FarCam

Giancarlo Todone

Dec 30, 2015

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Android 1.5+
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About FarCam

Turn ALMOST ANY Android device into an IP cam you can watch from any browser.

Turn ALMOST ANY Android device into an IP cam you can watch from any other device able to browse.

Take pictures with your phone from your PC simply dragging the image from browser to your desktop.

Stream sequences of images at any resolution managed by your device.

Reuse very old/cheap devices as webcam to survey your home.

Please, notice: this is an open source project available with Apache 2.0 license.

Visit http://www.stareat.it/FarCam to learn more.

What's new in the latest 1.1

Last updated on 2015-12-30

First version published:
- simple http server serving JPG shots or an HTML page that will animate the streamed sequence
- configurable resolution
- configurable port
- keeps net always on, for long sessions
- turns camera on if needed and off again after a timeout for power saving
- tested with long sessions (3 days) with various devices
- could crash after just a few hours on modded/cooked roms (CM 7-10 tested) due to camera drivers instability