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Use a cellphone camera as a webcam

killuminati

killuminati

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Is it possible to use a cellphone video camera as a webcam? I have a razr v3 and I could connect it to my computer either via bluetooth or usb.

Thanks,
 
It's possible because I've seen it demo'd with the Nokia Series 60 phones. However, I have no idea how useful it is (Bluetooth has abysmal data rates), nor do I know how to set it up.
 
jsw said:
It's possible because I've seen it demo'd with the Nokia Series 60 phones. However, I have no idea how useful it is (Bluetooth has abysmal data rates), nor do I know how to set it up.
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But if I connected it via wired USB it would be just as fast as any normal camera.

I'm happy that you've heard of it being done, maybe somebody else here will know how.
 
killuminati said:
But if I connected it via wired USB it would be just as fast as any normal camera.

I'm happy that you've heard of it being done, maybe somebody else here will know how.
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Which phone would you be using?
 
i did a bit of googling and found this

http://forum.osnn.net/showthread.php?t=79866 said:
Q16. I'm only also wondering if it's possible to use the V3 as a web-cam.

A. You have to upgrade the firmware and hack its menus to get it to record video. I think it'd be exceedingly hard to make it work as a webcam.
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jsw said:
Which phone would you be using?
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I'm using the RAZR V3c.

Homer, thanks for finding that I'm not sure if that applies here though. It says that the phone can't capture video except this model does.
 
killuminati said:
I'm using the RAZR V3c.

Homer, thanks for finding that I'm not sure if that applies here though. It says that the phone can't capture video except this model does.
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i did a bit more googling (now that i know it's a v3c :p) and found this
http://www.hakim.ws/cum/index.php?PHPSESSID=e9bf0a76284820ad6eeb66275cb32837&topic=14018.msg79847
it seems to indicate you can use it as a webcam, unfortunately i dont speak spanish so i cant read it :eek:, and it looks like it's windows only :(
 
lexus said:
How would you stand the RAZR up?
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That's the easy part :p . I could just lean it against anything I guess.


Howard, I just used google translator on that link you posted so I kind of get what it's saying. Apparently you can use those 2 apps and they will work for any Motorola camera phones. But of-course they are PC only. Maybe I'll just give up on this until I have a PC.
 
using cell phone camera as webcam

I have samsung SGH D600 I don't know how to use it as a webcam
 
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