Now even inexpensive tablets have a built-in camera for making calls and communicating on the Internet. If its permits and functions are not enough, we will tell about how to connect an external webcam to the device on android (as well as to use other devices instead).
How to connect a webcam on USB to the tablet
The main task in this case is to find out if our mobile device works with OTG protocols. Using an adapter, they allow the owner to connect a varied periphery (mice, keyboards, joysticks, and so on) by usb. You can find the characteristics on the website of the manufacturer of the tablet, in the worldwide network, or simply by connecting the device and evaluating the result. The USB camera should be turned on (possibly from the first attempt it is recognized as an external drive). Further:
- Reboot, the camera does not turn off. When the tablet starts again, the camera can be used in direct intended.
- If anything works incorrectly, try searching the driver for your webcam model.
- Sometimes it happens that the camera manufacturer did not provide for the creation of drivers for android. In this case, go to Google Play Market and download the Stick Mount application, which helps to correct the problems of the compatibility of the connected devices.
- For those cases where the tablet does not work through OTG: You can still connect a webcam "by air", that is, using a wireless connection. For this action, IP cameras are suitable, or rare instances capable of catching Bluetooth.
- To connect the first-type camera via wirelessly, we will need a corresponding Wi-Fi router. Directly adjustment is made by software from camera manufacturers or versatile android utilities, such as Tinycam Monitor. Their alternative - any player who knows how to support streaming playback (JVPlayer, FlowPlayer fit).
As a tablet, connect the webcam - "exotic" methods
If none of the methods described above does not work, and the webcam needs a "cover", you can find an unusual way out of the situation.
Connecting the rear view camera: by intricate manipulations can work on android, but with gigantic delays up to several tens of seconds. Best copes with such a connection of Windows tablets. To do this, you need to buy a special adapter that converts an analog signal from the camera to the "digit", after which it transmits usb.
Use the camera camera. Immediately it is worth noting that not all cameras can be connected. Also, the owner of the android tablet will have to get the root and slightly change the root OS root files through the Helicon Remote program. In general, we do the following:
- go to / System / etc / permissions;
- create a new file here, call it android.hardware.usb.host.xml;
- we open it and insert the test \u003cpermissions\u003e \u003cfeature name \u003d "android.hardware.usb.host" /\u003e \u003cpermissions\u003e;
- here you also find the tablet_core_hardware.xml document, in which add the line \u003cFeature name \u003d "android.hardware.usb.host" /\u003e \u003cpermissions\u003e.
- reboot and check the result.
As can be seen from the above description, the optimal output are tablets working with USB slots or IP cameras. To the last, among other things, you can connect from any corner of the globe, where there is an Internet.
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