Android Tablet or Android Smart Phone Camera as Security Camera

Previously, we posted one article on how to use webcam as a motion detection system to prevent theft, in this post we will guide on how to use your Android Tablet or Android Smart Phone Camera as Security Camera for the same purpose.

Why we will use Android Tablet or Android Smart Phone Camera as Security Camera ?

If you have an Android device the total settings of Android Tablet or Android Smart Phone Camera as Security Camera is free, only the bandwidth will count.

How to use Android Tablet or Android Smart Phone Camera as Security Camera ?

There are many apps available in the Android market place for using IP cam. That is, in order to use Android Tablet or Android Smart Phone Camera as Security Camera, we will use the device as the source with an app which will catch the video and broadcast it to a port. You can watch it using any web browser or media players like VLC media player. For this guide on how to use Android Tablet or Android Smart Phone Camera as Security Camera, we will use IP Webcam, you can install this free app from Android Market place.

Steps for using? Android Tablet or Android Smart Phone Camera as Security Camera :

1. Go to android Market Place and search for IP Webcam. Install it.
2. After the installation, you will get some settings, quite easy and most important is – enable the Start Server option at the end, you will get the IP to view the broadcast. Typically it is http://yourip:8080/
3. Use username and password if you do not want to share it publicly.
4. Open your browser, type the url, typically it will look like :

You will get an text only page. Click the hyperlink ‘Use java browser plugin’ and you can monitor what is going on from any remote place. Thus we have shown how you can use your Android Tablet or Android Smart Phone Camera as Security Camera.

Securing a good place for your Android Tablet or Android Smart Phone Camera as Security Camera :

This a picture taken from Life Hacker, this is a nice idea –