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UsbWebCamera

LiveSerenegiant(旧)3 apps · 595.5K installsVideo Players & EditorsFree · contains adsIn-app purchases: $1.49 - $2.99 per itemcom.serenegiant.usbwebcamera

This can preview and capture movie & still image from web camera w/o root.

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Total installs
586,952
exact · Play shows 500,000+
Installs / day
0
7-day avg · last day 0
Rating
2.8★
1.7K ratings · 117 reviews
Released
18 Jun 2014
12.3y ago
Last update
29 Aug 2026
v7.0.3 · 1mo ago
Countries
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not checked yet

Install history

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573.3K680K786.7K893.3K1M11 Oct12 Oct13 Oct
573.3K680K786.7K893.3K1M11 Oct12 Oct13 Oct

Installs per day · last 90 days

00.30.50.8112 Oct13 Oct13 Oct

Change timeline

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Country availability

Availability has not been checked for this app yet. “Check all countries” looks the app up in about 140 Google Play storefronts and shows where it is live, listed but not installable, or missing — plus any country-specific (custom) store listings.

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App manifest

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Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play
  • No data shared with third parties
  • Collects data Device or other IDs
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • No way to ask for data deletion

This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.

Permissions

14 in 6 groups
8 Sensitive2 Notable4 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

  • Know roughly where you are, using mobile towers and Wi-Fi networks
  • Know your exact location using GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networks
  • Use your camera to take photos and record videos
  • Record sound using your phone's microphone
  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storage
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storage
LocationSensitive2

Access to where your device is, using GPS or network signals

  • Know roughly where you are, using mobile towers and Wi-Fi networksapproximate location (network-based) · ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
  • Know your exact location using GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networksprecise location (GPS and network-based) · ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
Photos/Media/FilesSensitive2

Access to photos, videos, music and other files stored on your device

  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
StorageSensitive2

Access to files, photos and media saved on your phone's storage

  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
CameraSensitive1

Access to your camera to take photos and record video

  • Use your camera to take photos and record videostake pictures and videos · CAMERA
MicrophoneSensitive1

Access to your phone's microphone to record sound

  • Record sound using your phone's microphonerecord audio · RECORD_AUDIO
OtherNotable6

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

  • Bring apps to the front or send them to the backgroundreorder running apps · REORDER_TASKS
  • Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
  • Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
  • Make your phone vibratecontrol vibration · VIBRATE
  • Check with Google Play that you got this app legitimatelyGoogle Play license check · com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description
Caution! Some Android 9 devices will not work well. If video recording does not work on your Android 9 device, please try to set [Settings]>[Expert settings]>[Enable Surface encoder for movie capture] ON. Caution! Android 5.1.1 for Samsung GALAXY series currently have issue on accessing USB device. And if you update your GALAXY to Android 5.1.1, this app may not work. Caution! Some devices like which CPU/SOC is made by MediaTek, Rockchip and Allwinner will have some issues on USB host function and these devices may freeze, restart. Additionally some devices have limitation of USB current and/or are very sensitive to USB current variation. The power consumption of web cam is more tha several hundreds mA and we recommend to use self-powered USB hub for stable use of this app. No root access and custon ROM need even on Android4.4/5.0 devices. Only you need is just install(and of course you need UVC web cam and OTG cable) If you don't want to show ads, you can use paid-for version after checking of operation using this free version. Detailed usage is available on following web site. But it is still Japanese only.UsbWebカメラアプリの使い方 There are some devices that fail to start preview with specific combination of camera and resolutions. Please stop and restart preview again with ON/OFF button. Features: ・Movie capturing You can save the image frames as a MP4 movie file into the Movies/UsbWebCamera directory on the external storage. This app limits maximum duration time by 3 minutes. If you want more duration time, please use un-limited paid-for version. You can start/stop movie capturing by pressing capturing button placed at bottom center of screen(while you set a switch placed at right bottom of screen to the right position). Simultaneous audio capturing is available when it is enabled on preference screen. ・Still iamge capturing You can also save still image as a png file into DCIM/UsbWebCamera directory on the external strage by pressing the capturing button(while you set a switch placed at the right bottom of screen to the left position) ・Interval capturing(still image and movie) You can start interval capturing by long pressing the caputuring button. ・Mirror display is available. You can flip horizontal, vertical and both horizontal & vertical of preview image. This has no effect to still image and movie capturing. ・Limitation of maximum FPS for reducing battery consumption ・Quality control of preview rendering for reducing battery consumption ・Screen dimming for reducing battery consumption ・Cross line view finder The view finder never shows on still image and movie. ・Screen orientation You can select whether screen rotates depending on the device orientation, or fix it to portrait/landscape. ・Adjusting image You can adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness, gamma, gain and whiteblance if your camera supports them. We assume many of generic UVC web came and video grabber can work with this app but not all of them. If you find a device that can not work with this app, it is helpful for us to let it know us. Note: ・Please detach your cam from device when you don't need it because just connecting web cam use battery. ・The power consumption of web cam is more tha several hundreds mA and we recommend to use self-powered USB hub. ・This app does not support multiple cam previewing now. You can connect multiple cam when using USB hub, but only one cam can use at a time. ・This app may not work well according to the combination of camera type, resolution and fps setting etc. About permissions: ・This app use the permission of write accress to external storage to save still image/movie. ・This app use the permission of network access to show ads. ・This app use the permission of vibration to feedback on starting interval capturing. ・This app use the permission of audio recording. Notifications: This app is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.

What's new

・Add support Android 16 devices ・Migrate to new UI/UX ・Improve crash when USB device detached while video streaming from the device ・Improve a crash that occured on settings screen on older devices than Android12 ・Optimize app

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