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**Created:** [November 15, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-your-webcam-in-html-wifi/654722 "2022-11-15T22:22:31Z")\
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**Author:**  [@NigeM](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NigeM)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-your-webcam-in-html-wifi/654722/1 "2022-11-15T22:22:31Z")
I can successfully set up Accessing Your Webcam in HTML as described. Can I change the source to use a WiFi camera instead of my laptop camera?
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**Author:**  [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 5:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-your-webcam-in-html-wifi/654722/2 "2022-11-16T05:07:51Z")
In a video chatting app like Zoom or Google Meet, does your Wifi enabled webcam appear as a video source?
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**Author:**  [@NigeM](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NigeM)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-your-webcam-in-html-wifi/654722/3 "2022-11-16T12:43:32Z")
Hi Kirupa. Thank you for getting back to me. To answer your question, no I can’t see the cameras in either zoom or skype. I can see the camera IP addresses using my admin router access. What I am hoping to do is set up direct access to the cameras so that during broadband failure they could still be seen locally? I can normally access them from mobile phone android applications. Maybe I’m trying to do the impossible? Or reinventing the wheel? Many thanks.
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**Author:**  [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-your-webcam-in-html-wifi/654722/4 "2022-11-16T16:57:46Z")
Unfortunately, that makes it difficult/impossible to do. The APIs in JavaScript for detecting a webcam require that the webcam be easily detectable via some low-level system setting. With that said…can you enter the IP address in your browser’s address bar? If so, what do you see displayed?