How to use a mobile phone camera on your PC

How to use a mobile phone camera on your PC. Not everyone has a webcam as good as a smartphone. Is there a way to answer the question ? Mobile broadcast live on a PC that uses a phone camera ? The answer is yes, but you'll need the helper program OBS Studio along with the IP Web Camera.

In the next step-by-step process, you can create a professional streaming infrastructure using only your smartphone. Connecting to a PC can be done via Wi-F i, which further simplifies the process. Learn how to do this!

How to use a android camera on your PC

To complete this tutorial, you need to install the following XNUMX applications.

La ipwebcam is available for free on Android. 

It is available free of charge in OBS Studio, Windows and Linux. 

Using the procedure after installing the application, mobile camera as a computer cam, as follows.

IP Web Camera

Access the Play Store from your smartphone  and install the IP Web Camera app for free. After installation, open the app.

Touched video settings »And allow the app to take pictures and record videos & audio. Access pictures, media files on your device. 

Then select « Main camera l" and select the device camera you want to use. Your device "main camera" is always the rear camera. 

Display " Video Resolution " and select a video resolution. We recommend that you choose an intermediate resolution (1280 x 720 is sufficient) rather than choosing the maximum resolution supported by your device. This uses less bandwidth and makes video streaming smoother. 

Touch "Video Orientation «. Select the recording position. Horizontal" Landscape "for mobile phones, Vertical" Portrait "for mobile phones. 

Scroll down of the screen and click "Start Server" . The IP address will be displayed next to the screen. Copy and paste it into your PC browser. A page opens with various configuration options. 

Select the " Video Processor" , "Browser" option. Select "HTML5 Wav" in "Audio Player". 

Three main Editing options " Zoom , Transmission Quality & Exposure Compensation " according to your taste. 

Right-click on the video image displayed on the screen and select the option. "Copy of image address ".

OBS Studio

Open OBS Studio. 

Enter your application and optionally click the Source, + sign. 

Select an option Give the "Browser" list any name and paste the address of the copied image into the URL option. 

En "Width" y "High", enter the number corresponding to the resolution selected on the IP webcam. 

Please click to accept "

completion! Then scale the image to your liking and place it on the screen.