[57north-discuss] Live Video Streaming Project

[Tom Jones]

On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 11:39:35AM -0400, Robert McWilliam wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Mar 2019, at 11:02, Hibby wrote:
> > I wonder what cameras I can use - cheap 1080p PTZ surveillance ones  
> > from ebay? More expensive brand name ones?
> 
> Phones tend to have quite good cameras these days. I had a bit of a
> play with using mine with "IP webcam" app feeding into OBS and that
> seems to work fine.  I expect you could rustle up a few phones from
> the people involved? Or there are a load of android phones on eBay
> from under £30 (but they might be terrible... I'm tempted to get one
> to find out). 
> 
> If it lines up that I'm free when you're trying streaming I'd be keen
> to come along with a "real" camera to add to the mix of inputs and
> help with figuring out the rest of the tech.
> 

I picked up the cheapest android phone I could find last year. It is
very bad. You can have it to play with if you want.

- [tj]