So this is Mac only?
Yes, at the moment. We will add support for other OS very soon.
Show HN: Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam
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#52Very cool although with CPU usage at about 30% on my Air I won't be able to use it much. If you can figure out a way to drop average CPU usage down to reduce heat & power usage that would be a big deal.
Re: Show HN: Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam
#53Very cool although with CPU usage at about 30% on my Air I won't be able to use it much. If you can figure out a way to drop average CPU usage down to reduce heat & power usage that would be a big deal.
Hi Hedgehog - thats a great point. We thought of it, and when you're not doing a gesture, CPU usage should drop to around 2-3%. Let us know if it doesn't. In our test, average CPU usage was around 5%.
Re: Show HN: Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam
#54This is awesome, but one question/suggestion: when a user is going through the "How to Use Flutter" tutorial, do the gestures work then, or only once the tutorial is closed? I kept trying to do it, but there wasn't a response until I closed the tutorial.
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#55This is very cool. It worked perfectly even in the dimly lit room I am sitting in. What I've been wanting and have thought about developing myself is a universal play/pause control that pauses whatever you happen to be listening to at the moment, whether it be a desktop client like iTunes, Spotify, Rdio, etc, or if it is something running in a web browser like Pandora, Soundcloud, Youtube, etc. This app takes a step…
A different but functionally similar idea would be an automatic pausing of all other services when you start playing one (i.e. when I start playing a Youtube video, automatically pause iTunes).
Re: Show HN: Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam
#56This is awesome, but one question/suggestion: when a user is going through the "How to Use Flutter" tutorial, do the gestures work then, or only once the tutorial is closed? I kept trying to do it, but there wasn't a response until I closed the tutorial.
Only when tutorial is done and you're using iTunes or Spotify. First time you bring up either of the apps, it will notify you through top menu bar that Flutter is controlling it now.
Once that happens, you can control in the background or even if it is minimized.
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#57Soooooo. Doesn't this open up a whole new realm of privacy concerns? Who cares if Path has my contacts list, I'm more concerned that you guys are watching me surf for porn!
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#58Soooooo. Doesn't this open up a whole new realm of privacy concerns? Who cares if Path has my contacts list, I'm more concerned that you guys are watching me surf for porn!
Legit concern. This is why we've built an app w/o a server component, so everything happens on your machine. We do not capture anything from your webcam. It all happens on your machine. On top of it, there's a turn off capability which will allow you to turn it off for time being.
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#59Really cool. I was just playing with it and my girlfriend walked over to ask me a question. I held up my hand to my computer as if to say "Hold on, computer." It was a bit surreal. Very cool. Can't wait for more gestures or a generalized way to program my own gestures. I would love to be able to gesture "Switch to iTerm.app" by doing an OK sign or something. Sign language letters maybe? Anyway, thanks. Really enjoy i…
Agreed. $4.99 sounds ideal full a fully functional accurate version.
Re: Show HN: Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam
#60This is very cool. It worked perfectly even in the dimly lit room I am sitting in. What I've been wanting and have thought about developing myself is a universal play/pause control that pauses whatever you happen to be listening to at the moment, whether it be a desktop client like iTunes, Spotify, Rdio, etc, or if it is something running in a web browser like Pandora, Soundcloud, Youtube, etc. This app takes a step…
A different but functionally similar idea would be an automatic pausing of all other services when you start playing one (i.e. when I start playing a Youtube video, automatically pause iTunes).
There needs to be a way to override those behaviours though, as there are situations where the audio of a YouTube video (for example) isn't very interesting, and you'd rather listen to music. Lack of background-playing in the iOS YouTube-app is still an annoyance to me.