Cheap and simple way to mount a smartphone directly above a laptop display

Re:Cheap and simple way to mount a smartphone directly above... by falcolas on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @10:47PM (#25757788)

I can’t recall the name of the software off hand, but you can use your iPhone as an external camera for your Mac.

EDIT Looks like there’s a couple of options, for example EpocCam.

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Re:Cheap and simple way to mount a smartphone directly above... by darrenf on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @12:11AM (#25758457)

For paid software with which I have no affiliation beyond being a happy customer, there’s Reincubate Camo: https://reincubate.com/camo/

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Re:Cheap and simple way to mount a smartphone directly above... by apancik on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @11:19PM (#25758053)

I've been using this method with pretty good result: https://github.com/apancik/iphone-as-a-webcam

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Re:Cheap and simple way to mount a smartphone directly above... by vestrigi on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @09:20AM (#25762223)

Thank you very much, this is exactly the satisfactory solution I haven't found when I was looking for it before! I expected that the iPhones screen recording was only available in Quicktime and not for third-party apps like OBS. Going to try it out soon with an old iPhone 5, I hope it supports streaming video from the camera in the browser.

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Re:Cheap and simple way to mount a smartphone directly above... by darkteflon on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @11:07PM (#25757974)

Doesn’t work with FaceTime, unfortunately.

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