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Possible first fruit of the NX source code release...

Started Jun 4, 2013 | Discussions thread
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areichow Senior Member • Posts: 1,591
Possible first fruit of the NX source code release...
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As I've pointed out elsewhere, Samsung didn't include the source to the really interesting stuff like the camera app- since they aren't obliged to do so. I've been thinking a lot about what kind of enhancements and improvements could be made with the NX300 and NX2000 sources which were released, given Tizen's architecture and the hardware available on the NX300.

My big idea- a very doable one- is to create a remote display server for the NX300.

This would facilitate wifi tethered remote shooting by giving you full access to camera controls. Instead of the weak (though better than nothing) remote shooting app Samsung already provides, you'd have access to everything- PASM, manual focus, etc.

This would also make a wifi intervalometer possible.

This would require simulating events from the hardware controls (iFn button, camera buttons, focus ring, etc), but with access to the kernel and various low-level userspace sources this won't be a problem.

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