Nick Driftwood | Xperia I II External Monitor App Test With Lumix BGH1 @driftwoodtv | Uploaded August 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
This will probably cut out the switching between apps as I stream this but here, just a quick test to show you don't necessarily need all the bells & whistles of a Xperia Pro phone with its HDMI input, because, a cheap HDMI to USB C dongle can do the same trick with near on similar latency on a plain Xperia I II or Xperia 5.
Indeed, any decent Android phone working with NeXtCam App will do near on the same thing as the External Monitor App from Sony.
In this video I'm filming with a BGH1 HDMI linked to the HDMI-USBC dongle connected up to the phone and streaming with the YouTube app LIVE at the same time as running the Ext Monitor App - YT sees the phones external camera (USB C /HDMI input) or internal cameras which you can switch between if you should so choose.
This demo was longer but the YT recording cut out all the switching between the Ext Monitor app and YouTube Live unfortunately! Obviously, switching sends a blank signal.
This will probably cut out the switching between apps as I stream this but here, just a quick test to show you don't necessarily need all the bells & whistles of a Xperia Pro phone with its HDMI input, because, a cheap HDMI to USB C dongle can do the same trick with near on similar latency on a plain Xperia I II or Xperia 5.
Indeed, any decent Android phone working with NeXtCam App will do near on the same thing as the External Monitor App from Sony.
In this video I'm filming with a BGH1 HDMI linked to the HDMI-USBC dongle connected up to the phone and streaming with the YouTube app LIVE at the same time as running the Ext Monitor App - YT sees the phones external camera (USB C /HDMI input) or internal cameras which you can switch between if you should so choose.
This demo was longer but the YT recording cut out all the switching between the Ext Monitor app and YouTube Live unfortunately! Obviously, switching sends a blank signal.
