How to use your Mobile Camera as a webcam for PC

byNalam Peruvom -March 22, 2020

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How to use Mobile Camera as a Webcam for PC and Laptop

In this post, we will use our Mobile Camera as a Webcam for PC and Laptop. If you have a laptop or a computer that you use for making Skype calls or any other video call application, but you don’t have a webcam to use with it? Or maybe your laptop’s built-in webcam not working, and you must join in an urgent online video meeting? If you have an Android smartphone, then you can use it as a webcam on your Windows computer.

NOTE:
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If you want to use an Android smartphone as a webcam for your Windows PC follow the below steps:

Download and install the DroidCam Wireless Webcam app on Smartphone
You must first download and install the DroidCam Wireless Webcam app for Android. You can find it in the Play Store here: DroidCam Wireless Webcam. On the app’s Store page, tap Install and wait for the app to be installed.

Once the app has been installed on your Android smartphone, move on to your Windows computer, and take the next step.
Download the DroidCam Client app on Windows PC
On your Windows PC, open your favorite web browser and visit this web page: DroidCam Windows Client. Once it’s loaded, you should see on it a large button named DroidCam Client v6.0. Click or tap on it to download the DroidCam Client app.

Now you will get a small 875 KB file called DroidCam.Client.6.0.FullOffline.zip. Save it somewhere on your Windows computer (for example, on your desktop). Then, extract its contents, and you should get an executable file named DroidCam.Client.6.0.exe, with a size of 915 KB.
Install the DroidCam Client app on Windows PC
Double click/tap on the exe file and install the DroidCam Client on your Windows computer. There’s only one thing you must pay attention to: when you are asked about whether you want to install driver software from “DEV47 APPS“, choose to Install it. If you don’t, the Windows client cannot connect to the app on your Android phone.

Allowing the drivers from Dev47Apps.com to be installed, When the installation is done, open the Windows client and move to the next step of this guide.
Connect the DroidCam Wireless Webcam app with the Windows DroidCam Client
Go to your Android smartphone and open the DroidCam Wireless Webcam app. You can find it listed in your All apps list. The first time you open the DroidCam Wireless Webcam app, you are greeted with a welcome screen on which you can see a quick start guide about how to use it.

* Read it, tap Next, and then tap the Got it button from the bottom of the screen. You will get the welcome message from the DroidCam Wireless Webcam Android app.
* DroidCam Wireless Webcam then asks you for permission to use your Android phone’s camera and microphone. Obviously, it needs to do that, so make sure that you Accept.
IP Address and Port Details for Wireless Webcam
Now the DroidCam Wireless Webcam app loads a new screen, on which it shows you what WiFi network you are connected to, your Android smartphone’s IP address, and the port used by the app. In our case, the WiFi IP is 192.168.50.4, and the DroidCam Port is 4747. Keep your smartphone unlocked as you’re going to need this information soon.
IP and Port Configure On Computer
Go to your Laptop or PC and open DroidCam Client. In the Connect over WiFi (LAN) section, enter the Device IP and the DroidCam Port that are displayed on your Android smartphone. In our case, the Device IP is 192.168.50.4, and the DroidCam Port is 4747.

Then make sure to select the Video and, if you want, the Audio checkbox too. They control whether your Android smartphone can relay the camera video feed, as well as the sound from its microphone.

Then make sure to select the Video and, if you want, the Audio checkbox too. They control whether your Android smartphone can relay the camera video feed, as well as the sound from its microphone.
Check the video feed on Android phone
Click or tap on the Start button from the Windows DroidCam Client to begin the video data transmission. If all worked well, you should now see a preview of the video sent from your smartphone’s camera. In other words, now you have a working webcam!

DroidCam shows a live preview from the Android phone camera
Use a Android smartphone as a webcam on Skype, Facebook, and other similar apps
Now you can start with any app in laptop or computer that you use for making Skype calls or any other video call application.

As well as you can use your new smartphone webcam on Facebook is to choose it when you initiate a video call.
DroidCamX (paid version of DroidCam) offers additional controls

The Windows DroidCam Client also includes a few other buttons for additional options and controls. However, unless you pay for the Pro version of the DroidCam Wireless Webcam Android app, the additional controls are disabled and cannot be used.

Additional options are available in DroidCamX (paid version)

The Windows DroidCam Client app also includes two other different connection methods between your PC and your Android smartphone: via USB or by creating a direct wireless connection between your Windows PC and your Android smartphone. However, the USB method is recommended only for advanced users because it involves using the Android “Developer Options,” more specifically “USB Debugging.”