Android Phone as a Wireless Camera for Live Video Streaming

Do you want to turn your android phone into a wireless camera to monitor something? You can now broadcast live videos from your android phone and view it through your PC or another phone.

Things you will need:

• Android phone with a rear camera (use as the source of video stream)
• PC/Laptop or another android phone (the receiver or viewer of video stream)
• IP Webcam application
• Wifi network (it acts as the bridge for transmission of video stream)
• Technical knowledge is a must.

Setup of video source: The Android Phone

• Connect your android phone to Wifi Network.
• On your android phone, install the IP Webcam application which can be downloaded on Playstore.
• Open the application and configure the setup on what settings you want, it depends on you. 

• Scroll down until you found the Start Server option and then click it.

• Your phone is now ready to transmit the video stream, copy the ip address that will be shown on the bottom part. Example: http://192.168.8.101:8080

Setup of receiver or viewer of video stream:

If you want to use your PC/Laptop as the receiver/viewer:

• Proceed to your PC/Laptop and connect it to the same Wifi Network
• Open the internet browser, it can be Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.
• Input the ip address that you have copied from IP Webcam application to the address bar of your internet browser and click enter.
• This will appear on the internet browser:

• In order to view the video stream, click Video Renderer : Browser.

If you want to use your another android phone as the receiver/viewer:

• Connect the android phone to the same Wifi Network.
• Download and install the application called TinyCam Monitor, it is free to download on Playstore.
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