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benjones / presenterMode

Share a single, easily-switchable application window on a projector on macos
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Mirror Camera #1

Closed idnovic closed 1 month ago

idnovic commented 1 month ago

Hi,

thank you for creating this.

I tested the lastest beta version. Can you please add a vertical mirror settings for the camera feed? The default feed from my camera is not mirrored. This is confusing because I can see the window (real window, air) in real life on my left and in the feed it is also on the left. This is wrong for me because I see myself mirrored on my screen.

I point with a finder to the left and the screen shows me pointing to the right. I want to mirror my camera feed to make it work like a real life mirror basically.

Thank you!

benjones commented 1 month ago

Glad this is useful for people who don't sit down the hall from me!

I think I know how to do that technically (like, I think I know what APIs I'd use). Since I assume that's not something everyone wants, at least not as a default, I'm not sure I know what a good UI for that feature would be, especially since it would only be for camera devices, but not ios devices (which are handled the same way in my app). Any suggestions?

idnovic commented 1 month ago

Here is what I have found out:

Photo Booth mirrors by default without exposing a setting.

QuickTime does not mirror by default without exposing a setting.

Screencast mirrors by default without exposing a setting.

Camouflage Studio does not mirror by default. Setting is in menubar under "Framing - Mirror Video"

IShowU does not mirror by default without exposing a setting.

Suggestion:

Menubar File - New Mirror window Window Window - Window Picker Window - Mirror Window View - Camera - Mirror

UI Mark active Devices as active and open the Mirror window instead of recreating them. Add a reload button to active devices to recreate them. Add a mirror button to active devices to mirror the feed and show the status of the mirror.

benjones commented 1 month ago

What do you think of the latest alpha release? UI seems simple enough

idnovic commented 1 month ago

Looks good to me. I updated to the sequoia beta today and needed to figure out how to allow your app first. Seems like we need to go to settings - privacy and security - allow app.

Thank you!

benjones commented 1 month ago

I never knew there was a way to allow the apps without that whole awful process. Thanks for the suggestion!

idnovic commented 1 month ago

I think this is new in sequoia. It used to be cmd + right click - open - open anyway or terminal ....

I did not try to allow the app in the terminal. But the settings app worked.