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how setup android without port forwarding on router (e.g. ngrok?) and connect it to MotionEye cloud

Open ttodua opened this issue 1 year ago • 2 comments

it is possible that Android phone can be used as a camera (using IP Webcam) with ngrok? any tutorial out there?

ttodua avatar Jul 06 '24 07:07 ttodua

Best is probably a VPN, like WireGuard, which is quite easy to setup on the Linux system (which runs motionEye), and has a simple Android app.

Then you can use an app like DroidCam to stream the phone's camera, which can then be added as network camera to motionEye, when connected via VPN.

MichaIng avatar Jul 06 '24 20:07 MichaIng

@MichaIng many thanks for response, I will try it. also, WireGuard was new to me !

ttodua avatar Jul 07 '24 19:07 ttodua