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i am learning about opencv and video capture

asked 2019-03-30 15:47:22 -0600

CotG
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Can i use my phone as a camera for the VideoCapture? cause i dont want to use my laptop webcam... my phone is galaxy note 8. do i need to do additional things to make opencv recognize my phone? i tried some numbers for the index but it didnt work... p.s. im using python

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and my os is windows 10

CotG ( 2019-03-30 15:50:11 -0600 )edit

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answered 2019-03-31 02:45:44 -0600

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you cannot use your phone as a webcam (it only works with usb devices)

but you can try to find some phone app, that transmits images via http or rtsp, and use it like an ip-camera

VideoCapture(url_of_my_app)

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Webcams only, thats sad. Thank you

CotG ( 2019-03-31 04:03:31 -0600 )edit

don't give up so easily, just saying. other folks managed to do this !

berak ( 2019-03-31 04:08:16 -0600 )edit

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