# Android as Security Camera # https://github.com/Ruddle/RemoteCam # It has a simple interface, so just install, run, and select your option wget "https://github.com/Ruddle/RemoteCam/releases/download/0.04/RemoteCam_0.04.apk" -O RemoteCam.apk adb install -g RemoteCam # to monitor - remember, only one device at a time vlc "http://192.168.1.162:8080/cam.mjpeg" xdg-open "http://192.168.1.162:8080/cam.mjpeg" # If you want to remotely record/monitor with motion detection, use Motion sudo apt install motion # get an example config file # https://gist.github.com/iandow/1abc620626af601bf73f529e49b3a7b4 # things you might want to set camera_name AndroidCam # Numeric identifier for the camera. camera_id 101 # The full URL of the network camera stream. netcam_url http://192.168.1.162:8080/cam.mjpeg # File name(without extension) for movies relative to target directory movie_filename AndroidCAM01_%t-%v-%Y%m%d%H%M%S target_dir /home/metalx1000/Nextcloud/motion # Port number used for the webcontrol. webcontrol_port 8092 # The port number for the live stream. stream_port 8091 movie_codec mp4 # Once config is set you can start motion and point it at the config file motion -c android_cam.conf # This will start motion with motion detection (only record when there is movement)