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empathy package

[wishlist] Empathy should mirror webcam video stream

Bug #598540 reported by Gaurav Kumar
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: empathy

When viewing the webcam feed of myself during a video call, it's very unnatural to see the actual image being sent to my friend. I am used to the mirrored image from Google Talk Video, Kopete, and most other chat clients. Mirroring the video feed makes the image far more intuitive to interact with (Because it's like looking into a mirror!), and Empathy should allow for it. Obviously, the video feed that's sent to the person on the other end should not be mirrored, but the one shown to the local user in front of the camera should be.

Empathy 2.30.1.1
Ubuntu 10.04 lucid desktop x86

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

Thanks for the bug report. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME.

Changed in empathy (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Omer Akram (om26er)
Changed in empathy (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Vish (vish) wrote :

Bug is not incomplete. However someone needs to send this upstream as per comment #1

Changed in empathy (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

thanks for the bug report. the issue have been sent to the people writing the software here https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=639353

Changed in empathy (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Changed in empathy:
importance: Unknown → Wishlist
status: Unknown → New
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Changed in empathy:
status: New → Confirmed
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Changed in empathy:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

The fix should be in the next development release of empathy.

Changed in empathy (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package empathy - 3.1.4-1ubuntu1

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empathy (3.1.4-1ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

  * New upstream version
    - Chat history for Facebook lacks name of friend (LP: #805588)
    - Empathy should mirror webcam video stream (LP: #598540)
    - empathy always display scroll bar in conversation window (LP: #419237)
 -- Ken VanDine <email address hidden> Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:45:44 -0400

Changed in empathy (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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