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Sony’s Camera Remote API beta SDK allows you to control a number of Sony cameras, including Sony Action cams, Sony Alpha cameras and Lens Style cameras, wirelessly from another device.

Sony’s Camera Remote API beta SDK allows you to control a number of Sony cameras, including Sony Action cams, Sony Alpha cameras and Lens Style cameras, wirelessly from another device.

This opens up for a number of exciting use cases, such as zoom control, remote viewfinder, self-timer settings, still image capture and recording start and stop.

The Camera Remote API is a flexible API that builds on commonly-used protocols such as HTTP and JSON. And you can develop apps for any operating system, such as Android, IOS or Microsoft® Windows®.

Source: https://developer.sony.com/develop/cameras/

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Problems implementing a wrapper-program for the camera remote sdk by sony

so... I am trying to create a wrapper program for the new Sony Camera Remote SDK listed on their website. I was able to get a few functions to work. See below: import ctypes from ctypes import * from sys import platform shared_lib_path =…
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How to Livestream camera using sony sdk api

Im implementing a program to control sony camera attached to a robot. As of now Ive build application to control camera settings such as shutter speed,ISO, Aperture etc. Now i want to live stream the video on my remote controller. As a first step…
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Sony Remote Camera SDK demo app unable to connect to Sony FX3

I am writing a small app to remotely control Sony full-frame cameras. Everything works fine for the Sony A7C (ILCE-7C) and Sony A7RIV, however, my app has issues with connecting to the Sony FX3 (ILME-FX3). The demo app that came with the Sony Camera…
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On the Sony Alpha 6300, is there any way to enable Smart Remote by default when powering on?

I'm developing software for the a6300 using the Sony API, for a situation where the rear camera controls will be inaccessible. The software will do things like stream the live view, adjust exposure, snap photos etc, along with other non-camera…
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Content URL - Sony camera API

I have problem with downloading image file using url returned by "getContentList" using Sony Camera API. After decoded url I've got smth as…
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Enabling Contents Transfer on Sony a7iii/a7riii/a9

It seems like the remote API on the newer Sony models support the capabilities to transfer images, namely the device returns that it supports the listContent method when calling getMethodTypes. However the camera doesn't support setCameraFunction…
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Extend Camera Remote API for adjusting the focus

Could you please extend the Camera Remote API with some function to set and get the focus. This could be used for macro or landscape photography to allow taking pictures for focus stacking. It would be great to have 4 additional calls to be able to…
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Android: How I can take Bracketing photos using SonyCamera remote API

This issue is troubling me until 1 week. I want to take picture like bracketing but in Sony Camera API its not support. so I coded it like continuously take 5 pictures with different value (0,+2,-2,-4,+4) using loop. (using button for it, and when…
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Sony Camera Remote API actTakePicture error 40400 (shooting fail) with RX0

I am able to connect to RX0 using sony_camera_api and call some methods like setShootMode or getFocusMode. However, whenever I call actTakePicture to take pictures, I will always get error 40400. There are very rare times when I call…
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Are Somebody knows how to rotate liveviewOrientation in Sony Camera remote API

I'm using the Sony Camera API for taking a picture remotely, but when I rotate the camera streaming image is still vertical. API ver. is 2.40. I checked the Reference of API but there is nothing about orientation of live view
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Image Quality Live View Sony Camera Remote API

I use the Sony Camera Remote API to stream the live view from my Sony a7R to my Android smartphone. I started with the sample application which is shipped with the SDK. In this scenario, the image quality is not great, but acceptable. However, I am…
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Can I record in HFR mode on the RX100 V using the Remote Camera API?

Can I record in HFR mode (240fps) on the RX100 V using the Remote Camera API? I’m wanting to create an app for a slow motion video booth so I don’t have to have someone manning it the whole time.
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Why does the RX100M5 return error 12 (No such method) when trying to execute setContShootingMode?

EDIT: I accepted one of the answer's below, but there's a catch, and I'll state the details here: You have to update the Smart Remote Embedded app on the Sony camera in order to access the missing functions. But if you try to do this using the…
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How to extend Sony Remote Camera API access point range?

Just for reference the Sony Remote Camera API only works by using a 1:1 Wifi Connection The Wifi signal strength of my Sony DSC-HX60V camera already drops after a few meters distance. But I want to be able to remotely control the camera over a range…
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How to get started with the Sony A6000 Remote

I'm trying to get started with the remote camera API, and have hit a wall. It's not clear to me what the initial setup for the camera (A6000 in my case) should be. The docs seem to imply that I configure "Remote Control" (which I've done) and that…
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