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| Thread ID: 145406 | 2017-10-26 00:19:00 | Cheap mobile phone as IP Camera ? | 1101 (13337) | Press F1 |
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| 1441110 | 2017-10-26 00:19:00 | Has anyone used a cheap mobile phone as a cheap webcam/ip cam sort of thing . I know theres android apps to do this sort of thing , how well do they work ? I was considering buying a $20 Vodafone smartphone & using its cam for this sort of thing. Just in house,via wifi, doesnt need to be across the internet I want to access the stream either on my PC or my Android tablet. Just to monitor a small machine (3D Printer) from another room Has anyone tried this sort of thing? |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1441111 | 2017-10-26 00:50:00 | Nope. Just buy a cheap wireless ip cam from somewhere like Alixpress. Thats what I did. And you can use an app to control it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1441112 | 2017-10-26 02:21:00 | Nope. Just buy a cheap wireless ip cam from somewhere like Alixpress. Thats what I did. And you can use an app to control it Actually, thats what I first tried . I bought a cheap wifi cam from bangood. Eye360 compatable app needed Issue is, my Samsung Tablet has too old a version of Android , & I dont want to put the app on my main cellphone. I guess I could controll the cheap wifi cam using a cheap $20 smartphone . A better idea ? At least then it wont matter if I run the ph's batt flat . The $20 ph has a 4.5" screen , a bit small but usable for monitoring ? I have a definite distrust for the Chinese apps that control those wifi IP cams . Not keen on installing that app on PC or main phone |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1441113 | 2017-10-26 04:24:00 | Try this free app - https://alfred.camera/ | decibel (11645) | ||
| 1441114 | 2017-10-26 14:00:00 | Just in house,via wifi... Just to monitor a small machine (3D Printer) from another room Exactly how BIG is your house? Seems like a lot of effort to monitor a printer that you can walk to... is the printer excessively loud or something? Just saying... I'm not trying to be a smart Alec here. This is how "Shadow IT" starts... buying tech cos users are to lazy to do anything lol :) :) :) |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 1441115 | 2017-10-26 19:05:00 | 3D printers are reasonably loud I used to run them in the basement. I could here when they were finished and used teamviewer to switch them off when done. I don't have one now as ran out of stuff to make that was actually useful | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1441116 | 2017-10-26 19:56:00 | Exactly how BIG is your house? Seems like a lot of effort to monitor a printer that you can walk to... is the printer excessively loud or something? Just saying... I'm not trying to be a smart Alec here. This is how "Shadow IT" starts... buying tech cos users are to lazy to do anything lol :) :) :) so you are saying, every 5 minutes I should get up & walk to the printer , for up to 10 hours . hence the term "Monitor" & not the term "see when its done" This IS me being a smart alec :) if something goes wrong , it wont stop , it just keeps going, squirting out the plastic |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1441117 | 2017-10-26 20:01:00 | 3D printers are reasonably loud I used to run them in the basement. I could here when they were finished and used teamviewer to switch them off when done. I don't have one now as ran out of stuff to make that was actually useful for me, the fun is building it & tweeking it to get good prints. I'm enjoying that so far I know I have b8gger all usueful thing to print . Its just another hobby |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1441118 | 2017-10-26 22:21:00 | I'm with Speedy, get a WiFi enabled IP-camera. Most will let you view it from your browser, or just find the RTSP URL details and you can stream it to a local media player on your PC or Cellphone, such as VLC. Really easy to setup with something like SightHound Video on your PC too :) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1441119 | 2017-10-27 00:25:00 | The cam I got from Alixpress was only 30 or so NZ$. A Saance wireless cam. It can pan, go up and down / left and right. It has infra red as well. The Android app works fine with it. Once you set it up There is also a Windows 10 app that supports it, called IP Centom. This app can take a while to configure. But it's not free.Only thing I found was if you turn the cam off (since it uses an ip address), it can change. And when you run the app again, it may not find it. I had to reserve the ip address for the cam, in the modem. So it didnt / couldn't change |
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