Does anyone know if it is possible to access the camera/mic on a n810 from a web application, specifically one in Flash?

I'm currently a grad student and this quarter I'm enrolled in a distance class where the instructor uses Adobe Connect to give lectures, etc. Those details probably don't matter though...

The application is web based, and uses Flash. The video and audio streaming are received fine on my n810, and I can see/hear it. However, this Flash app also supports a webcam for sending video/audio to the other participants. While I can bring up the standard Flash configuration dialog for audio/video input, it doesn't actually let me select the built-in camera or mic for the tablet. In fact, the dialogs that give a combo box for selection don't have a single entry -- not even a default one.

Is it possible to make the camera/mic devices "visible" so Flash knows they are available, and can be used?

Thanks,

Michael

This topic has been discussed numerous times, and the answer remains the same. Adobe's implementation of Flash does not support webcams on Linux. So it can't be done.

I'm not sure about the truth of this statement as it relates directly to the n810, but flash on linux certainly does support webcams. Browse to stickam.com and check it out. Not the most stable i/o stack on the web, but a good workable implementation that works fine.

What version of flash does the N800 run?

This has been a feature request for some time as I would LOVE to do live ustream.tv shows from the tablet itself. The feature request on the bugzilla already has 35 votes: https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1889

Thanks for the info, thoughtfix. I added my vote to the bug. It seems silly to have a camera and microphone on the device and not be able to use it except in certain limited apps!

Agreed. Camera access from Flash would be very useful, I'm trying to work with Seero.com to share videos of my walk. Since I have a GPS, Wifi, camera tablet you'd think this would be easy, but the device is too limited to actaully carry out the cool stuff. I wonder if I could sell the camera back to Nokia and put that money towards something more useful :-/