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1. Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙 (polpo@bitbang.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 05:06:51 JST Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙

   In my abundant free time, I want to make a phone app optimized for taking photo or video of CRTs, with quick access to shutter speeds of 1/25, 1/29.97, 1/30, 1/50, 1/59.94, and 1/60 of a second. I've tried so many camera apps with manual settings and each one has annoyances or too many settings.

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 05:06:51 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     @polpo yes! Absolutely that'd be so useful

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 05:15:34 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • vxo

     @vxo @polpo I wonder how hard it would be to add one?
     Like, a little portable pass thru that snoops the video signal, and Bluetooths timing data to the smartphone?

   • vxo (vxo@digipres.club)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 05:15:35 JST vxo

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     @polpo Immediately, I started thinking of what camera API calls may be available to help with that process, and how you could find the best possible vsync timing via automatic detection of the black hum bar of doom.

     If this were an ideal world you'd have a way to get the camera genlocked to the video source, but since there's no blackburst input on a smartphone....

   • vxo (vxo@digipres.club)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 05:18:33 JST vxo

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     • Foone🏳️‍⚧️

     @foone @polpo that is a very good question... even if there's some delay inherent in it, you can calibrate that out