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Chat => Tech Chat => Topic started by: tickmike on November 22, 2021, 09:03:30 PM
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Getting A Webcam To Display On A TV ?.
My daughters moving into a Hay Loft Barn in a small holding in a Essex, all to herself :) She is fed up living like a student in the flat she is in now as the building is very nice and well looked after and a great landlord and team that run it, but there are another 5 flats in it. :(
The only problem with this hay loft is it has roof windows but no normal windows you can Look out of :hmm:
The roof windows are too high up to see out of. :o
I was talking to her about this on a 'Face-time' video call last night and I said I wondered if it was possible to use a webcam in the USB port on a TV.
Well I tried plugging a 'OmniVision Technologies, Inc. OV511' Webcam (tested on my laptop = ok ) into the USB port on two TV's and did not work :(
I notice the red 'on' led on the cam does not light up when plugged into the TV's but does on my laptop, I did change the TV's input to USB !.
If I could get it working I was thinking the webcam could be 'Suction cups' onto the roof window and pointed down the horse's field and she could have one of our old 42" TV's and have it in her lounge to look
like a window.
Any idea's please to get it working ?.
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From what I've seen the TV has to be a 'smart' TV for this to work.
Stuart
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Plus I believe they only work with the specific branded webcam for that TV.
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Could it work using a smart phone camera and a chrome cast dongle of the television has an HDMI port? The phone wouldn't need to have a SIM in it or be connected to WiFi.
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Plus I believe they only work with the specific branded webcam for that TV.
Indeed, a TV can't just download a driver like a PC can so their USB ports will only work with very specific devices.
You'd be better off finding an analogue camera that can connect to a composite connection if you want an easy TV display. What I'm not sure about with those is how long a cable you can get away with before the signal degrades too much.
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Indeed, a TV can't just download a driver like a PC can so their USB ports will only work with very specific devices.
You'd be better off finding an analogue camera that can connect to a composite connection if you want an easy TV display. What I'm not sure about with those is how long a cable you can get away with before the signal degrades too much.
Its usually more restrictive than that. Most webcams operate using the same protocol at a base level so can work with a generic driver, but TV manufacturers of course only want you to use their specific implementation. Plus its only specific models that were with the intention of video chat, not just to view the camera.
I actually spent a lot of time over various TVs trying to get IP cameras to work to watch my CCTV cameras, I eventually gave up. Though an Android based TV should work I think.
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Not as easy as I thought ???.
While looking at an old iPhone to try I spotted an old 'Fujifilm' 8.1 Digital camera, now that might work.
:hmm:
Job for tomorrow night.
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Yeah it might be possible with a smartphone casting to the TV but then the trick is keeping the phone charged and not having it timeout and close the camera. :/
Running the cameras are quite the battery hog so they try everything to get you to close it when not in active use.