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Does the Sony qx10 api support multiple simultaneous clients?


Apologies in advance for the general-ness of the question.

I'm writing a multiple client iOS app for viewing the video feed from a single camera. Can the QX10 api support two (or 3) iPad's discovering/viewing the same QX10 at the same time?

I've been looking QX10 sample code, the camera api docs, StackOverflow, and of course the dev website and haven't seen an answer. I'd just buy the bloody thing to test with, but there are none nearby and I was hoping to avoid having to mail order/return it if it didn't work.

....And we're not locked into HW. If there's a better option, I'm open....


Solution

  • I don't believe it does. For ios, the camera creates a network that the ios connects to. (In ios settings/wireless) Any further attempts to connect to the camera from another device fail. Since the API only works after a network connection is established, I don't see how the API could possibly allow 2 devices could connect at once.

    (No extraneous words in this post b/c that will get edited which auto down votes the question.....ahhh internet)