Setup guide · About 5 minutes

Set up Camora

Camora has two parts: the app on your phone sends the picture, and the app on your computer turns it into a webcam. Install both, connect them, and choose Camora in your video app.

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Before you start

What you need

A computer
Windows 11, or Ubuntu 24.04 or 26.04.
An Android phone
Android 8.0 or newer. Any phone with a working camera.
A way to connect them
A USB cable that carries data (some cables only charge), or the phone and computer on the same Wi-Fi network.

Step 1

Install

On the computer first, then on the phone.

On the computer

  1. Run the installer

    Open the Camora installer you downloaded (Camora-Windows-setup.exe).

  2. If Windows warns you

    Windows may say “Windows protected your PC” because the installer isn't signed yet. Click More info, then Run anyway.

  3. Allow it once

    Windows asks for administrator permission. Click Yes: Camora adds the “Camora” camera for all your apps.

  4. Open Camora

    Start Camora from the Start menu. Keep it open while you use the camera: “Camora” is in your apps' camera lists only while it runs.

On the phone

  1. Install the app

    Install Camora on your phone.

  2. If you downloaded an APK file

    Open it, and when Android asks, allow your browser or Files app to install apps. You can turn that off again afterwards.

  3. Allow the camera

    Camora asks for the camera the first time you open the camera screen. On Android 13 and newer it also asks to show notifications: allow it to see the “Streaming” notification with its Stop button.

Step 2

Connect your phone

A USB cable gives the lowest delay; Wi-Fi lets you go wireless. You can set up both and choose each time on the phone.

With a USB cable

  1. Turn on Developer options (once)

    Settings → About phone → tap Build number 7 times. On Xiaomi tap OS version (or MIUI version); on Samsung it's under Software information.

  2. Turn on USB debugging (once)

    Settings → Developer options (sometimes under System) → USB debugging. Camora's Set up USB screen opens these pages for you and ticks each step when it's done.

  3. Plug in the phone

    Connect it to the computer with the USB cable, with Camora open on the computer.

  4. Connect with USB

    In Camora on the phone, choose USB cable and tap Connect with USB. The first time, the phone asks “Allow USB debugging?”: tick Always allow from this computer, then Allow.

Over Wi-Fi

  1. Same network

    Put the phone and the computer on the same Wi-Fi network.

  2. Pair once

    In Camora on the phone, choose Wi-Fi and tap Pair with a computer: it shows a 6-digit code. On the computer, click Pair next to your phone and type the code.

  3. Next time

    Choose Wi-Fi and tap Already paired? Connect. The computer finds the phone and connects by itself, without a code.

Then start streaming

  1. Start streaming

    Tap Start streaming on the phone, or click Start streaming on the computer. You see the picture in Camora on the computer straight away.

  2. Adjust it

    Resolution (720p or 1080p), frame rate (30 or 60 fps), quality and front or back camera: change them on the phone, or from the computer while streaming.

Step 3

Choose Camora in your video app

Camora is a camera like any other. Pick “Camora” wherever the app lets you choose a camera.

Zoom
Settings, then Video, then Camera, then Camora
Google Meet
In a call: More options (⋮), then Settings, then Video, then Camera, then Camora
Microsoft Teams
Settings, then Devices (or Devices & audio), then Camera, then Camora
OBS Studio
Sources, then +, then Video Capture Device, then Device: Camora
Your browser
When a site asks for the camera, allow it and choose Camora (or in the site's video settings)

Help

If something doesn't work

“Camora” isn't in my video app's camera list

Make sure Camora is open on the computer: its camera only exists while it runs. Then close and reopen the video app (some apps only look for cameras when they start). On Windows, Camora's camera needs Windows 11.

The picture freezes or stays black when two video apps use Camora

Windows lets only one app use a camera at a time. Turn the camera off in the other app (or close it). On recent Windows 11 you can let several apps share it: Settings → Bluetooth & devices → Cameras → Camora → Advanced camera options → Allow multiple apps to use camera at the same time. On Ubuntu, only one app can use Camora at a time (like any webcam there): leave the call or close the tab that has it, then pick Camora again in the other app.

The video app shows “Waiting for your phone”

That's Camora's camera before any video arrives: connect the phone and tap Start streaming.

The computer doesn't find my phone over USB

Check that USB debugging is on, that you tapped Allow on the phone's “Allow USB debugging?” prompt, and that the cable carries data (try another cable or USB port). The phone's Set up USB screen shows which step is missing.

Pairing over Wi-Fi doesn't work

Both devices must be on the same Wi-Fi network (not a guest network that keeps devices apart). If Windows asks whether Camora may use the network, allow it. Each code works once and for 2 minutes: get a new one if it expired.

The picture stutters over Wi-Fi

Move closer to the router, use 5 GHz Wi-Fi if you can, or lower the quality. A USB cable gives the steadiest picture and the lowest delay.

The phone gets hot

Camora warns you and can lower the quality in one tap. Charging and a phone case make it warmer; 720p at 30 fps keeps it coolest.

Help

Uninstall

Windows
Settings → Apps → Installed apps → Camora → Uninstall.
Ubuntu
sudo apt remove camora
Android
Long-press Camora → Uninstall (or Settings → Apps → Camora).