Xiamoi Yi Sport (and action cam USB streaming generally)

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Anyone have one of these?

I know it's able to stream video from its USB port using a USB to component video cable (mainly for drones) ... however I'm unable to discover if it can via USB to USB (effectively functioning like a webcam). This seems to be a major sore point with cameras generally, and I find it somewhat ridiculous that even the Go Pros and Sony Action Cams don't do it. Practically the only solution these days seems to be using a Nikon or Canon DSLR with the third party Sparkosoft software.

Do I have to wait until next year when USB Type C takes over and this hopefully becomes a formality, or do I need to buy a €1k capture card that can take 4-5 HDMI inputs simultaneously? :(
 
The issue is cameras aren't designed to run long time like you want them to. Take my Olympus omd5. From memory the video stops after 29 mins to stop overheating and the battery runs out at 45 minutes anyway.

That's why you should just use a webcam or video camera. And hence why nobody bothers making their cameras so you can. Don't expect usb c to change anything,

And the go pros stream live video via wifi to the pc which is infinitely better than using a usb lead anyway.

On googling it says your camera live streams via wifi as well. Is this not usable for you?
 
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I think that's wrong... most cameras stop at 29min as if you hit 30min they are classed as video camera and it effects duty / taxes or something to that tune......
 
Flukester said:
I think that's wrong... most cameras stop at 29min as if you hit 30min they are classed as video camera and it effects duty / taxes or something to that tune......
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That's probably why.lol. I thought it was a heat/wear issue but new they stopped at 29 minutes. Stupid taxation systems
 
Wi-fi is a pain in the arse and also introduces more latency.

It's either USB or HDMI and a capture card for me. It's intended for 'creative' category Twitch streams where I'll have several of them.

People like Xiaomi and SJCam couldn't care less about ridiculous EU video tax regs ... (Sony etc obviously do), so I don't really see what's stopping them. SJCam's bottom of the range camera does it, but none of the better ones.
 
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I have a Xiaomi Yi, it doesn't do USB live streaming, only over wifi.
It only shows as removable drive over USB, and you can't connect to the wifi if it is plugged into a PC.
I've seen the usb to component cables for fpv use, but they look like some cobbled together electronics to me, so I've no idea how that works, or why the YI even outputs component over usb, since there isn't an official cable that does it. It doesn't stop recording at 29 minutes either, so they obviously don't care about any issues with EU duty regs.

Also, for some reason, there is very little latency when live streaming to the app on a phone, but the latency over wifi to a pc is definitely noticeable, although this was using a third party script to connect to the camera, so that may well be the issue.
 
lord filbuster said:
I have a Xiaomi Yi, it doesn't do USB live streaming, only over wifi.
It only shows as removable drive over USB, and you can't connect to the wifi if it is plugged into a PC.
I've seen the usb to component cables for fpv use, but they look like some cobbled together electronics to me, so I've no idea how that works, or why the YI even outputs component over usb, since there isn't an official cable that does it. It doesn't stop recording at 29 minutes either, so they obviously don't care about any issues with EU duty regs.

Also, for some reason, there is very little latency when live streaming to the app on a phone, but the latency over wifi to a pc is definitely noticeable, although this was using a third party script to connect to the camera, so that may well be the issue.
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Thanks. Are you using this? https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/threa...-control-configure-from-pc-win-lin-mac.11206/ The thread is gigantic and difficult to digest, but there was at some point during it speculation that they could hack USB streaming. I'm assuming it didn't get added?

It'd be so good to be able to pick up an array of these and run them as webcams over USB. Alas ...
 
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