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Re: Show HN: Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam

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I just ask my very non-technical girlfriend to come see this new app I downloaded. I showed her flutter.io working in action. She shrieked and said, "that's awesome, how do I get it?". That's a very good sign for you guys...nice job.

Haha - that's great. Thanks!!

Re: Show HN: Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam

#92

Works great once I realized that I couldn't be so close to the camera, but does anybody have any tips on disabling the green iSight LED on my macbook pro (short of covering it)?

Supposedly it's hardwired, you can't power the camera without powering the LED. I wrote a security app that grabs from the iSight every few seconds, and got tired of the light flashing on and off all the time, so I just covered it with a little black sticker.

Re: Show HN: Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam

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This must be amazing app to download as it is clear from the feedback received. Please don't forget that we are a large enough community who uses windows. Especially in India. We are already excited even before you have our version. the kind of capabilities it gives, would be amazing to download. Congrats in advance to the team.

Re: Show HN: Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam

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This is awesome. However, music control isn't a pain point for me. What I would pay for is a start/pause gesture for Netflix/Hulu/Amazon Video. Worst thing about TV on a computer.

Luke - that's a great point. We're working on it and it will be in the next version!

Once you guys have that down, take my money and I'll bolt an iMac to my wall.

Re: Show HN: Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam

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Flutter seems to keep the camera on 100% of the time which prevents apps like Skype from using the camera for video chats. I'm not sure if there is a good workaround for that?

Andrew - great observation. On top of your menubar, there's Flutter icon. Click on it, and it will give you simple flutter on and flutter off capability.

Feature Request: Designate a gesture to turn Flutter off.

Re: Show HN: Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam

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Though I know there's a chance you'd not be willing to share the information, I'd love to learn a little bit about how you built this product. It appears as though you're using ML to recognize the gestures—anything else you could share would be fascinating. I'll be sending in a job application, as well!

Perhaps they're using OpenCV: http://code.opencv.org/projects/OpenCV/wiki/WikiStart

Re: Show HN: Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam

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Flutter seems to keep the camera on 100% of the time which prevents apps like Skype from using the camera for video chats. I'm not sure if there is a good workaround for that?

I was able to use FaceTime on my Mac while still using Flutter.

Re: Show HN: Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam

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I had the exact same feeling. You see these gesture controls in movies and demos and they seem great, but it's truly exciting when you get to use it yourself. Love it!

Ajju thanks for the encouragement. We are glad you liked it. If you have more usage ideas or feature requests, do let us know.

Thought that this was great - how about a next/previous track gesture, and being able to change the frequency that it checks for the hand? (it looks like it's time based)
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