[ANNOUNCE] Mirror
 

Mirror is a simple utility that shows a real-time mirror image of the built-in user-facing camera. To call this an application is a bit of an overstatement, but it has been requested by several users in various threads, so, there. Comments welcome, just don't ask me to turn it into a a full-blow image processing thing, or to automatically remove skin blemishes :)

http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/mirror/

Developers: https://garage.maemo.org/projects/mirrorapp/

Version 2 changelog: has zoom, can toggle between 16:9 (screen) and 4:3 (camera), can fullscreen, remembers it's settings, and, last but not least, stops when not in foreground.


EDIT: Special thanks to daperl for the original gstreamer chain idea/example. Sorry for the missing README :(

EDIT: Diablo version is on hold. I just remembered why I'm a Qt guy. There are just too many syntax changes in PyGTK/hildon between Maemo 4 and Maemo 5. Feel free to pick-up the code and adapt it to Maemo 4.x syntax if interested.

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cannot install the gstreamer0.10-plugins-good package

go look at http://maemo.org/packages/package_in...0-0maemo8+0m5/

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any screen shots?

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*facepalm*

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would it be able to make the background look like the actual reflective surface of a mirror.

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I'm not THAT pretty :D Seriously, it's a mirror, not exactly much to be seen from a screenshot.

Background... you lost me there. Can you elaborate ?

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theme or background. what your reflection apears in front of. now that i think about it. it could be almost like one of those photo booths.

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OK, I understand now. That would only be possible if the background would be single-colour and uniformly lit (like in the photobooth you mention). I guess it could be done, but that's not really the use-case for this 'app' (it sounds more like an extension/filter for the camera application).

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kriptoniankid17, it doesn't really make sense what you're saying about this app.. the app displays what the front camera sees, so it shows your person and the background behind you. = mirror.

that photo booth stuff you talk about has nothing to do with this application, if I understood well what you mean.
[ example of Photo Booth effects ]
[ example of the effect you probably talk about ]

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with this community though you never know. someone will pick up on it. But its great to know developers pay attention.

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It was about time that someone uses the front camera for something - thanks a lot!

Just a few things:
- The window title is "gst-launch-0.10", maybe set it to "Mirror" :)
- When put into the background it is still using a lot of cpu power. I think it should stop processing/displaying the image.
- Same is when put into the dash board. On the outer left and right boarder of the screen there are artefacts. I think the best would be to stop everything if not the top most application.

I think the power saving in background thing is important to get it into extras.

Last thing a wish: How about putting it into fullscreen when tapping somewhere inside the window and leaving fullscreen wenn tapping again. Just like the image viewer.

Oh an another one (really the one): I have the feeling that the image is stretched or my head is very round ;)

Thanks for the good work!

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I installed it without problems but all I got was the spinning wheel of the application being started; after a few seconds it went back to the application manager. Tried a few times, then the application manager started acting funny (it was showing base and extra icons on top of each other) and I had to reboot.

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Does this actually need porting to diablo for N8x0s?

We have the camera application already On the N810, the camera faces the user anyway, and on the N800 we can rotate the camera as well. Only good thing about the camera resolution is that it is so poor that any spots, pimples etc probably won't be picked up!

Mind you whenever I've tried the camera application, it has been monumentally slow, resource hungry etc etc, and has been completely unusable.

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Right :)

Noted.

I noticed this myself. This is definitely not my doing, it's either the cam readout process (=electronics) or something deep inside (=kernel level) as direct v4l2 readout also results in some artifacts.

Noted.

Yes, turns out the cam is not the same aspect ratio as the screen - again, noted :)

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Hm. Try opening a console and starting manually (just type 'mirror') - does it give an error or something there ?

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It does need a port... First, the device names have been swapped - the user-cam is /dev/video0 on N810 and /dev/video1 on the N900. Second, the N810 camera app is not a mirror :) Third, on the N800/N810 you probably want to go for 320x240 (instead of the current/max 640x480) as it gets choppy (esp in low-light conditions).

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So what this does is horizontal flip?

That is one of the effects of Cheese.

Has anyone tried to port it?

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I see making a video of this in action is inevitable :) Yes, it's a horizontal flip, the point being in simplicity - you don't need to take a picture or start/apply anything extra. You start the app, you get a mirror, as easy as that.

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Hm... I didn't do anything and the missing dependencies disappeared. There is some voodoo going on there... is it ok for you now ?

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Niels fixed it, so no voodo :) Didn't you get the email on the devel list?

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Hmm, we've got some email voodoo going on, too, I never got that message :( That explains a few things, though, I was starting to think I completely misunserstood how these repos worked. :)

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I forwarded it to you, just in case that the archives need some time.

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Wow, not even a mention. Spooky.

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???

pad pad pad

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I'm sorry, FWIW I forgot to include the README in the package (also containing the icon's source and reference to your post). It's already fixed in the next version.
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I've always just used liqbase if I even required a mirror with my n810.

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I'm just happy to see things like these getting into the repos! W00T!

But, hey, thanks daperl!

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just a little overily excited. Lots of ideas.

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hows the picture clarity so far?

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Permission to bounce up and down in enthusiasm please? I don't actually have a device to test it on, but I was one of the people pushing for this one. :)

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I actually tried to give (yes, give) an N810 to the Cheese developer a while back and he refused. :(

Tim

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cheese would be killer on the n900. thanks for the link.

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why do i see a ar seuss green eggs and ham scenario. lol

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/usr/bin/mirror: line 2: gst-launch-0.10: not found

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Thanks, I appreciate it.

Now, if I can just get credit for my flashlight idea...

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Wow, incredible! So many guys crowding around a girl's mirror.

SCNR :D

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Oops, that's a missing dependency. New version heading to the repos...

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[even spookier]You're missing the point. It defaults to debug mode, which of course continues to run in the background and publishes everything, including sound, to youtube.[/even spookier]

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This is awesome. Now I can stop using my iPod's glossy display to manage them pimples. :cool:

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Hi to all.

I installed everithing without any problem ... great.
And the program runs without any problem. But ... ... in the scree I see a darker band than the rest on the right side.
I tried on 2 N900 ... and the results is the same.
Is this a problem of the internal camera or ... what is this ?

Look at the screenschoot ( am I beautiful ? :-) ).

Thanks !

http://i38.tinypic.com/259e9m0.jpg