btw. I removed all magic values. Also, Thanks Juan for suggesting my class.
Ktu On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Ktu <ktu_fl...@cataclysmicrewind.com>wrote: > Its unfortunate there was a long break from when you ran across these > problems. I wonder if the default amount of time to check each camera is not > long enough. > > A stupid thing about camera objects is that when you first try to use it, > the activity property spikes to 100 for a short period of time, then drops > down. Maybe some of the cameras you were testing had excessively long spike > periods and therefore the class did not see it as an acceptable camera. > > If you have access to those laptop still, it would be great if you could > try extending the time it checks each camera. My default time is 1.5sec > maybe try 3 as an extreme (time to check is determined by a timer.delay and > timer.repeatCount). > Example code: > > var cd:CameraDetection = new CameraDetection(); > cd.detectionRepeatCount = 30; > cd.addEventListener (CameraEvent.RESOLVE, onResolve); > cd.begin(); > > Unfortunately I don't have access to a lot of different laptops to do > testing on this class. If anyone else on the list wants to test their camera > and send me some info that would be fantastic. I know this class has a much > smaller niche but for the people who could use it this class is > indispensable. > > Thanks Juan, > > Ktu; > > > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Juan Pablo Califano < > califa010.flashcod...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Ktu, >> >> I told you when you shared your code in this list I'd give you some >> feedback. I ended up using it a couple of months after that and totally >> forgot about telling you how it went, so sorry about that. >> >> But yes, it worked out great for Macs, which was the problem I was trying >> to >> solve. >> >> As I mentioned in my answer in SO, the code failed to get the correct >> camera >> for some laptops. I tried it in 2 machines, one was a Toshiba, the other >> one >> I can't remember for sure, but I think it was an HP. In both cases, it was >> Windows, one was running XP, the other one was running Vista, IIRC. The >> cameras were the ones that come built into the computer. >> >> I noticed I could detect those cameras fine the "regular way", and since I >> was in a rush, I just checked if the client was running Mac or not. If >> Mac, >> I used your code; if not, just went with the "regular way" (read, calling >> getCamera naively). I really didn't put much though to it; it just worked >> in >> the cases I tested and since the time frame was rather limiting, I left it >> that way. So that's why I mentioned some other possible cases were it >> could >> fail. Not that I found them, but I didn't test thoroughly either. >> >> Anyway, thanks for your class, it was very helpful (and I apologize >> again for not giving you proper feedback at the moment, as I said I would! >> But better late than never) >> >> Cheers >> Juan Pablo Califano >> >> 2010/6/16 Ktu <ktu_fl...@cataclysmicrewind.com> >> >> > Hey List, >> > >> > Thanks to Ben and Juan I have made an update to my CameraDetection >> class. >> > >> > ChangeLog: >> > force settings dialog to open every time unless camera access is already >> > allowed >> > implement timer for checking permissions, sometimes the settings dialog >> > does >> > not dispatch >> > some logic updates >> > cleaner code (only 3 magic values) >> > >> > Check it out: link <http://blog.cataclysmicrewind.com/webcamdetection> >> > >> > Juan Pablo Califano! >> > I noticed today that it was your response to a question on >> > stackoverflow.comthat led Ben to my class. Thank you very much I >> > greatly appreciate that. I >> > also noticed that you mentioned my class had some problem with certain >> > Windows laptops. Can you elaborate about when you said in the post that >> > you're "not sure if it covers some corner cases?" I would love to know >> so I >> > can help make it cover those cases. Thanks >> > >> > Ktu; >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Flashcoders mailing list >> > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> > > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
