Front Camera of NOKIA N900 - Page 2 - maemo.org

atilla | # 11 | 2010-09-02, 06:01 | Report

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

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arora.rohan | # 12 | 2010-09-02, 06:30 | Report

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 | # 13 | 2010-09-08, 22:55 | Report

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.

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dattarajpandhar | # 14 | 2010-09-09, 00:57 | Report

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

maluka | # 15 | 2010-09-09, 01:14 | Report

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

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cloudstrife1ph | # 16 | 2010-09-09, 01:21 | Report

@ 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...

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Timothy CHAN | # 17 | 2010-09-09, 07:43 | Report

Originally Posted by dattarajpandhar View Post

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

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 | # 18 | 2010-09-09, 07:49 | Report

Originally Posted by maluka View Post

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

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 | # 19 | 2010-09-09, 09:10 | Report

Originally Posted by Timothy CHAN View Post

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:

?

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

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kev | # 20 | 2010-09-11, 08:48 | Report

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

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