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Saturday 1 February 2014

Use Android Phone’s Camera As A Webcam

If for any goddamn reason you want to use your android phone’s camera as a webcam for your computer, then WO Webcam is for you. Here is what you need.

1. Android App on phone

Install the following apps from Android market:

2. Client on PC

Install the client program

How to use?

Now that you have the required installations done, here is the way to get it going.

On Android phone:

  1. Launch "WO Webcam" app
  2. Click "Settings" button to select the connection or transport method
  3. Other operations related to transport method:

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  4. Click on "Start" button to start the service

On PC

  1. Launch "WO Webcam Client" program
  2. Select Connection -> Connect. The connection method should be same as you selected on phone. Other inputs:

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  3. Once you finished, click on Ok button.

  4. When they are connected, you can select "WOWebcam" as the webcam source of your chatting tool. Some examples to do the setting:3

  5. Now your chatting partner should be able to see you!

Adjust orientation
The video may be of incorrect orienation. You can adjust that on client side:

Options -> Flip video
1. Flip horizontally: flip video horizontally
2. Flip vertically: flip video vertically

Options -> Rotate video
1. 0 degree: don't rotate video
2. 90 degrees: rotate video clockwise 90 degress
3. 180 degrees: rotate video clockwise 180 degress
4. 270 degrees: rotate video clockwise 270 degress

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