Using Forward Facing HD Camera for Fring?

[Husker Z]

Couple questions.

1. Can I switch the camera on Fring from the front of the phone, to the back? I was Skyping my parents last night at my boys' baseball game, but it's almost impossible to do with the front camera because you can't see where you are aiming and what you are actually shooting. Also, the other camera's quality is MUCH, MUCH better.

2. Is the front camera superimposed? My dad said that when my boy took off running to first, it looked like he went to 3rd, like everything was backwards. Weird.

TIA!

 

[Raf]

Yeah...it does have that effect with the front facing camera. Heck...it'll do that even if you aren't using fring. It'll do it if you record something with the front facing camera. It's like a mirror effect with the front camera.

 

[Husker Z]

Yeah...it does have that effect with the front facing camera. Heck...it'll do that even if you aren't using fring. It'll do it if you record something with the front facing camera. It's like a mirror effect with the front camera.

Seriously? That's super strange.

I guess I could get that app that turns the EVO into a webcam and stream that, with the good camera.

 

[Raf]

I noticed it JUST last night when my daughter used the front facing camera to record her ballerina practice. She used the front facing camera to see herself on the 4.3 screen. When she showed it to me via playback, I noticed how the house had everything on opposite sides. To make sure it wasn't me, I brought it to my wife's attention and she acknowledged it herself.

Again, don't know if there's a setting one could tap into to change it to non-mirror recording as I didn't bother with it. I'll get around to it here shortly. For the time being, I've noticed the same as your father, which explains why it looked as though your son ran to 3rd when in reality he ran to 1st.

 

[Husker Z]

I noticed it JUST last night when my daughter used the front facing camera to record her ballerina practice. She used the front facing camera to see herself on the 4.3 screen. When she showed it to me via playback, I noticed how the house had everything on opposite sides. To make sure it wasn't me, I brought it to my wife's attention and she acknowledged it herself.

Again, don't know if there's a setting one could tap into to change it to non-mirror recording as I didn't bother with it. I'll get around to it here shortly. For the time being, I've noticed the same as your father, which explains why it looked as though your son ran to 3rd when in reality he ran to 1st.

Well, now thanks to my EVO, my dad thinks my kid is a terribly confused tee-ball player!

But, I'm still one up on him and his loser iPhone, he can't even show a backwards video via video chat! He THINKS he will be when he gets his new one, but I've informed him of the truth.

 

[Darth Mo]

You can use Qik to stream live video using the front or the back camera.

Just setup an account and you can provide a weblink for your parents and they can watch a live stream from your phone. It doesn't have to be a video chat either.

 

[Husker Z]

You can use Qik to stream live video using the front or the back camera.

Just setup an account and you can provide a weblink for your parents and they can watch a live stream from your phone. It doesn't have to be a video chat either.

Awesome, I wondered about that actually. I'll get that rolling tonight.

Thanks man!

 

[Insp_Gadget]

The front camera is really only designed for video chat and acts like a mirror. Most people are not used to seeing themselves in a video camera feed, so they reversed the image so that it would act like a mirror. (Some laptop/desktop webcams have the option to reverse the image so that the user isn't disoriented when viewing his/herself.)

The problem is they should have only done so for the image on the screen, not for what is being transmitted to the person you are talking to.

 

[Husker Z]

The front camera is really only designed for video chat and acts like a mirror. Most people are not used to seeing themselves in a video camera feed, so they reversed the image so that it would act like a mirror. (Some laptop/desktop webcams have the option to reverse the image so that the user isn't disoriented when viewing his/herself.)

The problem is they should have only done so for the image on the screen, not for what is being transmitted to the person you are talking to.

Yeah, I figured as much. Since it was designed for video chatting, that's not surprising. I just got QIK lined up, so I'm ready to go now!

 

[Raf]

The front camera is really only designed for video chat and acts like a mirror. Most people are not used to seeing themselves in a video camera feed, so they reversed the image so that it would act like a mirror.

You know...I've wondered the same. I've noticed that I look way different from someone else's perspective (video feed, non-mirror). Your post supports what I've wondered all along. Weird really...

 

[nkawal]

someonce stated that the latest sprint update fixes the reverse images from the front camera. I don't know since i am rooted and running the latest Fresh Rom 0.5.3 I cannot use the latest sprint update.

 

[Caitlyn McKenzie]

someonce stated that the latest sprint update fixes the reverse images from the front camera. I don't know since i am rooted and running the latest Fresh Rom 0.5.3 I cannot use the latest sprint update.

False. It's still reversed. It's likely intentional, for the mirror effect. I believe the Macbook's cameras are the same way, for instance.

 

[JoeRnCT]

Front Camera

I don't know if anyone said this yet but, when using the FFC, go into Settings, tap "Mirror Mode" to un-check, then hold the phone in Landscape mode. Everything will be okay.