#10253 NORM Not Tri: add camera image left for right mirror control to record activity

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#10253: add camera image left for right mirror control to record activity
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           Reporter:  Esteban          |       Owner:  dsd                   
               Type:  enhancement      |      Status:  new                   
           Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Not Triaged           
          Component:  record-activity  |     Version:  1.0 Software Build 802
         Resolution:                   |    Keywords:                        
        Next_action:  design           |    Verified:  0                     
Deployment_affected:                   |   Blockedby:                        
           Blocking:                   |  
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Comment(by sridhar):

 Replying to [comment:7 Quozl]:
 > Sridhar, the XO-1.5 OpenFirmware command:
 > {{{
 > test /camera
 > }}}
 > is expected to show a still image not mirrored for one second, followed
 by a live image mirrored, not just a live image mirrored as you observed.

 Confirmed. I had earlier assumed that the still image was just a delay in
 the camera properly engaging.

 > Photo Booth on Mac OS X on a MacBook mirrors the image, but I cannot
 tell if this is done by the camera, the kernel, or the application.  I
 know of no standard.  If the same version of Cheese in GNOME shows a
 mirrored image on the cameras of all other non-XO laptops and desktops,
 then I guess we might want to change our default.

 I just tested Cheese on another machine, and the live image was not
 mirrored by default. There's a "Horizontal Flip" effect that can be
 engaged to achieve this.

 AFAIK Cheese is using gstreamer for its effects, so I think we could
 implement something similar in Record.

 > But this risks existing deployment documentation and practice, so I
 wouldn't want to take such a decision lightly.
 >
 > I'd like this ticket to remain the addition of a mirror control to
 Record unless there is consensus on an alternative solution.

 Agreed.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/10253#comment:8>
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