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Has anyone compared this to DroidCam? Is it faster/lower lag?

by muska3 6y ago

cjnicholls 6y ago
I used it for a short while and found the free versions framerate was worse than droidcam (paid) and occasionally it would give up the ghost all together and require a restart. droidcam also does this but less frequently. It did handle switching between a device with low res camera and one with high which droidcam cannot do. I wouldnt say either is significantly better than the other but i went back to droidcam edit: droidcam also has a low framerate mode that prevents excessive battery use
djaychela 6y ago
I'd say it's a bit better. I've been using DroidCam as a third camera in my remote guitar lesson OBS setup, and it's been OK, and I think this would be much the same (using an old phone - MotoG5 - as webcams are like gold dust at the moment). An upside of this is that it doesn't need another piece of software running on the Windows machine - the driver effectively does it, unlike DroidCam which needs the program running on the PC to work. Also, you can change the resolution directly in OBS, and I've just set it up at 1920*1080 which seems to work fine, and gives a better quality image. Lag seems similar on both, but I've not tested it other than visually - no measurement made...
leafandcoffee 6y ago
Android users - IP Webcam / DroidCam, over USB with adb port forwarding is a great option.
- walrus01 6y ago
  I've found that IP Webcam functions fairly well as a standards-based H.264/RTSP video stream to feed to anything that can take a rtsp feed. Such as for a hacked up DIY home security camera system.
  - lioeters 6y ago
    Interesting info, thank you. Searching around for RTSP, I found that it's possible to stream to WebRTC. Kurento media server - https://github.com/Kurento/kurento-media-server https://github.com/Kurento/kurento-media-server RTSP/HTTP URI to WebRTC example - https://github.com/lulop-k/kurento-rtsp2webrtc https://github.com/lulop-k/kurento-rtsp2webrtc
- muska3 6y ago
  I've used DroidCam over USB and for me it was slower than over wifi. What do you mean by adb port forwarding?
dddddaviddddd 6y ago
I use DroidCam over USB, works great but phone tends to overheat.

Has anyone compared this to DroidCam? Is it faster/lower lag?

by muska3 6y ago

Has anyone compared this to DroidCam? Is it faster/lower lag?

I used it for a short while and found the free versions framerate was worse than droidcam (paid) and occasionally it would give up the ghost all together and require a restart. droidcam also does this but less frequently. It did handle switching between a device with low res camera and one with high which droidcam cannot do. I wouldnt say either is significantly better than the other but i went back to droidcam edit: droidcam also has a low framerate mode that prevents excessive battery use

djaychela 6y ago

I'd say it's a bit better. I've been using DroidCam as a third camera in my remote guitar lesson OBS setup, and it's been OK, and I think this would be much the same (using an old phone - MotoG5 - as webcams are like gold dust at the moment). An upside of this is that it doesn't need another piece of software running on the Windows machine - the driver effectively does it, unlike DroidCam which needs the program running on the PC to work. Also, you can change the resolution directly in OBS, and I've just set it up at 1920*1080 which seems to work fine, and gives a better quality image. Lag seems similar on both, but I've not tested it other than visually - no measurement made...

leafandcoffee 6y ago

Android users - IP Webcam / DroidCam, over USB with adb port forwarding is a great option.

walrus01 6y ago
I've found that IP Webcam functions fairly well as a standards-based H.264/RTSP video stream to feed to anything that can take a rtsp feed. Such as for a hacked up DIY home security camera system.
- lioeters 6y ago
  Interesting info, thank you. Searching around for RTSP, I found that it's possible to stream to WebRTC. Kurento media server - https://github.com/Kurento/kurento-media-server https://github.com/Kurento/kurento-media-server RTSP/HTTP URI to WebRTC example - https://github.com/lulop-k/kurento-rtsp2webrtc https://github.com/lulop-k/kurento-rtsp2webrtc
muska3 6y ago
I've used DroidCam over USB and for me it was slower than over wifi. What do you mean by adb port forwarding?

dddddaviddddd 6y ago

I use DroidCam over USB, works great but phone tends to overheat.