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Yuck
Bought despite the negative reviews and I am not impressed. After restarting
my computer to try and establish the same wifi connection (totally annoying) I found the program to be extremely slow in streaming videos. Definitely not good for webcamming with friends.MeganSamsel
Doesn't auto reconnect
I was hoping to use an old iPhone as an unattended webcam, and this app looked like it might be perfect for the job. It works as advertised, but if the connection between the phone and the server drops (happens with some regularity) the phone makes no attempt to automatically reconnect. You have to tap on the server name to get it to reconnect, making it unacceptable for unattended use.Show lessridgelift
Brilliant!
Not sure why there are so many bad reviews but this is the third webcam app I have tried & I can honestly say I was third time lucky! I've tried minicam (waste of time) but it was free so can't really complain. iwebcamera (Connection to slow) lags to much! But this one was perfect used it with Skype & it was great. When you increase the quality, there is a delay, but that's understandable as it would be with anywhere camera. Great app worth the £2.Show lessKop king
Frame rate drop
Great app over all, just when I go up to high resolutions my frame rate drops and that can't happen for my needs, but it may be my slow laptop being stupid. If a patch goes out that the data streams through the USB cord so it doesn't drop frames or a path goes out that corrects that issue for slower computers that would be great. So for now 4 stars until the issue gets corrected.Show lessRyan Fixl
Save your money for Facetime or a web camera.
Recording your video directly to a laptop might be useful but until this app gets an upgrade it seems inadequate as a replacement for an external USB camera. It's just easier to carry your laptop around than to deal with herky-jerky third party interfaces. The potential is there though! Why not make this a more robust application? I'd gladly pay 5 bucks for all the buzzers and bells including USB interface and realtime processing of video (like the built in mac). My camera (built in USB bus on the laptop) isn't working for some reason.Show lesstokenartist
Geeked Out!
I'm thrilled that I can make my iPhone a webcam with this app. I don't video chat very often so I didn't want to purchase a normal webcam. That would have run me $20, $30, $50 or more. This is only a few bucks and it works great. I just used it in Google+ Hangouts. It took me a minute to realize that I needed to change the mic input setting on my Mac, but once I figured that out, the video and audio transferred perfectly. What's even cooler is the fact that all this is wireless! I also like how you can change the video quality. For anyone that may have downloaded this and thought the streaming video quality was bad, you can change that in the settings. Is it the best webcam ever? No, you can buy really expensive HD webcams. But for the money and convenience, this app is perfect.Show lesswilcosky
Keeps crashing with Skype
Crashes often. Loses connection often. There doesn't appear to be any support. Waste of time.Petedv
Good app (if you actually read & follow the complete installment instructions)
Downloaded the app, followed the instructions on how to connect it to my pc, works great, and connects right away! Video quality is also good. Don't think this app deserves a bad rep for those who probably didn't do all the necessary stepsNapkyns
Poor Quality
Have I missed something? Based on other people's reviews they have no complaints about this app - however I find the video quality appalling!! The pixelation and blurring of the image (especially when viewed in the WebCamera desktop app is dreadful - pretty un-usable.
If there is a way of improving the video quality that I have missed I will happily retract this review but I do wonder how the other reviewers managed to get results worthy of 4/5 stars.Show lessNick Sagar
Works great! Does exactly what it says.
Here's my system:
- 2010 MacBook Pro 17 running OS X 10.6.8
- iPhone 4 running iOS 4.3.5 (8L1)
Installation was incredibly easy and worked perfectly with no stumbling points. It automatically detected the desktop software and was set up in seconds. I was able to see my video stream on my desktop in about a minute.
The frame rates at medium and high resolution are not fantastic (720p is just 2-3fps) but I imagine that has more to do with network speeds than anything else.
This is incredibly useful as a tool to see into tight spaces. With the ability to turn on the flash light while it's in operation, you can see if your keys really are behind the fridge, etc.
The only thing that could really use improvement is giving the Desktop software the ability to display the video steam at the resolution it's coming in at. The window is very small, even at 720p.
I have not tested this app with any other applications as I'll be using it as a diagnostic tool to perform timing adjustments on my old Porsche. It's really hard to see the timing marks deep in the engine bay, and I was looking for a way to put my phone in the engine bay and adjust the timing by watching my laptop screen. This will work perfectly.
All in all, does exactly what it's supposed to with a very simple interface. For a coupe dollars this is absolutely, completely worth it.
Thank you guys for making this app!Show lessAaron Mason
