_Disclaimer: I don't own an android mobile, but would definitely get one if the below were possible._ On my mac, I can use software like [CamTwist](http://camtwiststudio.com) and [SoundSiphon](http://staticz.com/soundsiphon/) to create 'fake' webcam and microphone inputs. CamTwist lets me pipe custom content (such as images or video) to that webcamera input, and SoundSiphon makes it easy to have system audio interpreted as microphone input. --- __Q. Is it possible to achieve something similar to the above, but on any Android handheld?__ E.g. I'd like to be able to use a native Android app (such as Skype or Periscope) and pipe custom video to it (rather than using the in-built camera), whilst simultaneously broadcasting a custom audio file (rather than the in-built microphone) Thanks!

I have seen a video where a person with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) could type on a screen using their eyes (the software used eye tracking software). But there are also many disabled people who are partially paralyzed or have handicaps where their limbs give away to spasms or have stiff or impaired parts (but can use their eyes). Wouldn't it be nice, if, all of these, could have some arm attached to their wheelchair or bed or chair or table, with Android on it, and could use their eyes to open up YouTube and key in some search videos, scroll, and watch YouTube or other media? Why doesn't Android offer this accessibility feature? Thanks.

Many reports in the tech press said that Android 14 would include an option to use Android phones as a webcam when connected to another device over USB. Here it is mentioned on the official Android 14 website Upon installing Android 14 on my Pixel 6, I don't see this option. It's supposed to come up on the USB menu when you plug in the phone. I contacted Google Support as a Google One user, but they were useless as usual - hadn't even heard of the feature. Has anyone gotten this to work?

I connected an external webcam to my Android phone, and it works well with apps like "USB Camera." However, I'm having trouble finding a video call app that supports external webcams. I noticed that bjoster had a similar issue in a thread about 5 years ago, but since it's been a while, I decided to create a new thread. You can check out the previous discussion here: https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/207672/how-to-use-external-otg-webcam-for-video-calls-conference-talks Has anyone managed to get it to work? If so, which app did you use? I've already tried the following apps without success: Teams Skype WhatsApp Messenger Google Meet Zoom I also attempted Webex, but it seems that only the old "Webex Meet" (or Meeting) app supports an external webcam. Unfortunately, I can't create a new meeting in the old app since I'm on the "new" Webex plan. Additionally, I can only get it to work using my webcam at work, not the one at home that I would prefer to use. The new Webex app lacks the external webcam feature. Another potential solution could be using an app like "USB Camera" and sharing my phone screen in a video calling app. However, it's a bit complicated, unreliable, and, most importantly, there's a noticeable lag. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I need to use DroidCam in my phone and PC, it's an app that lets you use your phone cam as a webcam in your PC. Other programs don't work. Since my internet connection is really slow I have to use it via USB. Since my phone screen is mostly not responsive I have installed a pointer type overlay that "draw over other apps". Because I have that app running, when I try to run DroidCam, it gives me the error message: "Because an app is obscuring a permissions request, Settings cannot verify your response". But I can't disable my overlay, my mouse pointer, because then I wouldn't be able to use my phone or run that app. Anyone comes up with a solution?

I have 2 Android phones and I want to connect both of them to my PC via USB cables like this: 1. Motorola Moto G3 5.1.1 (Lollipop) goes to the DroidCam app to use as a webcam. 2. Samsung S4 Zoom (KitKat) goes to mirror screen Android to PC app called "TC games" for screen share and controlling my phone from my PC. Right now, I have Universal ADB Driver installed on PC and I can't run both programs at the same time. This message pops up when I use DroidCam at the same time with Tc games: "adb server is out of date. Killing...". How can I connect Motorola to DroidCam as a default, and TC games to Samsung and run both of them at the same time without any problem?

I have an Android tablet based on Android Lollipop (5.1.1) and I want to use this device as a webcam via USB. I know some apps could work (e.g. DroidCam or WO WebCam) but they require extra clients installed on a Windows / Linux computer. Is there any way that I can add an extra option to the USB connection settings that will allow the tablet to be used as a webcam instead of a media device? Please note I am not asking for apps that can read videos from OTG USB webcams. It's the reverse, making Android output a video feed to a separate computer via USB.

I'm using BlueStacks emulator on my desktop. Is there a way to use my android device as a webcam for BlueStacks? A details approach would be appreciated.

I have Sony TV X82E 2017 model. Today MiTV Webcam got launched. It says in the specs that the webcam supports Android 8 and above which I think my TV has. But when I tried to install Google Meet and Zoom from the Google Play TV store, it said that this was not available for this device. So there's no Google Meet and Zoom for my Android TV, then there is no point in buying this webcam. Is there ***any*** way to get Google Meet and Zoom on my Android TV?

I use Snap Camera on Microsoft Windows as a virtual webcam to remove the background when I use Meet/Skype/Teams/Zoom/etc. Is there any virtual webcam on Android that can remove the background? I am using the Android version of Meet/Skype/Teams/Zoom.

For conference purpose, I have to record a PowerPoint presentation recording. (That is, I have to record a video of me explaining a PowerPoint presentation using the webcam and mic while playing the presentayion). The problem is that the inbuilt camera and microphone of my laptop are not that great. iS there any way to use my android phone as the source of the camera and mic input? I tried DroidCam and I could connect the camera to the laptop. But when I start recording, it is using the default inbuilt camera instead of my phone. I'm using Samsung Galaxy S9 running on android 10.

I have upcoming exams which shall be remotely monitored through webcam. Now the thing is that I do not have an actual webcam and I have decided to use my android phone as a webcam via iVCam (using USB, I do not have Wifi Adapter in my PC). Now the thing is that, I use internet via USB tethering through the same phone. The exam shall be quite long and, during the entire time of using the android phone as a webcam, the LED screen backlight keeps glowing and I am afraid, the rate at which the phone charges it self through the USB of the PC, it discharges itself at a faster rate if I use it as a USB modem and webcam together. So before the exam exam ends, I might run out of charge on my phone battery. So could you please suggest me some method so that I can somehow turn the backlight off while using it as a webcam to save the power?

Every time I select the webcam option on the Genymotion player, the title of the webcam option comes up, but then the hole emulator crashes. I'm using the free version of Genymotion. I get this problem, regardless of the Android type or screen size etc. **System Info:**

System:    Host: ALU Kernel: 5.10.7-3-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64 root=UUID=138895c2-cc5c-4591-bc68-fd58c682d6f3 rw quiet apparmor=1 
           security=apparmor resume=UUID=cbdc85f0-ae63-47be-89e8-038462fcc2f3 udev.log_priority=3 
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: plank wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 80TU v: Lenovo ideapad 310-14IKB serial:  Chassis: 
           type: 10 v: Lenovo ideapad 310-14IKB serial:  
           Mobo: LENOVO model: Torronto 4C2 v: NO DPK serial:  UEFI: LENOVO v: 3JCN21WW date: 09/23/2016 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 23.6 Wh condition: 25.4/30.0 Wh (85%) volts: 8.6/7.4 model: SMP L15M2PB2 type: Li-poly 
           serial: 9238 status: Charging 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7-7500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Amber/Kaby Lake note: check family: 6 
           model-id: 8E (142) stepping: 9 microcode: DE L2 cache: 4 MiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 23209 
           Speed: 1192 MHz min/max: 400/3500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1192 2: 1200 3: 1200 4: 1200 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:5916 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce 920MX] vendor: Lenovo driver: nvidia v: 460.32.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm 
           bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 10de:134f 
           Device-3: Chicony EasyCamera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus ID: 1-4:2 chip ID: 04f2:b57d serial: 0001 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: modesetting display ID: :0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") s-diag: 414mm (16.3") 
           Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 112 size: 309x173mm (12.2x6.8") diag: 354mm (13.9") 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.3 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl 
           bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:9d71 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.7-3-MANJARO 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 4000 
           bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168 
           IF: enp1s0 state: down mac: c8:5b:76:78:e3:cd 
           Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Lenovo driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel 
           port: 4000 bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 168c:0042 
           IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: 58:00:e3:41:87:99 
           Device-3: Qualcomm Atheros type: USB driver: btusb bus ID: 1-7:4 chip ID: 0cf3:e500 
           IF-ID-1: vboxnet0 state: up speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: 0a:00:27:00:00:00 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 372.62 GiB used: 275.8 GiB (74.0%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37240G size: 223.57 GiB block size: physical: 512 B 
           logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: 50026B73801F8542 rev: 0102 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST9160412AS size: 149.05 GiB block size: physical: 512 B 
           logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: 5VGCALEC rev: HPM1 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 214.47 GiB size: 210.11 GiB (97.96%) used: 171.58 GiB (81.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
           maj-min: 8:2 
           ID-2: /boot/efi raw size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 312 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 
           maj-min: 8:1 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 2.61 GiB (29.7%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:      Processes: 265 Uptime: 8h 55m wakeups: 7 Memory: 7.67 GiB used: 6.19 GiB (80.6%) Init: systemd v: 247 Compilers: 
           gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: 1676 apt: 3 pacman: 1660 lib: 464 flatpak: 0 snap: 13

**Last 20 lines of genymotion-palyer.log :**

2021-01-24T17:50:02+05:00 [Genymotion Player:135865] [debug] [Adb][shell] command: "/home/UserName/Software/genymotion/tools/adb" -s "ipaddress"" shell ("getprop", "dev.bootcomplete")
2021-01-24T17:50:02+05:00 [Genymotion Player:135865] [debug] [Adb][shell] ("getprop", "dev.bootcomplete")  - exit code: 0
2021-01-24T17:50:03+05:00 [Genymotion Player:135865] [debug] [Adb][shell] command: "/home/UserName/Software/genymotion/tools/adb" -s "ipaddress"" shell ("getprop", "dev.bootcomplete")
2021-01-24T17:50:03+05:00 [Genymotion Player:135865] [debug] [Adb][shell] ("getprop", "dev.bootcomplete")  - exit code: 0
2021-01-24T17:50:04+05:00 [Genymotion Player:135865] [debug] [Adb][shell] command: "/home/UserName/Software/genymotion/tools/adb" -s "ipaddress"" shell ("getprop", "dev.bootcomplete")
2021-01-24T17:50:04+05:00 [Genymotion Player:135865] [debug] [Adb][shell] ("getprop", "dev.bootcomplete")  - exit code: 0
2021-01-24T17:50:05+05:00 [Genymotion Player:135865] [debug] [Adb][shell] command: "/home/UserName/Software/genymotion/tools/adb" -s "ipaddress"" shell ("getprop", "dev.bootcomplete")
2021-01-24T17:50:05+05:00 [Genymotion Player:135865] [debug] [Adb][shell] ("getprop", "dev.bootcomplete")  - exit code: 0
2021-01-24T17:50:05+05:00 [Genymotion Player:135865] [debug] Device booted in 7474 ms
2021-01-24T17:50:05+05:00 [Genymotion Player:135865] [debug] "Notifying launchpad of status change: 8bb23482-88eb-41a1-b946-32593ca6654d ON"
2021-01-24T17:50:05+05:00 [Genymotion Player:135865] [debug] [Adb][shell] command: "/home/UserName/Software/genymotion/tools/adb" -s "ipaddress":5555" shell ("pm list packages")
2021-01-24T17:50:06+05:00 [Genymotion Player:135865] [debug] [Adb][shell] ("pm list packages")  - exit code: 0
2021-01-24T17:50:06+05:00 [Genymotion Player:135865] [debug] [Adb][shell] command: "/home/UserName/Software/genymotion/tools/adb" -s "ipaddress":5555" shell ("ls /data/.genymotion")
2021-01-24T17:50:06+05:00 [Genymotion Player:135865] [debug] [Adb][shell] ("ls /data/.genymotion")  - exit code: 0
2021-01-24T17:52:07+05:00 [Genymotion Player:135865] [debug] "Dummy camera" released by DeviceCameraPipe(0x1b42f30) count: 0
2021-01-24T17:52:07+05:00 [Genymotion Player:135865] [debug] "Dummy camera" acquired by CameraView(0x1b0d2a0) count: 1
2021-01-24T17:52:07+05:00 [Genymotion Player:135865] [debug] "Dummy camera" released by DeviceCameraPipe(0x1a35ff0) count: 1
2021-01-24T17:52:07+05:00 [Genymotion Player:135865] [debug] "Dummy camera" acquired by CameraView(0x192d2d0) count: 2
2021-01-24T17:52:07+05:00 [Genymotion Player:135865] [debug] Linux/Windows: media permissions are authorized by default

Thanks a lot.

This is basically the same question as https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/226175/how-to-stream-an-image-into-camera-source-trough-adb I am trying to stream an image into the camera source of an Android device. This should ideally have effect on all apps that use the camera source. The solution doesn't have to be by using ADB. (Sorry my technical understanding is very limited. I was going to comment instead but didn't have enough reputation. Thanks!)

I use [Iriun 4K Webcam for PC and Mac](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jacksoftw.webcam) to use your Android phone's camera as a wireless or USB webcam in Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate. It is supposed to support resolutions up to 4K. (Max resolution depends on the phone). I use a Samsung Galaxy S9 with Android 10. However on Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate it says that the resolution of Iriun is 640x480: I don't see any option on the phone: " class="img-fluid rounded" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 10px 0;" loading="lazy"> and https://iriun.com/ ([mirror](https://web.archive.org/web/20200920212032/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://iriun.com/)) seems to have no documentation. How can I change the resolution of Iriun 4K Webcam? --- Skype doesn't allow me to change the webcam resolution (clicking on "webcam setting" doesn't do anything):

I can turn it into an IP Webcam fairly easily using a myriad of apps + iSpy on the desktop. However, even with 2 gigabit wifi, framerate seems unreasonably poor. Therefore, I would like to plug in my USB cable and stream it (DisplayLink can stream 4k over USB, so it must be possible in theory) This would save me from spending hundreds of dollars on yet another camera. 4k video is supported by my Samsung S6, and that would be amazing to be able to use as a webcam.

There exist [several applications](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/1159/12202) such as [DroidCam](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dev47apps.droidcam&hl=en_US) that can turn one's Android device into a wireless or [USB](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/159274/12202) webcam. Do any of these applications have a background removal feature (= only shows the human face/upper body that appears on the video)? I tried DroidCam but it doesn't seem to have this feature.

I'm trying to re-purpose my Nexus 6p as a webcam. I wanted to install ip webcam on it, but the app store is is telling me that my device is not compatible. On the play store the ip webcam app listing states that Android 4.0 and up is the minimum required (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam&hl=en) . My Nexus 6p is running Android 8.1.0. It seems like it should be compatible and should be able to install ip webcam, but still it does not let me. Any ideas why this might be and suggestions to try?

I am sorry if this is a dumb question. I thought this was an easy task, but either I am searching in the wrong direction or this isn't easy at all. > I want to make a video call (like Skype, Skype fo Business, Jitsi ... whatever) using a (external) webcam. Thats it. My phones (I have a few here, all different vendors from Samsung to 3chintsa) all have two cameras (front/back), which are working fine. I can call (video call), switch cams, conference call my cats - everything is perfect. Additionally I have an external cam, which also works fine by itself. I can use "IP Webcam" apps, take fotos, make videos, use it as remote cam ... works flawless. Except one thing. I want (reads: need to) use this camera as a ... camera. Within video calls (app doesn't matter, everything would be fine). But almost no app lets me change or chose the camera, except from switching front to back. Why would I want to do that? We have a (surprisingly well done) "handsfree microscopic magnifier headset" that, so the idea, should be used as a "remote support assistent" helper, to guide people remotely fixing stuff. We (a non profit org) are trying to reduce our carbon footprint by no longer flying around the earth for visual diagnosis on our tech and/or guiding locals to fix things by themselves. Am I to far from reality here? I couldn't find any app that lets me do that. What am I doing wrong? I have tried: - Skype - Skype for business - Jitsi (App) - Duo - IMO - JusTalk - KiK - WebRTC - Hubl I am I missing something important here?

What I've found on internet is how to use an android phone's camera as an ip webcam on my computer. But I was wondering if it possible to do the opposite thing : to use an external ip webcam as a virtual internal webcam on our android devices ? Android would recognize the external ip-camera as internal so one could use its external ip webcam as a webcam on Whatsapp for example. I'm thinking of an application that would let me enter the ip+port of my ipwebcam and then emulate it as the internal/virtual webcam like some app do on PC