What if we combine Webcam, Windows Media Technology, GPRS and a SmartPhone together? Here is the result:
Video of my webcam is displayed on my phone in real time. There is serveral seconds delay between the encoder and the player. © Jian Shuo Wang.
I broadcasted the scene of my cubicle and use a smart phone to view it, in video, at real time. I can pull my mobile phone and see what is going on, no matter where I am, on bus, in Metro, at airport, in Beijing or in Hainan....
Technology Used
The Windows Media Encoder pushes the video stream from inside the firewall onto a Windows Media Server on public network. The SmartPhone Dopod 515 displays video using its Windows Media Player via GPRS.
Specification in This Experiment
Webcam: ICatch (VI) PC Camera (Driver) (Thanks for Yumin)
Windows Median Encoder: Version: 9.00.00.2980 (Download)
Windows Media Server: Included Windows 2003 Server
SmartPhone: Dopod 515
Connection: GPRS via China Telecom
Windows Media on Air
Firstly, More
I have setup a webcam, broadcasting the street scene from my window in Shanghai.
Click here to view.
How I made it
[coming soon]
Update: The steps are available here.
I am going to improve the camera so that it can be viewed by many people. Now, as far as I know, it should work fine on Windows XP. It may also work on Windows 2000 with Windows Media 7.0 or higher. I cannot garentee you can see it if you are using older version of Windows. Please let me know if you can view online broadcasting or not. Simple click the comments link below. Tell me, "I can see the cars and people moving on the street. My system is ... " or "I can see nothing, except the blank Windows Media Player and Ready on the status bar. My system is ..." Thanks. More
Che cosa se uniamo insieme Webcam, la tecnologia di mezzi di Windows, GPRS e uno SmartPhone? Qui è il risultato:
Il video del mio webcam è visualizzato sul mio telefono in tempo reale. Ci sono secondi serveral fanno ritardare fra il codificatore ed il giocatore. © Jian Shuo Wang.
Trasmetto per radio la scena del mio cubicolo ed utilizzo un telefono astuto per osservarlo, in video, a tempo reale. Posso tirare il mio telefono mobile e vedere che cosa sta accendendo, non importa dove sono, sul bus, in Metro, all'aeroporto, in Beijing o in Hainan
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Tecnologia usata
Il codificatore di mezzi di Windows spinge il video flusso dall'interno della parete refrattaria su un assistente di mezzi di Windows sulla rete pubblica. Lo SmartPhone Dopod 515 visualizza il video usando il relativo lettore multimediale di Windows via GPRS.
Specifica in questo esperimento
Webcam: Macchina fotografica del pc di ICatch (vi) (driver) (ringraziamenti per Yumin) Codificatore mediano di Windows: More