I have uploaded the ESP32_cam video streaming example, as per Tim’s Core Electronics tute"Use a ESP32-CAM Module to Stream HD Video Over Local Network".
I have it working streaming via Wifi to my laptop using Chrome.
When I try to stream using Edge, it greys out the colon and last 2 digits of the URL and fails to connect.
When I try to stream to my iPhone using Safari, it deletes the colon and last 2 digits of the URL and fails to connect.
It confirms my prejudices about browsers, but I would like it to work on all of them.
(Just installed Chrome on my phone and it works, further confirming prejudices.)
Also, and possibly connected, maybe not;
In the Core Electronics tute “Use a ESP32-CAM Module to Stream HD Video Over Local Network”;
the “toggle OV2640 settings” sidebar opened first, and Tim selected “Start Stream” to see video. Mine just showed the video immediately and I cant access the settings sidebar at all.
As is often the case with maker-products and projects there may have been an update to the user experience somewhere along the way. is the sidebar issue a project breaker or are you still able to get over the line with you project?
The longer term aim was to use an IR camera on the ESP 32 for image recognition of nocturnal animals. The settings sidebar might have been useful.
Maybe the IR camera would have different/no on screen controls anyway.
There may be different OV2640 cameras being made with different interfaces,
or is the interface part of the library?
I did get it going on my phone with chrome momentarily. But now even Chrome seems fixated on searching for the URL text, rather than just connecting to it as it is typed in.
Is there a setting to tell it so stop being clever and just do as it is asked? ;-7
