There’s software that does this already. Right?
DroidcamX is awesome software too. It works over USB or Wi-Fi with little latency. My Razer Blade laptop has a defect where it’s webcam stopped being detected so now I just use DroidcamX. Obviously using a smartphone camera also drastically increases the quality of the image as well.
I ran into Droidcam during the pandemic when I needed a webcam and you could not find a decent one anywhere (or it would cost an arm and a leg). It works over USB or network, and it can connect two ways (phone can connect to PC or PC can connect to phone) so you can connect it over Internet or over VPN (like Tailscale). The PC app can work without a GUI so you can install the app for example on an old phone, connect it to power and use it as a surveillance camera too.
LOL, so it’s going to be about to do something I was already using it to do for years?
Would have been a nice feature during Covid for when the webcams had sold out.
Strictly speaking, you could do this but it required external apps to do it. IP webcam or something.
Thx. I tried. But I did’t find any good open source one. I mainly use the F-Droid store.
And for recommending it to other people it’s certainly easier to give them a USB cable than teach them to install an App, a companion program on the PC and set-up the connection. So I still like the new solution. But you’re 100% right. Doing things like this is typically the job of an app. And there certainly are multiple ones out there once you’re less strict than me with the free and open sofware.
Soft paywall. Click the “I have disabled my ad blocker” at your own risk and you should be ok.
Why is the thumbnail an iPhone on a MacBook, tho?
