Sunday, November 28, 2010

[Review] IP Webcam – Turn your phone into a network camera

Earlier, I have reviewed two applications “USB Webcam” and “DroidCam Wireless Webcam” for turning your phone into a web cam. “IP Webcam” is another application which does almost the same but in a better way. The best thing about this app is its support for multiple view options. You can view the video feeds of your phone from a browser or stream it on your favorite media player.

IP Webcam

Multiple View options in IP Webcam

Steps to setup IP Webcam

  • Install the app from Android market. If you use App Brain for managing your applications, install it from here.
  • Open the app from your device.It will open the settings page.
  • Specify an user name and password if you want to password protect your video feeds.
  • Choose the desired image size and frame rate.
  • Choose the TCP port (Default: 8080). Don’t change this field if you are not sure about what you are doing. (IP Webcam will start a server on your device and listen to this specified port)
  • Click on ‘Start server’. This will start the server on the specified port and will start streaming your video feed.
  • The server information will be shown at the bottom of the page after it is started. Visit the page from your browser to view the video feed and other viewing options.

Highlights

  • Multiple view options.
    • Stream it on your favorite media player like VLC
    • Use Java browser plug-in and view it on browser
    • Use JavaScript to update frames in browser
    • Use browser’s built-in viewer
    • Connect to PC for use with Skype and other video chats
    • Take immediate photo.
  • No need to setup server on your laptop.
  • Easy to setup the Windows driver.
  • Ability to change the image size and the frame rate.

Lowlights

  • The app drains more battery if you allow it to stay awake. (But, its quite acceptable though)

In short, IP Webcam is an excellent piece of work by the developer Pas. Really appreciate it. If you like this app, please rate the app from the Android market.

-- Varun

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