Does anyone know how to feed a live camcorder into an iPad? Will do anything...jailbreak if we have to. So in other words, a live feed going into the iPad and showing realtime, without any lag, on the iPad. I have seen the opposite occur but not input. Money no object.

There is an app called iCam by SKJM.
Made for iPhone but works good on iPad.
Can hook up webcams (up to 4). Real time video and sound. I have old PC laptops hooked up with web cams around house and can view from anywhere.
Not sure if this is what you are looking for but works good and is only a buck or two if I remember correctly.

There is a motion alert which pops up when you have push notification on. Can also view from any computer too.

I think it's a pretty cool app for the money. Worth checking out anyway.

It depends on the Camcorder. I can't see how this could be done via usb or firewire.

Your best best would be to find one with wifi capabilities. Or bluetooth, but that's unlikely. Via network, you'd just open safari to it's network address. But most network capable cameras are security type cameras. Find the right camcorder, and that's easy. Try to make a particular one to work, would be tricky (without using an extra computer).

Should have mentioned, needs to be hardwired. I can do VGA or rca, but no wifi or 3G.

Not even computers can do this without extra hardware (capture cards).

Also, if all you want is a wired connection to a screen, it would be cheaper to buy a dedicated monitor. This one cool setup to record videos using a Canon 5D:




You can't surely expect to edit videos on the ipad, the only other use for a wired iPad would be as an expensive monitor...so I say go get a quality monitor for that, like the one above, at camera gear stores.

Now the video below, skip to the next 4min, shows a much better use for your iPhone:

YouTube - RedRockMicro Remote Follow Focus at NAB for Cinema5D

Can't wait what these guys will do with the iPad...

Yeah that is fancy stuff. But not what I am looking for... I don't need to edit or anything. Just want to use an iPad as a monitor to receive a live video input by vga or rca. And there doesn't seem to be a solution. Anyone?

Originally Posted by Dylanand

Yeah that is fancy stuff. But not what I am looking for... I don't need to edit or anything. Just want to use an iPad as a monitor to receive a live video input by vga or rca. And there doesn't seem to be a solution. Anyone?

The example was to illustrate the use of a dedicated monitor, not to use as an editor. The point being using a monitor makes more sense than using an ipad.

Originally Posted by Star56

Originally Posted by Dylanand

Yeah that is fancy stuff. But not what I am looking for... I don't need to edit or anything. Just want to use an iPad as a monitor to receive a live video input by vga or rca. And there doesn't seem to be a solution. Anyone?

The example was to illustrate the use of a dedicated monitor, not to use as an editor. The point being using a monitor makes more sense than using an ipad.

Exactly, thanks.

Originally Posted by iWags

There is an app called iCam by SKJM.
Made for iPhone but works good on iPad.
Can hook up webcams (up to 4). Real time video and sound. I have old PC laptops hooked up with web cams around house and can view from anywhere.
Not sure if this is what you are looking for but works good and is only a buck or two if I remember correctly.

There is a motion alert which pops up when you have push notification on. Can also view from any computer too.

I think it's a pretty cool app for the money. Worth checking out anyway.

WOW! iCam is wonderful!

No, I understand the point. But we really want to use the ipad as the monitor. It has to be.