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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Tips and Tricks on How to transform Android SmartPhone turned into a webcam

DroidCam, is the thing for you, if you don’t want to carry a webcam with your laptop or desktop pc. DroidCam helps to turn the Android Smartphone into a webcam, isn’t it amazing?

DroidCam is created by Dev47Apps, the DroidCam 2.0 hasn’t been released, it’s a beta version as it is a work in progress. The beta version still has a few errors; it’s a work in progress.
Since the last month, the developers have made some progress, after the first release. This application has been tested on various PCs which have been run on XP 32 bit, windows 7 and Vista operating systems.
This program, DroidCam 2.0 is a client program for windows that must be installed on the desktop computer or your laptop if one wishes to use it with Android phone. Another thing needs to be kept in mind is that the rest of the part of the software needs to be downloaded from the Android Market and installed on your Smartphone.
The desired software is only well-suited with the smart phones that run with Android 2.0 or higher, for people with an older cell phone, which is an older version, this application won’t be displayed on the Android market.
After the windows client of DroidCam v2.0 Beta is downloaded and installed, you should open a chat program that you wish to use with the webcam and select DroidCam as a microphone and a webcam. This can easily be done by checking the audio settings of the chat program.
The next step is to simply start the application from the start menu and then a message “waiting for device” will be displayed on your screen.
After this message you are supposed to install the other part of the softare. After searching the Android market, you would find “DroidCam 2.1 Beta, as this application has been updated.
After this, just make sure that the wi-fi is enabled on your phone and is connected to your network at home.
To start the DroidCam app just click “connect” on your phone, after which a list of IP addresses would be displayed. Tap “add new” and enter the IP address of your computer.
Save it by tapping on it. A message “connected” will appear, meaning everything is in the correct order. Then you can start the chat program and you would be able to see live video feeds being transmitted by your phone.
droidcam 2.0
DroidCam 2.0

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