[Tomas C] saw an opportunity to mod his Xiaomi Dafang IP camera which comes configured to work only with proprietary apps and cloud. The hack involves voiding the warranty by taking the unit apart ...

With the IP Camera Viewer app, you can use your Roku TV or streaming device to view real-time footage from most IP-connected cameras. You can also control pan, tilt, and zoom cams with your Roku ...

It is pretty straightforward if you have a Windows 11/10 laptop. There are multiple IP camera apps for Windows PC. For example, you can download DroidCam, IP Webcam, Iruin 4K Webcam, etc.

As technology moved forward, IP cameras began to proliferate ... More often than not, configuration is through a strange smartphone app, and video is accessed through third-party servers.