Can this camera output live video to a monitor (without any of the menus on it)? Can it do it without recording, and without falling asleep?
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"Sony® digital still cameras are not supported for use as a Webcam. To video conference, use a dedicated Webcam or video camera that supports this function."So says Sony. I did find mention of some other Sony models with a specific jack working. After market -I don't know
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Hi jstevens, no the camera doesn't have the capability for live display to an external monitor. You can only use the a/v out port for playback on a TV. Thanks_Mitch
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My monitor will always be blue screen when it has no video feed from the back-up camera. It never has "video through the static".
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Not with the software it comes with. XSplit will work with it and output a greenscreen'd video stream.
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No, not live content... But it will record... And of course, you can pause and rewind your recorded content.
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I am not using it for a security camera, however I do know that it will record to a computer and I have not tried to use the other feature.
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I never tried that. I just use the monitor that the other camera came with. ( I bought this camera to use in a second room )
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You can plug it in to a DVR but recording will show nothing but "static". The operating systems are completely different in the 2 devices. However, if you connect this to a TV and then connect the DVR to the TV, you can record video.
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The monitor needs the SD card to record only. Be sure to have the monitor and camera close together and sync the camera to the monitor as the instructions advise.
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No, but it would work perfectly fine other than not having audio. So if you just want to view, it would work. Most baby monitors would be wireless and let you carry around something that has audio / video. With this system, you'd have to wire the camera to the room, only have video, but can watch the video on a mobile device.
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The camera just gives a feed to the device you connect too. That device can just output a video signal or record if it has that function. But that is independent of this camera.
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Yes it can work as a normal video camera when set to that mode. It just doesn't have a viewfinder.
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While I am not 100% sure on this, as I am not interested in this functionality, I do not believe there is a live feed option. There are a couple of ports and this may be something it can do, one port is for continuous power feed, the other may allow for USB download, but I am not clear on whether this is just for download of the video, or live monitoring.
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Yes. Live video can stream through HDMI output. You will use this feature to focus the lense if you change it out.
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Sorry man, your thinking of live video feeds, this camera is not able to do that. I wish it did but all it does is capture and do playbacks.
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The camera itself transmits only video. Depending on the analog-to-digital conversion method you use, you can capture screen shots at any point in your video feed. I've gotten hundreds of individual images on the nest box I've been monitoring--pretty good quality, too.
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Not that I am aware of. You can switch from video to camera, but can't switch back without plugging it in to a computer.
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You do not have to have it hooked to a monitor for it to record. I'm not sure about the streaming video, I do not have my system hooked to the internet. I don't believe you would need it hooked to a monitor, but camera placement would be difficult without seeing it on some sort of monitor. I have read that it is easy to "hack" the streaming video feed, so I elected not to do that. I'm not sure if you can delete, or modify settings from a device, and that is why I didn't connect it to the internet