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Subject: [Galene] Re: Filtering outgoing video
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Juliusz Chroboczek <jch@irif.fr> writes:

> Dear all,
>
> One of my colleagues is using a pocket mirror in front of her laptop's
> webcam in order to stream her (physical) desktop.  Teaching during
> lockdown when you've got no blackboard at home is *hard*.
>
> Obviously, if you use a mirror, then your writing comes out mirrored, so
> you need to mirror it again before sending it out.  She's been using some
> proprietary webcam software to do that, so I've just added the ability to
> filter the outgoing video through an arbitrary Javascript function.
>
> There's no user interface yet.  At the chat prompt, type
>
>   /set filter "mirror-h"
>
> or
>
>   /set filter "mirror-v"
>
> *before* you hit Ready.  The video should come out mirrored.

It's quite common for other video conferencing solutions to mirror your
own view of yourself, without affecting what is sent to others (so it
looks like you're looking in a mirror when you see yourself). Any chance
this could be extended to allow that as well?

-Toke