP directly from VideoPhones without going through your provider. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like it supports Skype. http://www.octro.com/
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I think that's what the topic user is aiming at, using the front camera as a webcam in programs on the HD itself.
Would be kinda cool .

yeah sorry maybe i didn't make my question clear... I was wondering if you could have the camera working as a webcam purely on the phone. Videocalling over IP or sending video through windows live messenger for mobile.
did a search on the forums but nothing came up. i'm surprised and can't see why it's not been done. it's possible on desktop pcs so why not mobile devices?
is it too much data to send? i would have thought HSDPA would be fast enough.

elmarko99 said:
is it too much data to send? i would have thought HSDPA would be fast enough.
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Standard 3G can manage video phonecalls, which are essentially identical to net video calls. Maybe internet calls have a little extra overhead and need slightly more cunning programming to overcome the lack of a dedicated network, but otherwise it's the same thing.

As far as I understand HTC's strategy is one of supporting and working with the carriers. As the carriers want us (in Europe at least) to make high-priced, and therefore high margin, video calls via our cam equipped devices, HTC disabled the front cam for any internet chatting, or voip calls.

vincent1 said:
Have you checked it out yourself???
Forget it! Part of the first is the well known "Cool Camera" prog 1.15. And Cool Camera doesn't work on the HD.
Also your second advice isn't running on the HD.
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You asked for the software that provides a webcam interface to PC, not whether it's compatible with Touch HD. You can test yourself if you want.

stepw said:
You asked for the software that provides a webcam interface to PC, not whether it's compatible with Touch HD. You can test yourself if you want.
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You are funny Threadname is Webcam on the HD
BTW, at the moment i try to find a way to use a programm named "Kai´s mirror". But it goes slowly. Front cam goes at least... If i break through i will give a message.