Instant Webcam
Hardware
ios webcam streaming
SHOW HN2013
31points
9comments
#767of 1,739 in 2013
Top 45%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
3 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.22.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Tech demo is amazing and the app looks beautiful
From 2 comments
That really is an amazing tech demo. Will you be making the source available?
dan1234 on HNHave you tested this on an ipad 2/iPad mini (As display)? I am not posting this to say it doesn't work but It is very choppy/almost-unusable even on the lowest quality. I can run…
joshstrange on HN
Setup is easy
From 1 comment
Have you tested this on an ipad 2/iPad mini (As display)? I am not posting this to say it doesn't work but It is very choppy/almost-unusable even on the lowest quality. I can run…
joshstrange on HN
Objections
Choppy and jittery on older iPads and iPhone 4S
From 1 comment
Have you tested this on an ipad 2/iPad mini (As display)? I am not posting this to say it doesn't work but It is very choppy/almost-unusable even on the lowest quality. I can run…
joshstrange on HN
Grey text hard to read when scrolling
From 1 comment
When scrolling the page, the first texts (in grey) become really hard to read on the background (using Firefox on Mac OS X) and I had to select the text to read it properly. It…
koopajah on HN
Requests
Release the source code
From 1 comment
That really is an amazing tech demo. Will you be making the source available?
dan1234 on HN
Questions
Why MPEG1 instead of H.264 decoded by the browser
From 1 comment
I like the idea but using MPEG1 in place of h.264 because of it doesn't rely on built in decoders is kind of an odd choice. Is the author here to talk more about that? Was it…
ianstallings on HN
How hard was MPEG streaming from iOS
From 1 comment
I like the idea but using MPEG1 in place of h.264 because of it doesn't rely on built in decoders is kind of an odd choice. Is the author here to talk more about that? Was it…
ianstallings on HN