[Galene] Re: feature: two cameras for galene

[Shevek <shevek@anarres.org>]

That's a shame. Is it just that the UI I've described is impossible, or 
can the browser only manage one "camera" at a time?

It definitely appears, from things like 
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22787549/accessing-multiple-camera-javascript-getusermedia 
that multiple cameras is possible, just not with the UI I described. To 
be fair, Zoom (which is probably browserish underneath) doesn't have the 
elegant UI either.

S.

On 5/10/22 19:13, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote:
>> In UI terms, I would expect:
>> Present/Share My ...
>> --> Window / Tab / Desktop / _Camera_
>> ----> Select the appropriate window/desktop/camera as usual.
> 
> That cannot be implemented: the UI that allows you to pick what to share
> is provided by the browser, and cannot be customised by the application.
> 
> Also, Galene's UI doesn't work like that: it's designed to allow easily
> sharing multiple windows (during an online lecture, I will often share my
> slides and a virtual blackboard, and during a practical, students often
> share an editor and a terminal window).
> 
> You may try it out at https://galene.org:8443/group/public/ (empty
> password).
> 
> The ability to have multiple cameras streaming from a single tab is
> useful, but it requires some thought to integrate into the UI.
> 
>> If I'm streaming to an RTMP/RTSP reflector (Youtube, Twitch, Brightcove,
>> Vimeo, etc), then I  don't need Galene/Zoom/OBS/GVC at all, as the
>> hardware has RT*P support.
> 
> It would not be too difficult to implement RTMP support in Galene; the
> problem, however, is that the only codecs that are supported by both RTMP
> and WebRTC are H.264 and G.711, and the former is not supported on some
> devices, while the latter has atrocious sound quality.
>