Are there any applications that can turn an old smart phone into a wildlife/security camera? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by TerkErJerbs@lemm.ee to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Have been thinking about this for a couple years. I have old phones kicking around. Battery shot, hardware dated, but the camera(s) and mic and antennas still work. Would be cool if there were a way to set them up (powered) to stream audio/video or even take stills at intervals (or motion-activated) and then sync the content to the rest of the devices on my network.

I don't know how complex the programming for something like this would be. But I suspect it's trivial for those who do know.

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[-] HooPhuckenKarez@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago

I tried using an old phone as a dashcam for a while. It just kept overheating. That's my vaguely related experience. Thanks for reading.

[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Same. But I used it for a full screen clock.

After a year, it just keeps crashing.

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