Robert Mader on Nostr: So we'll have a neat little camera indicator in #gnome45. It will only show up for ...
So we'll have a neat little camera indicator in #gnome45.
It will only show up for apps that use #PipeWire for camera access so we depend on more apps switching to that.
During the #GUADEC2023 "State of the Shell" talk I was asked what incentives there are for app developers to do so and unfortunately I messed up to make the probably most convincing ones, so short 🧵
1. support for modern cameras via #libcamera (as opposed to only #v4l2 / UVC cameras).
#GUADEC
It will only show up for apps that use #PipeWire for camera access so we depend on more apps switching to that.
During the #GUADEC2023 "State of the Shell" talk I was asked what incentives there are for app developers to do so and unfortunately I messed up to make the probably most convincing ones, so short 🧵
1. support for modern cameras via #libcamera (as opposed to only #v4l2 / UVC cameras).
#GUADEC
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