Accessing video stream from Looxcie device

Question

I'm looking to see if there's a way to get the audio and video streaming in from the bluetooth connection in an android app that I'd create.

http://www.looxcie.com/index.php/companion-apps/looxciecam

Looxcie has their own app which saves their video to a file, but I'd want access to the raw video stream using MediaRecorder if possible.

Thanks!

Answer 1

The Looxcie device lacks in technical information that could help a developer to use it in a custom application. My advice is that first to check what Bluetooth profiles are available on that device and maybe there is VDP - Video Distribution Profile, A2DP - Advanced Audio Distribution Profile and AVRCP - Audio/Video Remote Control Profile.

But from what I know on Android you have only A2DP and no VDP. So, probably they send data over SPP - Serial Port Profile and reconstruct it on Android. If they work this way, is nothing you can do, it's like a proprietary format. You could ask Looxcie for more information about the device, they look like a friendly/enthusiastic open company and maybe they will share information.

A trick you could make is use that file feature, and have it like a virtual file that goes into your MediaRecorder. Again it may not work, it's possible that they don't write all the time, but periodically put chunks of data.