Front Camera of NOKIA N900

[Timothy CHAN]

Before changing to N900, I used HTC Tytn II. When I travelled and sightseeing with my wife, we enjoyed using the front camera of my HTC to take pictures of ourselves. Of course, the quality of these pictures would not be good for printouts. For us, we only watched pictures from our phones or on computer and the quality of these pictures are reasonable. The biggest advantage of using the secondary (front) camera for self-picturing is, we don't have to border someone to shoot for us.

After purchasing N900, I found there is although a front camera but there is no application to use it. There is an app. called Mirror but it works as its name, just like a mirror but without capturing function and the quality of image is very poor.

I hope someone can work out an application to utilize the front camera of N900 and to provide low noise images.

TC

[Crogge]

I agree, I really miss a application to use the front camera at least to take simple pictures in a reasonable quality.

[woody14619]

The front camera is very low res, and was designed mainly for web-cam use (like Skype video calls). You'll never get a good picture out of it, since it's not designed to do it.

With the new FCam stuff you should be able to use the front cam to snap self pics, but it's still going to be grainy and low res. You're better off blind-snapping a pic without the display pointed at you. Or, start a video and video-shoot it. At least one of the frames it captures will be a nice picture at about the same resolution as the front camera. ;)

[garen]

I was talking to a Nokia rep and asked if it was possible to use the front camera to take pictures and the guy said yes. But i forgot to ask how :s

[Timothy CHAN]

I was talking to a Nokia rep and asked if it was possible to use the front camera to take pictures and the guy said yes. But i forgot to ask how :s

Garen, I guess the Nokia rep was wrong. Not every Nokia reps. know their products thoroughly.

TC

[Timothy CHAN]

The front camera is very low res, and was designed mainly for web-cam use (like Skype video calls). You'll never get a good picture out of it, since it's not designed to do it.

With the new FCam stuff you should be able to use the front cam to snap self pics, but it's still going to be grainy and low res. You're better off blind-snapping a pic without the display pointed at you. Or, start a video and video-shoot it. At least one of the frames it captures will be a nice picture at about the same resolution as the front camera. ;)

Woody, thanks for your suggestion. I know the front camera on mobile phones are having low pixels, providing low resolution images. The point is, I am quite happy with what I have captured with HTC TYTN II.

I read from somewhere that, quality of images depends on both hardware and software. If I can get acceptable and reasonable pictures with HTC TYTN II, why not with N900; all we need is some expects to write a decent firmware to do the job.

TC

[TiagoTiago]

Mine has greenish vignetting and a bunch of hot pixels :(

[dov]

The following command records a snapshot from the front camera:

gst-launch v4l2camsrc device=/dev/video1 num-buffers=1 ! omx_jpegenc ! filesink location=test.jpg

Of course this totally missing the point of having a live view of the front camera before getting the snapshot. :-)

What is really needed is something that does:

gst-launch v4l2src device=/dev/video1 ! autovideosink

and then sits around waiting for the camera button to be pressed, and then runs the above command.

Any takers?

[SSLMM]

The following command records a snapshot from the front camera:

gst-launch v4l2camsrc device=/dev/video1 num-buffers=1 ! omx_jpegenc ! filesink location=test.jpg

Of course this totally missing the point of having a live view of the front camera before getting the snapshot. :-)

What is really needed is something that does:

gst-launch v4l2src device=/dev/video1 ! autovideosink

and then sits around waiting for the camera button to be pressed, and then runs the above command.

Any takers?

Can't we have a live preview using the "mirror" app and, with that code assigned to a keyboard shortcut (with shortcutd) do the trick? :rolleyes:

[Timothy CHAN]

Can't we have a live preview using the "mirror" app and, with that code assigned to a keyboard shortcut (with shortcutd) do the trick? :rolleyes:

SSLMM,

Not a good idea. Have you tried the Mirror? The noise in Mirror is too heavy. We need an expert who can program an app to utilize the front camera and to capture images in fair quality (less noise).

TC

[atilla]

did you guys ever tried skype videocall?
the point is:
no one will do this because the front cam is really crappy.
its useless to take time to develop a app that produces pointless crappy wannabe pics.
sorry guys but the truth is hard:(

[arora.rohan]

Well ive done skype a lot..and still do on my N900..it solves the basic purpose..even when the connection is slow i am able to do a Video call...
yea about the self portrait..that kinda sucks ><! but afaik...skyping is fine..even google video...

[Crogge]

So is anyone able to make a application to take pictures / videos with the front camera? With enough light the quality isn't that bad, at least mine looks fine.

[dattarajpandhar]

how to turn on the front camera an where is this appliation mirror ?
i had a xpress music 5800 and i was able to turn on thre flash light while capturing videos how do i do the same in N900
:confused:

[maluka]

Maybe you should just stick a little mirror under the back camera lense.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/17/2010/02/500x_2010-02-12_174126.jpg

[cloudstrife1ph]

@ Timothy CHAN

it's kinda funny we went down the same path of phones. my previous phone was htc kaiser too and got n900 as my next device...

i miss the fron't camera too. aside from using it for 3g video call, i use it as a mirror. the mirror app for the n900 is not that good and the project seems dead...

[Timothy CHAN]

how to turn on the front camera an where is this appliation mirror ?
i had a xpress music 5800 and i was able to turn on thre flash light while capturing videos how do i do the same in N900
:confused:

Open the Application Manager in your N900, go to the Download > All, key in "Mirror". It would show up for you. As its quality of image is so poor, why border to try?

TC

[Timothy CHAN]

Maybe you should just stick a little mirror under the back camera lense.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/17/2010/02/500x_2010-02-12_174126.jpg

Thanks for the suggestion. Even though I have no intention to trade it out in the future, sticking something on the body of N900 which has costed me USD580.00?? No, no, no, not a solution for me.

TC

[ossipena]

SSLMM,

Not a good idea. Have you tried the Mirror? The noise in Mirror is too heavy. We need an expert who can program an app to utilize the front camera and to capture images in fair quality (less noise).

TC

do you really want this:

http://www.jaunted.com/files/3/angelina_jolie_wax.jpg

?

your expectations are way too high. one can't make diamonds from carbage.

[kev]

To change the brightness and contrast of front camera

gst-launch v4l2src device=/dev/video1 ! ffmpegcolorspace ! videobalance brightness=0.5 contrast=1.2 ! autovideosink

The "brightness" property

Allowed values: [-1,1] Default value: 0

The "contrast" property

Allowed values: [0,2] Default value: 1

[debernardis]

You need a periscope device with two mirrors that shows the front screen on the back!

[erniadeldesktop]

also a funnel and optical fibers should do the job

[debernardis]

Or a mini tv connected to the tv out, which could allow also some interesting experiments with infinite recursive images

[gurbir]

hey any one can help please ....when i switch my front camera on it every times disconnect call....could anyone please help me ...thanks

[matthewbpt]

hey any one can help please ....when i switch my front camera on it every times disconnect call....could anyone please help me ...thanks
For some bizarre reason, the camera cannot be used during a call.

[Timothy CHAN]

I tried N8 at a NOKIA shop today. On my request, the NOKIA salesman activated the front camera of N8 and took a picture of us together. The quality of picture was reasonable, low noise at least as seen on the screen of N8.

I assume N8 and our N900 are both installed with the similar quality of front camera hardware. If N8 could take reasonable picutres with it, N900 should be capable of doing the same. What our N900 lacking is a good app. for this self-photography function.

Hope someone can help!

TC

[bandora]

I tried N8 at a NOKIA shop today. On my request, the NOKIA salesman activated the front camera of N8 and took a picture of us together. The quality of picture was reasonable, low noise at least as seen on the screen of N8.

I assume N8 and our N900 are both installed with the similar quality of front camera hardware. If N8 could take reasonable picutres with it, N900 should be capable of doing the same. What our N900 lacking is a good app. for this self-photography function.

Hope someone can help!

TC

I don't know about ur front camera.. but mine when i turn on my camera it's so dark you can barely see urself...

[TiagoTiago]

Skype seems to know a few tricks with the front camera other programs don't, and after Skype has set things to a reasonable state, if lighting conditions don't change, other programs benefit from that

edit: thought even with Skype there is still the green vignetting and hot pixels

[Timothy CHAN]

I don't know about ur front camera.. but mine when i turn on my camera it's so dark you can barely see urself...

Yes, the picture quality of the front camera of our expensive N900 is far from acceptable. As I said, the major problem is the software (I learned from other forum/threads); what we need is someone to write an proper app for the job. I truly miss this self-photography feature for traveling.

TC

[amritpal2489]

Maybe now we can port some N8 software which uses the front cam to take images..

[anwar71839]

I don't know about ur front camera.. but mine when i turn on my camera it's so dark you can barely see urself...

i have used my one during video call on skype and its fantastic - automatically make the pic bright

[Duy2anh]

Hi
Sorry to jump into your conversation like this but I also DO miss the front camera option.
I see many people here saying there is no need for an app for front camera because quality of picture taken by it would be so low. I disagree and think that kind of respond is quite ...well ...odd.
I went to a computer part shop and asked for a floppy disk once and they told me floppy disk could hold only 1.4MB of data so they did not put it out! The shop did have floppy drives though:rolleyes:
I need the floppy disk because it is the cheapest and simplest way for me to install Windows XP on a raid volume.
The way they answered me indicates something: they are irresponsible and want to get rid of a customer who would not bring that big benefit to the shop; they know nothing about the product a customer ask; they try to cover up what they can't offer, well, to name a few.
Back to the front camera: With the old N95 I sometime took picture of my own being at work with the company cap on and send via MMS to my 5-year-old daughter via my wife's phone. The photos make my kid laugh and be happy. Sometimes I had to be several weeks away and the N95 keep me and my kid very close with video calls during which and could switch to front camera for the kid to see my face, or switch to main camera so the kid can see things around me.
Are you saying the front camera in N95 is better than that in N900?
Or are you trying to cover up that the people who make the symbian system in my old N95 is far smarter than those behind Maemo 5 in term of making use of the front camera?
Or are you just trying to get rid of people with suggestions you can't understand?
Please, this is a brainstorm thread.

[ossipena]

but you have the front camera option, you'll just have to use xterm for it but so what? if the option is too complicated to be used in real life is another story....

[Timothy CHAN]

Thanks for those who understand and support my wish of using the front camera of our N900 for photography (not for video calls).

Unfortunately, it seems no one is yet interested in writing an app for it.

I bought a Symbian3 N8 for my wife this month. Its front camera for self-picturing works fine for us. In our vacation next month, we'll capture some memorable moments with her N8 without bothering people to hold camera for us.

I heard people's comment that the interface of Symbian is not as lively as Maemo or Android, I agree. However, Symbian3 wins this round.

TC

[PipBoyBSOD]

a front faxing camera app so you can hold your camera up in front of you and take a photo?


so a VGA photo, or a simple turning around of the camera and performing the same action you would only backwards on a 5mp lens....

[Duy2anh]

I think not-enough-attention having been made for the built-in camera app in Maemo5. Those app's programmers have every access to the N900 hardware, kernel, or drivers or whatever, and financial supports to make things work properly. They should rework the application harder.
I reflash to PR1.3 and now everytime I slide the lense cover, my music paused. The music flicked and continued to play in PR1.2 but now you have to close the lense or turn off the camera app first. It may be some bug from the media player daemon anyway but ...
Some apps for the front camera capturing will pop up in extra-dev sooner or later but come on Nokia, it's your hardware, make it work first before having the job done by other people you dont pay for.

[5spdvl]

did you guys ever tried skype videocall?
the point is:
no one will do this because the front cam is really crappy.
its useless to take time to develop a app that produces pointless crappy wannabe pics.
sorry guys but the truth is hard:(

I used the N900 over wifi for all my Skype calls back to my family whilst travelling and had no problems with the front camera. You need to realise it's a much lower resolution camera than the 5Mp primary unit, and will never be able to produce images of similar quality.

[Laughing Man]

=Some apps for the front camera capturing will pop up in extra-dev sooner or later but come on Nokia, it's your hardware, make it work first before having the job done by other people you dont pay for.

Err they did. They have the front camera used in GTalk and Skype video calls since PR 1.2. I don't think using it to take pictures was their intention hence they didn't put it in.

[jprobichaud]

To change the brightness and contrast of front camera

gst-launch v4l2src device=/dev/video1 ! ffmpegcolorspace ! videobalance brightness=0.5 contrast=1.2 ! autovideosink

The "brightness" property

Allowed values: [-1,1] Default value: 0

The "contrast" property

Allowed values: [0,2] Default value: 1

Hum, when I try this, I get

WARNING: erroneous pipeline: no element "videobalance"


Which gst plugin do I need to get this videobalance pipeline available?

[le1204]

my front camera was not that bad before the recent update, at least i can still see myself with the mirror app. After the recent update, it's so dark with a tint of blueness......

[Kieron]

I'm having the same problem, but its dark with a hint of green. Can't see myself at all. Looks like I'm a special ops secret agent in night mode.

[mr id]

Hum, when I try this, I get


Which gst plugin do I need to get this videobalance pipeline available?

should be in plugins good.
gstreamer0.10-plugins-good

[jprobichaud]

should be in plugins good.
gstreamer0.10-plugins-good


Thanks, but it's already installed, "dpkg -l | grep gstreamer | grep good" gives:

ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.16-git276-0maemo19+0m5 GStreamer plugins from the "good" set

Actually, "dpkg -l | grep gstreamer" returns:

ii gstreamer-tools 0.10.25-0maemo4+0m5
ii gstreamer0.10-dsp 0.7.0-0maemo2.4+0m5
ii gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg 0.10.9-2maemo2
ii gstreamer0.10-flac 0.10.15-0maemo3+0m5.tk1
ii gstreamer0.10-flv 0.10.23-0maemo2
ii gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs 0.10.25-0maemo14+0m5
ii gstreamer0.10-hantro 0.20050831.9-52+0m5
ii gstreamer0.10-ipp-nokia 0.7-maemo1+0m5
ii gstreamer0.10-mkv 0.10.16-0maemo5
ii gstreamer0.10-mpegaudioparse-maemo 0.11+0m5
ii gstreamer0.10-musepack 0.10.19-maemo2
ii gstreamer0.10-nokia-speech 1.0-0maemo11+0m5
ii gstreamer0.10-ogg 0.10.23-0maemo4+0m5-tk1
ii gstreamer0.10-openmax 0.10.0.6~1-0maemo17.1+0m5
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad 0.10.14-git265-0maemo10+0m5
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-extra 0.10.14-git265-0maemo10+0m5
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-base 0.10.25-0maemo14+0m5
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-camera 0.79-1+0m5
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.16-git276-0maemo19+0m5
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse 0.10.7-2maemo1
ii gstreamer0.10-pocketsphinx 0.6.1-1
ii gstreamer0.10-rm 0.10.14.2-1maemo2-1
ii gstreamer0.10-theora 0.10.23-0maemo4+0m5-tk1
ii gstreamer0.10-tools 0.10.25-0maemo4+0m5
ii gstreamer0.10-vorbis 0.10.23-0maemo4+0m5-tk1
ii gstreamer0.10-vp8 0.10.18-0maemo1
ii gstreamer0.10-wma 0.32+0m5
ii gstreamer0.10-x 0.10.25-0maemo14+0m5
ii kmplayer 0.10.5.900-1
ii libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 0.10.25-0maemo14+0m5
ii libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.25-0maemo4+0m5
ii libgstreamermm-0.10-2 0.10.2-maemo1
ii libnice-gstreamer0.10 1:0.0.9-0maemo10+0m5


Is something else's missing or conflicting?

[daperl]

Looks like i'm a special ops secret agent in night mode after a bong hit.

TFTFY

the end

[jprobichaud]

should be in plugins good.
gstreamer0.10-plugins-good

Ah, I've found it: I need to install gstreamer0.10-plugins-good-extra for the video balance pipeline to be present...

Now, the following command line works, but the video is still of an ugly green...


gst-launch v4l2src device=/dev/video1 ! ffmpegcolorspace ! videobalance brightness=0.5 contrast=1.2 ! autovideosink

It's time to experiment with the other settings...

Thanks again!

[nicolai]

try to change the gamma value.

nicolai

[TheBootroo]

i can make the app UI if you want : i'm Qt4 dev

but i need someone who really knows all gst and v4l2 trick to do the hard part : configure and retrieve the image from the cam.

[jprobichaud]

hum, thanks for the hint nicolai. Playing with hue and gamma, I can get a picture that is "understandable", but it seems that a lot of experimentation that is still needed in order to get a "good" picture...

Stopping and restarting gstreamer (from gst-launch) each time one wants to try with a different value seems inefficient at best. Is there a way to change the pipeline values *while* gstreamer is running?

[Saturn]

hum, thanks for the hint nicolai. Playing with hue and gamma, I can get a picture that is "understandable", but it seems that a lot of experimentation that is still needed in order to get a "good" picture...

Stopping and restarting gstreamer (from gst-launch) each time one wants to try with a different value seems inefficient at best. Is there a way to change the pipeline values *while* gstreamer is running?

Hi, are you experimenting to get a better picture or video from the front camera?

If you get a command that gets a better pic then please post, as it will be quite useful for many apps.

Cheers

[kev]

All videobalance options

http://www.gstreamer.net/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-plugins-good-plugins/html/gst-plugins-good-plugins-videobalance.html

[jprobichaud]

unfortunately, all my experimentation with these parameters didn't provide something that you could even call "ok" picture quality.

I guess there is some other magic that is required in order to get a good picture quality, but I don't know what...

[TiagoTiago]

I wouldn't expect somthing much better than what you can get with Skype, which is still not all that good


With the quality of afforable webcams nowadays, there isn't really much excuse for Nokia having used such a poor quality camera...

[evan]

I have a feeling that it is not a case of poor quality camera but a case of too dark glass in front of it when I compare it with other devices.
still the same result...

[ed00]

Probably this is what everybody want to see http://forums.internettablettalk.com/showpost.php?p=357615&postcount=67 :p
Its running on N810 i guess it would be possible to implement on N900 too.
And according to t_moyashi's blog http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://do1not3panic8.blogspot.com/2009/10/nokia-n810-nokia-n900-fmv4l2.html maybe it could work on N900.

[somedude]

Probably this is what everybody want to see http://forums.internettablettalk.com/showpost.php?p=357615&postcount=67 :p
Its running on N810 i guess it would be possible to implement on N900 too.
And according to t_moyashi's blog http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://do1not3panic8.blogspot.com/2009/10/nokia-n810-nokia-n900-fmv4l2.html maybe it could work on N900.

the customized shot looks little better than the n900 default camera app shot.
didnt the fcam guys look @ the front camera, anybody knows?

j

[tusharmax]

This might provide some help

http://forums.internettablettalk.com/showthread.php?t=65677

[nicolai]

Ah, I've found it: I need to install gstreamer0.10-plugins-good-extra for the video balance pipeline to be present...

Now, the following command line works, but the video is still of an ugly green...


gst-launch v4l2src device=/dev/video1 ! ffmpegcolorspace ! videobalance brightness=0.5 contrast=1.2 ! autovideosink

It's time to experiment with the other settings...

Thanks again!

less greenish

gst-launch-0.10 v4l2camsrc device=/dev/video1 driver-name=omap3cam ! ffmpegcolorspace ! autovideosink

[abill_uk]

What do you expext from a 0.3 mp camera? no way will this give anything but bad results in comparison with the 5 mp rear camera.

Light will be an important factor here and i bet if you use the front camera with a massive amount of light on the subject the picture will not be green.

[TiagoTiago]

What do you expext from a 0.3 mp camera? no way will this give anything but bad results in comparison with the 5 mp rear camera.



I've seen a lot of 0.3mp cameras that give you way higher quality images than what you get with the N900's "webcam" , most of them were made before the N900 was even getting designed.

[abill_uk]

You will probably find the front 0.3 camera was added at a later stage in development because they obviously gave the rear camera priority.

No support for front camera should tell you something, the lux factor is too high and they could not get it to work anything like the previous 0.3 cams used so gave up on the idea and left it in place on the finished product.

Sham by Nokia in this case.

[lucas777]

This is what ticks me off when i see this, why the fukkking hell did those ******s at Nokia send the device out with a front camera if we cant even use it properly. Video calls suck arse on the front we all know it. and no button or built it to switch to front camera. I would really love a 30min interview with the people who made the hardware and developed the software. Tell them yes you have done an amazing job but did you all smoke crack half way through devlopment? makes no sense to me why they didnt finish it and test it properly. f u once again Nokia.

[m4r0v3r]

its weird when I use it for a skype call its fine. but streaming its terrible? odd...

[lucas777]

How can yopu say streaming skype is fine? video freezing up and quality is so bad its not funny, look at all the other devices out there that have front camera and how good it looks

[azkay]

less greenish

gst-launch-0.10 v4l2camsrc device=/dev/video1 driver-name=omap3cam ! ffmpegcolorspace ! autovideosink


That awesome, thanks. Ive been looking for weeks on how to get rid of that green tint (works for /dev/video0 too).

[figaro]

less greenish

gst-launch-0.10 v4l2camsrc device=/dev/video1 driver-name=omap3cam ! ffmpegcolorspace ! autovideosink


great, but could you make it less distorted? the picture looks like stretched to the sides, so maybe a "resolution" option would be nice

[nicolai]

gst-launch-0.10 v4l2camsrc device=/dev/video1 driver-name=omap3cam ! ffmpegcolorspace ! xvimagesink force-aspect-ratio=true

[figaro]

gst-launch-0.10 v4l2camsrc device=/dev/video1 driver-name=omap3cam ! ffmpegcolorspace ! xvimagesink force-aspect-ratio=true


this works perfectly. thanks a lot

if you don't mind, would you consider make a wrapper to this command to an app that would work as a fully working front camera app?
I believe a python script that run this command and listen to camera button, and on triggered it will run another command to capture the pic as file. I think it's doable

or maybe implement it to your camera-ui2 app? though I'd prefer a separate app since I still want to preserve my stock camera app :)

add.
do you have any idea why capturing to file can only create a very dark image?
I've tried it with this command

gst-launch-0.10 v4l2camsrc device=/dev/video1 driver-name=omap3cam ! ffmpegcolorspace ! jpegenc ! filesink location=test.jpg

and what I can see is lamps, nothing else. as if it can only capture source of lights. but original code works pretty well though (as best as a nokia's front cam can)
note. for unknown reason omx_jpegenc and dspjpegenc won't work on my device

[TiagoTiago]

The difference between Skype and most other programs that use the front camera is Skype plays with the parameters trying to adjust to the current conditions, while most other programs just turn the camera on.

[debernardis]

gst-launch-0.10 v4l2camsrc device=/dev/video1 driver-name=omap3cam ! ffmpegcolorspace ! xvimagesink force-aspect-ratio=true


Pulling out ffmpegcolorspace the image is quite brighter:
gst-launch-0.10 v4l2camsrc device=/dev/video1 driver-name=omap3cam ! xvimagesink force-aspect-ratio=true

[HtheB]

I suddenly start to think that with this code the Mirror app can finally be fixed :p
hope the maintainer will see this

[titi974]

+1 kudos mate, you made my day ! finally someone managed to have a "decent" quality with that front cam lol
i just did the test with
gst-launch-0.10 v4l2camsrc device=/dev/video1 driver-name=omap3cam ! xvimagesink force-aspect-ratio=true

and it worked like a charm. Well i won't say that it was not dark but seemed brighter than usual and maybe a bit more focused ? lol
give it a try you'll see ^^
maybe we just need to find a way for the cam to stop lowering the brightness.... because when it's ok'ay, the quality can be compared to a normal cam =D

[Thalass]

Odd. I tried that command with "ffmpegcolorspace", and it was much better than normal, but still dim. I tried it without "ffmpegcolorspace" and it was much brighter but also a lot grainier. Trying with "ffmpegcolorspace" again and the image was still brighter - as if it remembered the previous setting - and only slightly grainier. hah.

Now if only you could create a shortcut on the desktop that ran a shell command.

[debernardis]

You *can* create a shortcut on the desktop that runs a shell command. If you don't want to do by hand, just use the scm app, which will make several types of shortcuts including phone calls, sms and others, and shell commands.

[TiagoTiago]

You can also use QueenBeecon

[Thalass]

Wow awesome. Thanks for that. Very handy. :)

[maxximuscool]

do you really want this:

http://www.jaunted.com/files/3/angelina_jolie_wax.jpg

?

your expectations are way too high. one can't make diamonds from carbage.

I can see her nipples :D hahah nice replica

[te37v]

recording with front camera is now possible in community ssu

[Saturn]

Linking some code from daperl related to the front camera:

http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=989652&postcount=3045

(haven't tried it yet!) hope it's useful

[Jack6428]

Maybe a little irrelevant, but I thought I could ask here...

Whenever I use the app 'Mirror' for the front camera, the LED glows red. Does that indicate a hardware problem?

[Saturn]

Maybe a little irrelevant, but I thought I could ask here...

Whenever I use the app 'Mirror' for the front camera, the LED glows red. Does that indicate a hardware problem?

It is not a problem. It has been introduced on purpose (maybe in PR1.3) to indicate that the camera is in use. In some countries it is a legal requirement too.

[hadjistyllis]

recording with front camera is now possible in community ssu

How you do that with cssu community update?? from camera app?

[Radicalz38]

while on video mode on camera app press "shift + b" and it should switch on front cam video mode.

[santiago]

while on video mode on camera app press "shift + b" and it should switch on front cam video mode.

wow!!! it works

[blurbi]

while on video mode on camera app press "shift + b" and it should switch on front cam video mode.

it work? how how? doesnt work for me...help..

[Dhq]

Try Ctrl+b in video recording mode

[blurbi]

nope..not working :( do i need to do anything before i ctrl + b?

[direx]

nope..not working :( do i need to do anything before i ctrl + b?
Do you have the latest CSSU installed?

[blurbi]

i'm having 20.2010.36-2.002 is this the latest?

edit : updated and working :D tks people!!!

[number2301]

There's a strange glitch with that, ctrl+b only works with the camera cover open for me. Anyone else getting that?

[nicolai]

Hi number2301,

you are right. I never noticed this.
The reason is, the whole camera ui is only
accessible when the lens cover is open.
Of course this makes only sense for the
back camera.

nicolai

[lucas777]

Yep shift B works had to do it a few times though.