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Re: Video chat app

 

On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 10:10 AM, Wayne Ward <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> yes i want to look at the camera on the same side as the screen is so i
> can look at the person im talking to
> can you do this?
>
>
See the bug Olivier posted above :)


> Wayne
>
>
> On Tuesday, 7 June 2016 10:04:51 BST, Andrea Bernabei <
> andrea.bernabei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 10:02 AM, Wayne Ward <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Its the camera in general it doesnt rotate in most apps Appear in
>>> google hangouts
>>>
>>>
>> Sorry, I am still not sure I understand what you mean by "it doesn't
>> rotate".
>> From your next sentence it seems like you're talking about "switching from
>> rear camera to front camera".
>>
>> Is that what you mean?
>>
>>
>> im not sure if there is anymore video apps to test in so the ones above
>>> your sat looking at the back of the tablet if they want to see you on the
>>> camera, but then you cant see them on the screen.
>>>
>>> Im not sure were to fill the bug for this ?
>>>
>>> Wayne
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, 7 June 2016 09:10:59 BST, Andrea Bernabei <
>>> andrea.bernabei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 9:48 PM, Wayne Ward <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Anybody got any video chat app working on ubuntu touch, either phone or
>>>>
>>>>> tablet ?
>>>>> Like to be able to talk to kids when in spain but don't want to lug the
>>>>> nexus 7, I've tried all the facebook messengers and appear in but
>>>>> camera
>>>>> wont rotate on tablet... Any body got any appear at all even through
>>>>> adding
>>>>> a puritine app ?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Wayne,
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure X11 apps can exploit hw accelerated codecs yet, so not sure
>>>> how a videocalling app would work on that.
>>>> Although I heard WebRTC based services should work quite well.
>>>> What do you mean by "the camera won't rotate" ? Would you mind filing a
>>>> bug
>>>> against oxide so that the developers can investigate your usecase?
>>>>
>>>> Was thinking if I use facebook video through firefox will that have
>>>> access
>>>>
>>>> to the camera and audio even Or anybody tried skype..
>>>>> Telegram would be great with video.... I see they are getting voice
>>>>> messages soon, but video would be the icing on the cake to me.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Please have a look at
>>>>>
>>>> https://telegram.org/faq#q-can-i-make-calls-or-video-calls-via-telegram
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any thoughts appreciated...
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Wayne
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope that helps :)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Andrea
>>>>
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