otonielpv/sonylivemonitor

Analysis updated 2026-05-18

★ 8KotlinAudience · developerComplexity · 4/5Setup · hard

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  root((SonyLiveMonitor))
    What it does
      Low latency live view
      Camera remote control
      Focus peaking overlay
    Tech stack
      Kotlin
      SwiftUI
      Python
      OpenCV
    Use cases
      Monitor camera on phone
      Manual lens focus peaking
      Desktop diagnostics
    Audience
      Photographers who code
      Camera app developers
    Setup
      Build Android or iOS app
      Connect to camera WiFi
      Or run Python prototype

mindmap root((SonyLiveMonitor)) What it does Low latency live view Camera remote control Focus peaking overlay Tech stack Kotlin SwiftUI Python OpenCV Use cases Monitor camera on phone Manual lens focus peaking Desktop diagnostics Audience Photographers who code Camera app developers Setup Build Android or iOS app Connect to camera WiFi Or run Python prototype

What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Monitor a Sony a6000 live view on your phone with low latency and a performance HUD.

USE CASE 2

Use focus peaking and grid overlays for manual lens video and photography work.

USE CASE 3

Control ISO, shutter speed, aperture, and trigger the camera remotely from your phone.

USE CASE 4

Run the Python desktop prototype to diagnose and test the camera live view stream from a PC.

What is it built with?

KotlinSwiftUIPythonOpenCV

How does it compare?

	otonielpv/sonylivemonitor	android-hacker/wechatchatroomhelper	sinasamaki/kotlinconf26animatedlogo
Stars	8	8	8
Language	Kotlin	Kotlin	Kotlin
Last pushed	—	2019-12-09	—
Maintenance	—	Dormant	—
Setup difficulty	hard	hard	—
Complexity	4/5	4/5	—
Audience	developer	developer	developer

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you get it running?

Difficulty · hard Time to first run · 1h+

Requires building the Android or iOS app yourself and connecting to the camera WiFi access point in Smart Remote Control mode.

In plain English

SonyLiveMonitor is a low latency live view monitor for Sony a6000 cameras, and other cameras that support Sony's Camera Remote API, built as a lightweight alternative to Sony's own Imaging Edge software. The project includes three parts: a native Android app, which is the most complete version and has been tested on a real a6000 at around 25 frames per second with only about 5 milliseconds of frame delay, a full SwiftUI port of that same app for iPhone, and a Python desktop prototype used mainly for diagnostics and development from a computer. The Android and iOS apps share the same core feature set. Both show a full screen live view with an overlay reporting frames per second, frame age, and dropped frames. Configurable grid overlays include rule of thirds, thirds with diagonals, or a cross, and these persist between sessions. A real time exposure meter is calculated directly from the live view feed, since Sony's API does not expose the camera's internal light meter, showing a luminance histogram, deviation from middle gray, and percentage of clipped highlights. You can control ISO, shutter speed, aperture, exposure compensation, and trigger the shutter, with available values pulled from the camera based on its current dial mode. Tapping the image sets touch autofocus, and focus peaking is calculated on the phone itself, with adjustable color and sensitivity, working even with manual lenses that have no electronic connection to the camera. A horizontal mirror view helps when filming yourself while looking at the monitor, and only flips the preview while keeping touch focus accurate. On cameras with Smart Remote Control patched in, both apps offer a full memory card gallery, separate JPEG and RAW downloads, and multiple photo deletion with confirmation. The Python desktop version connects to the camera's Smart Remote Control WiFi access point, discovers its JSON RPC API endpoint through SSDP, starts the live view stream, and reads JPEG frames over a raw socket that keeps only the newest frame to avoid accumulating lag, then displays it with OpenCV along with FPS and frame age. It is run from the command line with a few optional flags for endpoint, live view size, and window scale.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1

Help me build and install the Android app in this repository onto my phone using Gradle and adb.

Prompt 2

Explain how this project connects to a Sony a6000 Smart Remote Control WiFi and streams live view with low latency.

Prompt 3

Show me how to run the Python monitor.py script to view my Sony camera live feed on my computer.

Prompt 4

Walk me through building and signing the iOS app in Xcode from this repository.

Frequently asked questions

What is sonylivemonitor?

A low latency live view monitor for Sony a6000 and similar cameras, available as Android, iOS, and Python desktop apps.

What language is sonylivemonitor written in?

Mainly Kotlin. The stack also includes Kotlin, SwiftUI, Python.

How hard is sonylivemonitor to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated hard, with roughly 1h+ to a first successful run.

Who is sonylivemonitor for?

Mainly developer.

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