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[Chris Coulson <chrisccoulson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On 07/04/16 14:56, Peter Bittner wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> thanks for OTA-10, has (sort of) fixed some things for me. Most
> importantly the camera access in the webapp-container, which is now
> available.
>
> Unfortunately, the changes has introduced at least one new bugs in
> both the webbrowser-app and the webapp-container: (documented for the
> appear.in app at [1])
>
> - The video image is mirrored for some reason (at least on my bq E5).
> This seems to be a general problem of the changes introduced to the
> webbrowser-app.
>
> [1] https://github.com/bittner/appear-in/issues/1#issuecomment-206779226
>
> This also could mean that WebRTC is generally broken in the
> webbrowser-app showing a mirrored camera image instead of a regular
> one (as before OTA-10). Is this bug tracked already on LP?
This isn't a bug. The mirroring is done by appear.in with "transform:
rotateY(180deg)" on the video element style. This is common for video
conferencing sites which assume that the camera being used is a front
facing camera, where mirroring is desirable.

Regards
- Chris
> Please note that camera selection in webapp-container is also still
> missing in OTA-10, which is a critical feature WebRTC powered webapps.
> I hope this really really comes to the platform with OTA-11. Sweet
> video calling in an app may be something people on Ubuntu Touch may
> have been waiting for (and who cares if it's not Skype when it works
> better anyway).
>
> Peter
>

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