How does the video on your home page bypass Firefox's "don't autoplay videos" setting?
Show HN: Presentations for your webcam, not a projector
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#32Maybe someone knows how to solve a common sharing issue, I didn't see it mentioned here: I have a single ultra wide screen and would like to share a virtual area that has a normal size (16:9) with people via Google Meets, Slack, etc. Otherwise I have to share a window, stop, share another one etc. Really bad, especially during some on call emergency session. So far I couldn't make it work, only Zoom had this feature…
CueCam Presenter solves this quite elegantly: You can prepare a script with a card for each window you want to share. Then you can just select the card during the presentation and it will share just that window.
I also have a single large screen. So I put the CueCam window on the right, top to bottom. And the windows I want to share in the bottom left quadrant. There I can make them smaller, with the correct aspect ratio, so that participants with smaller screens can see all the detail they need.
That leaves the top left quadrant for my meeting window where I can see the meeting participants.
I'm also experimenting with the two companion apps: Shoot to use my iPhone camera and control zoom from CCP; and Video Pencil to draw on my video.
Re: Show HN: Presentations for your webcam, not a projector
#33Mac only, Damn
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#34This is tangential, but I believe your cookie banner is not GDPR compliant (and if it’s not compliant, why bother?).
It only has the option of accepting cookies, and does not specify the kind of cookies.
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#35My main issue with any virtual camera-based screensharing is that Zoom (and others) seem to degrade camera first, screensharing second, audio last. If I share a static image, it'll eventually get through. Internet lagging, laptop lagging, some random updater running, whatever. But if I share everything via a single "camera" channel, it's all or nothing. The only "in between" is "image is blurry, face is barely legibl…
Yeah, pretty much my experience too. I used mmhmm app for some time with great hope but the Zoom experience was subpar.
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#36How does the video on your home page bypass Firefox's "don't autoplay videos" setting?
Firefox allows videos to auto-play if they don't have audio enabled. (The rationale for this is that you can achieve the same effect via an animated GIF or JavaScript or a canvas, and videos are more efficient.)
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#37I was so happy to see this until I saw the subscription model. Hard no.
How much would you pay if it was just a one time purchase - let's say license with 1 year updates ?
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
I use Region To Share on Windows, and just drag windows on and off that virtual area as needed (works great with PowerToys FancyZones): - https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9N4066W2R5Q4?hl=en-us&gl=U... - https://github.com/tom-englert/RegionToShare I haven't needed to do the same on a Mac yet, but if anyone knows of an app that does the same (i.e., define a "transparent" window that screen cap can then share in a cal…
Ah that's cleaner than my idea. Which was: Install OBS, add a 'Scene', add a 'Window Capture' to the scene, then right click it (in sources) and transform / scale / crop the scene dimensions. Then optionally in the 'controls' panel you can start a virtual webcam, then go to Chrome/Brave settings, go to Site & Shield settings, set the default Camera to your virtual one. Not sure if OBS would solve your Mac issue.
It wouldn’t really, since I don’t want to replace my camera feed—I just want sharing to share a region of the screen, like you do.
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#39I would love to see a FOSS version based on OBS. I am not a streamer and I don't need half of OBS' feature. Like OBS but ELI5 mode
Spend some time setting up OBS and then control it via an Elgato Stream Deck. Really nice way to do pre-scripted things via easy buttons.
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#40Hello Michael, fellow former-Canonicaler!
This looks super interesting, and might be a useful alternative to the OBS setup I currently have for work calls.
One thing I would really like is for there to be a clean preview feed rendered in a separate window, so I can screen share that window into Meet/Zoom/whatever. I've tried before to share content through the webcam feed to those systems, but generally the video quality sucks and the audio quality is even worse (since they all try to filter out anything that isn't voice).