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How HN took it
4 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Idea: 1 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for Linux users lacking blur in video calls
From 3 comments
Cool, thanks, I look forward to trying this out. Been annoyed ever since my company moved to teams and I can't do all the cool background effects that my windows and mac…
s0rce on HNThank you! I am going to try this today asap and test with Zoom. I heavily use Zoom for work and this is something lacking in Linux client
nitinreddy88 on HNThank you. Will definitely give this a shot!
mgv11 on HN
Readable GStreamer example
From 1 comment
I quite like this as it is one of the few comprehensive GStreamer examples that is readable. Kudos.
rcarmo on HN
Objections
Zoom now supports blur on Linux, reducing need
From 2 comments
Zoom now supports this on Linux natively as of a new release a couple of weeks back.
everfrustrated on HNZoom desktop on Linux added support for this recently (20th August). I tested this a bit, and it seems to work okay. Has blur support. See…
captn3m0 on HN
Google Meet already blurs backgrounds in Chrome
From 2 comments
Chrome on Linux here. Google Meet blurs my background just fine.
tvst on HNYep, and Google Meet always has for me (about half a year of using it).
luke2m on HN
CPU usage is high, no GPU support yet
From 2 comments
Yeah, this script will also heat your home :) Especially, if you use the Zoom desktop client. Zoom on web (Firefox) seems to be easier on the CPU for some reason though.
dumdumdumdum on HNNope, no GPU yet :( Right now SelfieSegmentation is just a thin wrapper around the selfie segmentation solution provided in https://google.github.io/mediapipe. It operates on RGB…
dumdumdumdum on HN
Requests
Integration with OBS
From 1 comment
Any chance this could be integrated with OBS? To select filters, show previews, etc. Going forward, I wonder if OBS will offer pipewire or gstreamer streams (if those are a…
MayeulC on HN
Support for Windows or Mac
From 1 comment
Is there anything like this for Windows or Mac? Many third party videoconferencing solution don't offer blur if you're interviewing with an employer, using Jitsi Meet, etc.
jensv on HN
GPU acceleration
From 1 comment
I see it uses SelfieSegmentation and then OpenCV's BoxFilter. Do these automatically use CUDA/OpenCL when available, or does that need special setup? Would it be possible to…
qiqitori on HN
Questions
Whether it can use CUDA or OpenCL automatically
From 1 comment
I see it uses SelfieSegmentation and then OpenCV's BoxFilter. Do these automatically use CUDA/OpenCL when available, or does that need special setup? Would it be possible to…
qiqitori on HN
Why Google Meet blur fails on Firefox
From 1 comment
Not on Firefox though for some reason. Is there some special API only Chrome implements?
dumdumdumdum on HN
Alternatives named
OBS with v4l2 virtual camera
From 1 comment
To add: OBS can output to v4l2loop so can feed as virtual camera. And OBS has lots of neat features - one of which is making my fans loud. Like a crowd cheering it on!
edoceo on HN
Zoom native Linux blur
From 1 comment
Zoom desktop on Linux added support for this recently (20th August). I tested this a bit, and it seems to work okay. Has blur support. See…
captn3m0 on HN
Google Meet in Chrome
From 1 comment
Chrome on Linux here. Google Meet blurs my background just fine.
tvst on HN
virtual_webcam_background
From 1 comment
I've been using https://github.com/allo-/virtual_webcam_background There are many others similar to the above. They all basically work by using the v4l2loopback driver to create…
jabl on HN
bokeh-camera using RealSense depth
From 1 comment
If you happen to have a RealSense camera, I wrote a virtual camera for Linux that blurs your background using the actual measured depth map. https://github.com/dheera/bokeh-camera
dheera on HN