Newbie here. I have searched but did not find a solution to this.
I would like to attach a webcam to my phone or tablet and broadcast it to a colleague in another location.
Thank you for any help you can provide.
Use the included otg adapter and plug your webcam in. Check if it works not sure. You can still use the cameras on the phone.
Your phone already has 2 great quality cameras, i don't see the need to attach another
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I have an idea for an application which i don't think exists at present. Because of my lack of in depth knowledge of XDA programming and hardware i could do with some advice on whether its a non-starter or not.
Many top of the range vehicles these days have the option of an in-car rear view camera/viewer.
My idea was for a retro fit device/application that would use an XDA as the viewing screen in conjunction with some type of wired/wireless video camera (usb or otherwise) that would be small enough to permanently mount on the rear of a vehicle. Obviously this video device would need to be small and inconspicous as well as weather proof. The quality of the video would not need to be particularly brilliant as it is mainly used for parking situations. It could also have security uses (time lapse/motion triggered recording).
Anyone out there seen anything like this in existance or have any idea of wether or not this is pheasable?
Tony Black
Hereford, UK
Orange SPV M2000 (using Imate 1.4 ROM)
I have had that thought many times, and I would love to fit it in my car.
Haven't done anything to find any SW for this though, as I'm wating for the Universal with USB, as i think you would need USB to get a nice clean video through put.
I would buy the SW imediatly!
Couldn't you use a wifi camera and wifi receiver in your PDA, and stream video from one to the other?
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If such a thing existed. The problem with normal USB webcams is that you need to plug them into a device that can act as a USB Host.
That was exactly why I suggested wifi.
There are a couple of PDAs with USB host facility (old Toshiba I think?) but ignoring that option, look here for an idea.
It's not particulaly neat, but similar to what I had in mind - that article is called "Monitor your home with a Wi-Fi Webcam". It requires a TCP camera connected to a wifi router. I've never seen a camera with wifi built in, but it wouldn't be impossible I think. Messy setup though.
However, for your needs, I think you don't even need to use the PDA part. You can buy a radio micro camera for less than £30, eg here and buy a colour screen for around £40. Find a way to power them with an inverter and you'll be "golden" :wink:
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I use a wifi webcam in my babies bedroom, running off a 9voly supply. I use internet explorer on my BA and tap in the IP address of the cam to view images. No reason at all why you couldn't mount the camera in a car and powering a cam that draws 9v dc in a car would be a doddle!
Just save the ip of the camera in internet explorer favourites and away you go.
i would love it to film w****** tailgating me and get there number plates for reference
and maybe reversing into a space
I have looking for a solution for this problem. First of all: I have no WIFI at the moment with my MDA Compact. So I was looking for a bluetooth camera. I just doesn't exist at the moment, only Sony will be making a bluetooth camera, but I think it will be overkill.
WIFI it will be. An affordable camera is this one from Dlink: http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=297
120$ Unfortunately not wheaterproof, so you have to build it inside the car behind the window or looking through a hole. But I think it's the only affordable solution at the moment. Maybe I will buy the QTek 9100, so I will have WIFi on board...
Voltage supply is 5Volt, so a simple DC-DC converter will do (7805).
Any willing to test? I can't at the moment, but I'd like to hear from the results...
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I have looking for a solution for this problem. First of all: I have no WIFI at the moment with my MDA Compact. So I was looking for a bluetooth camera. I just doesn't exist at the moment, only Sony will be making a bluetooth camera, but I think it will be overkill.
WIFI it will be. An affordable camera is this one from Dlink: http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=297
120$ Unfortunately not wheaterproof, so you have to build it inside the car behind the window or looking through a hole. But I think it's the only affordable solution at the moment. Maybe I will buy the QTek 9100, so I will have WIFi on board...
Voltage supply is 5Volt, so a simple DC-DC converter will do (7805).
Any willing to test? I can't at the moment, but I'd like to hear from the results...
Success.
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martlewis said:
I use a wifi webcam in my babies bedroom, running off a 9voly supply. I use internet explorer on my BA and tap in the IP address of the cam to view images. No reason at all why you couldn't mount the camera in a car and powering a cam that draws 9v dc in a car would be a doddle!
Just save the ip of the camera in internet explorer favourites and away you go.
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Sorry to ask what's probably a stupid question, but what format is used for the IP address? I've tried typing in my camera IP address into IE but just get an error page.
Any help greatly appreciated
Thanks
djhonline said:
martlewis said:
I use a wifi webcam in my babies bedroom, running off a 9voly supply. I use internet explorer on my BA and tap in the IP address of the cam to view images. No reason at all why you couldn't mount the camera in a car and powering a cam that draws 9v dc in a car would be a doddle!
Just save the ip of the camera in internet explorer favourites and away you go.
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Sorry to ask what's probably a stupid question, but what format is used for the IP address? I've tried typing in my camera IP address into IE but just get an error page.
Any help greatly appreciated
Thanks
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How about http://111.222.111.222/ (not a real address but you get the idea.
TheBrit said:
djhonline said:
martlewis said:
I use a wifi webcam in my babies bedroom, running off a 9voly supply. I use internet explorer on my BA and tap in the IP address of the cam to view images. No reason at all why you couldn't mount the camera in a car and powering a cam that draws 9v dc in a car would be a doddle!
Just save the ip of the camera in internet explorer favourites and away you go.
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Sorry to ask what's probably a stupid question, but what format is used for the IP address? I've tried typing in my camera IP address into IE but just get an error page.
Any help greatly appreciated
Thanks
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How about http://111.222.111.222/ (not a real address but you get the idea.
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Hi, sorry I should have said that was the format I tried. I wasn't sure if there was anything I'd missed. Thanks for reply though
Cheers
Would it be possible to connect a digital camera to the Jasjar so that I can send photos through my GPRS connection. Or does this require USB host capability (and thus a new ROM)?
Thanks!
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It's not possible, and as far as I know there's no software to emulate USB host.
Still, if you have some BT/IRDA fancy camera, you may send photos to your PDA.
Personally I take advantage of SD card camera, which is flash-card compatibile with PDAs. It may not be very quick (changing SDs) but it works
OK, unfortunately I already have a camera...I suppose I need to use a CF-->SD converter in the camera. Have you heard of a SD-->CF converter (I know it would be big and stick out...just curious).
Yep... it exists.
Just google for "cf sd adapter"
One example here:
http://www.directshopper.de/minolta-cf-sd-adapter_compact-flash_p
Has anyone looked into this? With the audio now being output there, is there another pin carrying video that's yet undiscovered? Thanks.
nope no video out from what ive researched. even if there were, its qvga resolution so you are fairly limited.
you could your soti pocket controller to control your pda from your PC, you get a real time feed of you ppc on your pc.
hope this helps.
adios...
It is definitely possible to do it (even that I have no idea how).
Ateksoft has a program called WebCamera Plus which let you use your PDA as real-time webcam.
http://www.ateksoft.com/webcamplus.html
I'm using it on my TyTN and it works great.
using a pda or symbian smart phone as a webcam is possible as the software captures the straming video and transmits its as data packetrs via usb or BT to a PC, in which it is then decoded on the PC and the image/video stream from the camera is formed.
Actual video out (such as that accomplished with notebooks) via usb on the TYTN is another thing - from what I have read it might not be possible.
Anyone seen or tried the MicroSD version of this http://www.spectec.com.tw/sdv.htm ?
its really funny u askd this cus just last night b4 I went to bed, I wondered the same thing
I googled video out via usb and found a 60 dollar cable that converted from standard usb to s-video and audio and I'm sure theres mini-usb to usb converter
=) so hope that helps. I'd look it up but I have no 3g here at my parents lake house =/ I'm connectd over gsm, just got here. I get no umts at all and barely any gsm signal. this craps slow
I looked on the net for the Spectec Video-To-Go microSD Card and found it here
http://www.mobileplanet.com/p.aspx?i=139433&partner=froogle
It's $171.95. this would be great if I was still doing customer presentations.
Please note: This product does not convert the screen’s image into a VGA video signal. ... then what exactly does this do .. has me confused since some time ...
Also, these things require SDIO support .. not sure if TyTN got one ..
It'd be easy enough to emulate VGA on your device and use that for presentations, but your limitation is lack of an I/O to the graphic chip. As such, you're stuck with streaming the display data, which will be slow (for games), but perhaps perfectly fine for a slideshow.
Next prob though is the hardware - you can stream from device to device, but not stream from device to a (mini-usb) wire to a projector etc - at least the hardware issues are well beyond my experience.
A streaming projector might be a good solution. But all in, I think you're generally stuck for a cheap solution to outputing video over USB without a surrogate device in the middle. And if you're gonna have a surrogate, you might as well use that as the display device.
Check out nyditot for a VGA emulator.
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May I suggest a better way? Simply install PC-based Powerpoint viewer on storage card. That way you merely need to drop your card into an USB SD reader, connect the reader to any host PC, and run your presentation. I do this often and avoid traveling with my laptop.
-Jeff
One reason I've always disliked the Ateksoft solution is that it requires installation of Ateksoft magicry on the PC. A true webcam solution should simply make the PPC act like a dumb webcam, piping the audio and video to the USB. We've all experienced those cheap webcams which you just plug in to your USB port, and MSN or Yahoo or whatever can pick up the device as an audio/video webcam, no installation of drivers required.
Software which does for webcam what Softick does for USB mass storage is what I'm after...
You didn't say what you wanted by 'video out'.. but I can tell you there aren't any 'unused' pins in the USB pinout. They're all audio or usb data. If the TYTN supported usb on the go (which it doesn't seem to) then you might see it turn into a mass storage device or webcam easily..
But for the moment, no, theres no pins to tap a composite or vga signal off of. I highly doubt the device has such a chip on board.
eh, I wanted to output video to my car A/V system. since I can sync the video on my device to my media center, that would be the easiest way to take shows to my car. so the streaming or flash solutions really don't address the problem for me...thanks for all of the thinking on it, though
ditto here
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eh, I wanted to output video to my car A/V system. since I can sync the video on my device to my media center, that would be the easiest way to take shows to my car. so the streaming or flash solutions really don't address the problem for me...thanks for all of the thinking on it, though
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That's the kinda stuff i've always wanted e.i. connecting my PDA to the SVideo Input of my car screen.
Seems "easy" to do with activesync, but seems to cause trouble because of the lack of video stream on usb pinout.
I'm just letting out an idea : Might be possible to emulate an activesync connection and capture the sreeen of the PDA and broadcast it out on svideo.
(don't ask, I don't even have a clue of how to do that)
SOTI Pocket controler and My Mobiler can do that, any chance someone find out a way ?
TY Guys, have fun
Looking to see if these is anything out there like this. I have searched this site and googled to no avail. Looking to see if there is an external camera I can connect to the mini usb and skype with audio and video. I do it a lot with my computer but a real pain and thought this was better. I realize that I may not see them but as long as they see me I'm cool. I tether and skype without any problems so I have good connection/ speed.
Thanks for your suggestions.
I was just wondering, because this phone has a great camera, and I've seen people do some wonderful things with it, in terms of extra uses.
So, has there been any kind of drivers made that will hook this up to the computer as USB webcam? I'd love that.
Try these guys:
http://www.placaware.com/
USB webcam on the marketplace. The video's choppy but it works.
Thanks. Simple install and works just fine.