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
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