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Help Front camera mirrors text during self-video conference

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abeltio

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During a live-video conference through Instagram, the front camera mirrors the image, rendering the whiteboard illegible. The event (on-line training) requires a live image of the instructor drawing on the whiteboard while broadcasting - like in a traditional classroom with the students sitting in front of the teacher.
Slides, screen sharing, flipped still photos and any other software solution for the class are NOT an option: we must recreate the presencial classroom experience, nothing else will do.

Using the rear camera is not an option because in that case I do not see the messages from the participants in INSTAGRAM LIVE VIDEO (ONLY PLATFORM STUDENTS CAN USE - SCHOOL RULES)

WITH THE SAMSUNG S10 PLUS:
IS THERE A WAY TO DO A LIVE VIDEO CONFERENCE, THROUGH INSTAGRAM LIVE VIDEO - BECAUSE NO OTHER PLATFORM IS ACCEPTABLE, WITH THE FRONT CAMERA THAT DOES NOT GIVE A MIRROR IMAGE OF THE WHITEBOARD DURING THE LIVE STREAMING TO RECREATE THE ACTUAL CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE?

NOTE: the SAMSUNG S10 PLUS can un-mirror still pictures taken with the front camera. this feature is not available for Live Self-video taken with the front camera. AND using the rear camera for the live video is not an option: need to see the answers and messages from the students on the screen (where the front camera is)

Help will be greatly appreciated by the 4 to 7 y.o. kids and their parents attending this class.
 
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Go into the phone's camera app setting for the front camera, and there should be an option for it. It's probably called "Mirror mode" or "Flip mode" or something. I don't have an S10 myself, so can't say where it is exactly
 
mikedt said:
Go into the phone's camera app setting for the front camera, and there should be an option for it. It's probably called "Mirror mode" or "Flip mode" or something. I don't have an S10 myself, so can't say where it is exactly
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Thanks for the good intentions but the proposed solution is incorrect.

The Samsung S10 Plus does not have "Mirror mode" or "Flip mode" for live self-video AT ALL.

There is an option in the Camera Settings called:
Pictures as Previewed
Save selfies as they appear in the preview without flipping them

But this feature does not flip the image in the live video so the whiteboard does not show a mirror image, only in still pictures taken with the front camera.
 
abeltio said:
Thanks for the good intentions but the proposed solution is incorrect.

The Samsung S10 Plus does not have "Mirror mode" or "Flip mode" for live self-video AT ALL.

There is an option in the Camera Settings called:
Pictures as Previewed
Save selfies as they appear in the preview without flipping them

But this feature does not flip the image in the live video so the whiteboard does not show a mirror image, only in still pictures taken with the front camera.
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Sounds like it could be an issue with the whatever it is conferencing app you're then using then. Maybe worth you contacting the developers, and see if they can fix it. Tell them what phone you've, got Android version etc
 
mikedt said:
Sounds like it could be an issue with the whatever it is conferencing app you're then using then. Maybe worth you contacting the developers, and see if they can fix it. Tell them what phone you've, got Android version etc
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The conferencing App is Instagram live video. It is what it is.
 
mikedt said:
I'm doing online classes myself using my Huawei Mate phone with QQ Conference. And not had this problem.
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WIthout buying a Huawei Mate (out of the question) how does this does help with the Samsung S10 Plus? I am sorry, but I do not understand the relationship or the intent of the statement.
 
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