Bug 639353 - Empathy should mirror webcam video stream
Empathy should mirror webcam video stream
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: empathy
Classification: Core
Component: VoIP
2.32.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: empathy-maint
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Reported: 2011-01-12 19:32 UTC by Omer Akram
Modified: 2011-07-06 07:56 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Omer Akram 2011-01-12 19:32:40 UTC 
"When viewing the webcam feed of myself during a video call, it's very unnatural to see the actual image being sent to my friend. I am used to the mirrored image from Google Talk Video, Kopete, and most other chat clients. Mirroring the video feed makes the image far more intuitive to interact with (Because it's like looking into a mirror!), and Empathy should allow for it. Obviously, the video feed that's sent to the person on the other end should not be mirrored, but the one shown to the local user in front of the camera should be."

originally reported at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/598540
Comment 1 Guillaume Desmottes 2011-01-13 09:09:49 UTC 
I think that makes sense.
Comment 2 Guillaume Desmottes 2011-01-13 09:21:53 UTC 
Seems the official Skype client is doing that as well.
Comment 3 Emilio Pozuelo Monfort 2011-07-05 12:22:00 UTC 
Agreed! How about this?

http://cgit.collabora.com/git/user/pochu/empathy.git/log/?h=flip-video-639353
Comment 4 Olivier Crête 2011-07-05 15:01:51 UTC 
Looks good, it will use a bit more CPU, but I guess it's not dramatic. And we
have to remember to remove it if/when we move the UI to something like clutter
(it's cheaper to have the CPU do the flippage)
Comment 5 Emilio Pozuelo Monfort 2011-07-05 15:21:11 UTC 
Merged, thanks!
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