Post by thelegacy on Aug 20, 2017 21:41:46 GMT
If you don't have the eclipse glasses fear not there is a cheap and very safe way you can do this. You will need your smartphone to do this and a free computer that is available so that you can type in the IP address.
Both devices should be on the same WiFi connection in order for this to work.
On your smartphone device which you will be using for the transmission of the eclipse go to Google play and download IP webcam.
In your settings you will need to set it up to transmit on ipv4 and make it public you won't need any passwords for this. You can also enable the audio and video and set your resolution for the smaller file so that it doesn't lag so much.
You can use those little metal picture frame holders to hold your cell phone in place. I took mine on top of a metal picnic table and I taped the two legs of the picture frame holder to the picnic table. Then I carefully moved my phone up and down to give the correct angle. I did use the landscape position so that I would get a good view of the eclipse.
This took quite a little while to get set up and get it aimed at the sun correctly but after I got it and I was able to see the sun in the house and the trees on the right and the left side of the Sun.
You will want to make sure your battery is fully charged and you might want to put the phone outside maybe 5 to 10 minutes before the eclipse because the sun's rays will heat your phone up and cause it to shut down.
Well I did the experiment I had good video on my computer and could see everything so tomorrow we'll try this out and see how it goes but I think that this is the safest and cheapest way for most of you to do this. I would use a spare cell phone though not the main one that you use every day because the sun will heat it up a little bit. This way if it does burn out the phone it's not a big deal because it's not your main device.
If you don't have a spare cell phone or tablet you can probably buy one real cheap. You don't need much just something that will work pretty well for the camera. You can find a lot of Straight Talk phones for next to nothing. LG is okay Samsung Galaxy Prime or even the cheap Motorola's like the Moto E or the turbo are next to nothing these days.
You might even check your local thrift store or pawn shop for one of those. Also on Facebook there are many groups where people are selling phones pretty cheap. Remember you're just using this to look at the eclipse so it doesn't have to be something super fancy.
I hope this helps you out and during the eclipse don't forget to monitor those radio frequencies such as 1620 1630 1710 and of course on FM 87.7 87.9 and other blank frequencies on the broadcast bands. For shortwave be sure to monitor 6.9 to 7 megahertz and 13.560 megahertz as this is where all the hobby broadcasters are.
Both devices should be on the same WiFi connection in order for this to work.
On your smartphone device which you will be using for the transmission of the eclipse go to Google play and download IP webcam.
In your settings you will need to set it up to transmit on ipv4 and make it public you won't need any passwords for this. You can also enable the audio and video and set your resolution for the smaller file so that it doesn't lag so much.
You can use those little metal picture frame holders to hold your cell phone in place. I took mine on top of a metal picnic table and I taped the two legs of the picture frame holder to the picnic table. Then I carefully moved my phone up and down to give the correct angle. I did use the landscape position so that I would get a good view of the eclipse.
This took quite a little while to get set up and get it aimed at the sun correctly but after I got it and I was able to see the sun in the house and the trees on the right and the left side of the Sun.
You will want to make sure your battery is fully charged and you might want to put the phone outside maybe 5 to 10 minutes before the eclipse because the sun's rays will heat your phone up and cause it to shut down.
Well I did the experiment I had good video on my computer and could see everything so tomorrow we'll try this out and see how it goes but I think that this is the safest and cheapest way for most of you to do this. I would use a spare cell phone though not the main one that you use every day because the sun will heat it up a little bit. This way if it does burn out the phone it's not a big deal because it's not your main device.
If you don't have a spare cell phone or tablet you can probably buy one real cheap. You don't need much just something that will work pretty well for the camera. You can find a lot of Straight Talk phones for next to nothing. LG is okay Samsung Galaxy Prime or even the cheap Motorola's like the Moto E or the turbo are next to nothing these days.
You might even check your local thrift store or pawn shop for one of those. Also on Facebook there are many groups where people are selling phones pretty cheap. Remember you're just using this to look at the eclipse so it doesn't have to be something super fancy.
I hope this helps you out and during the eclipse don't forget to monitor those radio frequencies such as 1620 1630 1710 and of course on FM 87.7 87.9 and other blank frequencies on the broadcast bands. For shortwave be sure to monitor 6.9 to 7 megahertz and 13.560 megahertz as this is where all the hobby broadcasters are.