READ THIS TEXT BEFORE INSTALLATION!
Use your Android as a simple mobile webcam via WIFI or Mobile Network! The picture can be watched from everywhere with a browser or with my App WebLiveWallpaper, sent with email or stored on your sdcard.
Use as simple but mobile timed webcam with refresh rates from seconds to hours, with motion detection or your defined daily activity times. High resolution pictures are also possible. Mark the pictures with text or image to advertise for your place or business.
This app provides me with a simple possibility to mail someone (my wife) and start refreshing a webcam view of what I see with one buttontap. Also it can work as a more static webcam with set activity times and picture imprint if you got a spare or partially broken phone you want to place somewhere connected to power running all the time ...
I will develop this further later after I fixed more bugs on my WebLiveWallpaper App.
SERVER with PHP required for a webcam on your website! If you do not know what the following code means you will not be able to fully use this app as intended!
Press MENU for settings!
To enable your personal webcam put the following two files on your server:
mobilewebcam.php
<?php
$uploadfile = "";
if(strlen(basename($_FILES["userfile"]["name"])) > 0)
{
$uploadfile = basename($_FILES["userfile"]["name"]);
if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES["userfile"]["tmp_name"], $uploadfile))
{
@chmod($uploadfile,0755);
echo "Ok!";
}
else
echo "Error copying!";
}
?>
index.html
<html>
<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="10">
</head>
<body>
<img src="current.jpg">
</body>
</html>
or javascript version of index.html
<html>
<body>
<img src="current.jpg" name="refresh">
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
image = "current.jpg" //name of the image
function Reload() {
tmp = new Date();
tmp = "?"+tmp.getTime()
document.images["refresh"].src = image+tmp
setTimeout("Reload()",1000)
}
Reload();
// -->
</script>
</body>
</html>
Your personal webcam is then viewable at
http://www.YOURSERVER.COM/WHEREEVERYOUPUTYOURFILES/
Server address to be entered in Settings of App is
http://www.YOURSERVER.COM/WHEREEVERYOUPUTYOURFILES/mobilewebcam.php
You also have to enable the server to write to this directory - chmod!
And you should really enable password protection for your website if you do not enhance the php page with some security measures (filesize limit, only jpg allowed, ...). Otherwise everyone can access your camera pictures and possibly even your server!
Again:
This webcam app is a bit different. It does not stream video. It is not meant to be placed next to your Computer. It will not have nice camera preview, fx or settings because old/broken androids can be used. This camera is intended to run without user (interaction) after initial setup possibly with a cheap 2G mobile data plan (in some countries/carriers for example 30 MB of data are free and that is enough to upload several pictures a day!).
Go here to find some support:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=950933