Re: Pinhole camera app

On 25 Feb 2025 19:15:07 +0000 (GMT), Theo wrote :

Is it a USB camera or a wifi one?

I noticed the same thing when I looked for apps for the OP.
The advantage of USB is obvious, and that of Wi-Fi in that maybe you can
access the camera feed on the Internet. Bluetooth should maybe work too.
Dunno. I have very little experience with these endoscopic cameras, but I
can visualize where they might be extremely useful.

The USB cameras often appear as standard
webcams and can be used as such with a PC or Mac.  For Android they often
need a USB camera app which can be a bit unreliable - the best I've found is
com.shenyaocn.android.usbcamera

Looking that up, it's here:
 <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shenyaocn.android.usbcamera>
Seems to do a lot! Note a couple of warnings & cautions in the description.
USB Camera
About this app
*** The Pro version provides some extra features from General Settings and
without ads **
Using USB 3.0 HDMI capture card : https://youtu.be/WkmuyfwKVrs
Using UVC H.264 device : https://youtu.be/j-71QMNuDr0
RTSP real time stream : https://youtu.be/-Qzc0RSDerg
RTMP live streaming : https://youtu.be/S5Bc1r57CUU
Picture In Picture : https://youtu.be/Mbturdxyi5c
VR/FPV View : https://youtu.be/zEqBXLNFnE0
Display Video On Lock Screen : https://youtu.be/Hdf2H_YusO
Tip:
Supports following devices:
1) UVC WebCam with microphone or external USB Audio input (Supports H.264,
H.265, HEVC, MJPG, YUY2, P010, NV12 and so on)
2) UVC video grabber with audio input or external USB Audio input (Up to 4K
via HDMI, Supports H.264, H.265, HEVC, MJPG, YUY2, P010, NV12 and so on,
Supports progressive and interlaced video)
3) EasyCap including audio with UTV007 / HTV600 / HTV800 chipsets
(VID_1B71&PID_3002)
4) EasyCap including audio with STK1160 + SAA7113/GM7113 + AC97 chipsets
(Audio 48kHz stereo version VID_05E1&PID_0408)
5) EasyCap including audio with STK1160 + SAA7113/GM7113 (Audio 8kHz mono
version VID_05E1&PID_0408)
6) EasyCap including audio with EM2860 + SAA7113/GM7113 + AC97 chipsets
(VID_EB1A&PID_2861)
7) EasyCap including audio with SMI2021 + SAA7113/GM7113 + ES7240/CS5340
chipsets (VID_1C88&PID_0007, PID_003C, PID_003D, PID_003E, PID_003F,
PID_1001)
Please click USB icon from toolbar to open Device dialog to open device if
the system unable to detect your device.
Please use a good quality OTG cable and ensure power supply. Some devices
may need to bridge HUB to enhanced USB signals to work properly, e.g.
Elgato Cam link, ezcap Video Grabber.
Using HEVC for video recording/streaming requires Android 5.0 or above, and
the device must supports HEVC codec.
Using AV1 for video streaming requires Android 10 or above, and the device
must supports AV1 codec.
"USB Camera" can let your android device connect to USB WebCam or video
capture card via USB-OTG. You can record video or capture snapshot, OR turn
your phone into a wireless IP Camera via build-in RTSP and HTTP Server for
security monitoring WITH Bi-directional audio support, you can use your
browser to view, of course, include "IP Camera" App.
"USB Camera" can mix USB Audio with a built-in microphone and output, or
overlay the built-in camera video onto the external camera video.
"USB Camera" can push the video and audio to RTMP/SRT live media server and
use for network live broadcast. It supports the rtmps security protocol and
SRT protocol and it can also push the media to multiple media server at the
same time. It also supports HEVC/AV1 over RTMP and can be used for YouTube
Live currently.
"USB Camera" supports Side by Side(SBS) view and it can work with FPV
goggle
"USB Camera" can add timestamp, GPS, speed and other info on the video
frames while recording and can use your headset or Bluetooth headset to
capture snapshot and record video. It also supports WebCam's snapshot
button.
"USB Camera" supports loop-recording. Can set auto-segment when recording
and auto-delete old video archives when no enough storage. "USB Camera" can
be used as "Dash Cam"
USB Camera can seamless switching between foreground and background. Just
press 'Enter background' from menu. The recording will not interrupted
during switching!
It support auto video recording which based on Motion Detection and the
video record can be uploaded to FTP server automatically and notify you via
Email!
Bi-directional audio requires IP Camera App, you can get it from
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shenyaocn.android.WebCam
IMPORTANT! On Android 9 and above, Camera permission is required to get
fully USB Video device access..
This is userspace driver so it used for the app only. Android does not
allow to install kernel driver so it unable to use for third-party apps.

If it's wifi then the communication may be proprietary and need their
specific app.

I wonder if they have Bluetooth endoscopic cameras?